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Howick.—Special Constable Felix Monaghan, vice James Lane, discharged on reduction.

Russell.—Constable James McCabe, vice Christopher Hammond, resigned.

Mongonui.—Special Constable Johnson Harris, vice Joseph Reilly, relieved.

Coromandel.—Constable Robert Forster, vice George Hastie, resigned.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 7th May, 1867.

I HEREBY notify for general information, that a Writ, issued by me on the eighteenth day of April, 1867, for the election of a Member of the Provincial Council for the Electoral District of Auckland, City West, has been returned with an endorsement thereon as follows:—

"I, Henry Colin Balneavis, the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of the City of Auckland West, do hereby declare that, in pursuance of the writ to me directed, bearing date the eighteenth day of April, 1867, the undernamed Candidate is duly elected a Member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Auckland, for the said District."

Dated this sixth day of May, 1867.

"Henry Colin Balneavis,
Returning Officer."

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 6th May, 1867.

THE following Delegations of Powers under

"The Gold Fields Act, 1866,"
"The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
"The Prisoners’ Removal Act, 1865,"
"The Waste Lands Act, 1858,"
"The Marine Act, 1866,"

are republished from the General Government Gazette, for general information.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

G. Grey, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled, "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand and the public Seal of the Colony, from time to time, to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in Council, by the Act now in recital, except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, of the said Act, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in the exercise of the power and authority for this purpose in me vested, do hereby delegate unto John Williamson, Esquire, as Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, all the powers vested in me, under or by virtue of the said "Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, to have, hold, and exercise, within the Province of Auckland, the said powers hereby given to the said John Williamson, Esquire, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer: Provided always that copies of all Rules and Regulations made under the delegation aforesaid shall be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, in order that the same may be laid before the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of the one hundred and tenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony this twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

Approved in Council:
F. Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. Grey, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
the 27th day of April, 1867.

Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled, "The Gold Fields Act, 1866,"