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"The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," (section 4) the Governor may, by any Order in Council from time to time, annul, make void, or alter, or vary, and make anew any Orders in Council, regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations made and published by the Governor under the authority of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or of this Act, or by the Superintendent of any Province, under or in pursuance of any power delegated to him under any of the powers of delegation contained in the said Act; and whereas by section five of the said Amendment Act "as to regulations, appointments, and prohibitory or other declarations made by Superintendents of Provinces in pursuance of any powers delegated under the powers of delegation contained in the said Act, or this Act, the power of annulling, making void, or allowing, or varying, and making anew any such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations vested in the Governor by this Act, may from time to time be delegated by the Governor in Council by warrant under his hand to the Superintendent of any Province:"

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B., in exercise of the power and authority so vested in him as Governor as aforesaid, doth by this Order in Council delegate to

JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esq.,

Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, so long and so long only as he shall continue to be such Superintendent, all the powers which by the said fourth section of the said Amendment Act the Governor in Council is authorised so to delegate.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the twenty-seventh day of April, 1867.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1866," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time, delegate all or any of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, unto any person or persons, for any period, and subject to any regulations, restrictions, or stipulations which may be specified in such Order, and every such delegation may from time to time alter or revoke:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Bath, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, do, by this Order, delegate unto

JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esq.,

Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, such of the powers vested in me as Governor by section seven of the said Act as enable me to erect, superintend, and maintain harbour marks, lights, and beacons now or hereafter to be placed within the limits of any port in the Province of Auckland, or the approaches thereto, subject however to such directions as may from time to time be issued by the Colonial Marine Engineer, as to the size, position, and colour of such harbour marks, lights, and beacons; and to appoint and suspend or remove Port or Harbour Masters, and other officers of ports or harbours within the Province of Auckland; and to define and regulate the conduct and duties of Port or Harbour Masters, and other persons employed in carrying out the objects of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and of "The Marine Act, 1866," within the said Province; and also, within the said Province, the powers vested in me by clauses ten, eleven, fifteen, and thirty-seven of the said last-mentioned Act, and the power vested in me by clause sixteen of the said last-mentioned Act, to exempt from pilotage, within all or any of the ports of the Province of Auckland, such Colonial trading vessels to the ports of such Province only as to him shall seem proper to be so exempted; to have and exercise the said powers hereby delegated to the said John Williamson, Esq., so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer, subject nevertheless to such regulations as may from time to time be made by the Governor in Council under authority of clause fifty-one of the said last-mentioned Act.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to delegate to their Honors the Superintendents of the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson, within their respective Provinces, His Excellency’s powers under "The Prisoners Removal Act, 1865."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to delegate, under "The Waste Lands Act, 1858," to the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, the powers vested in the Governor by section fourteen of the said Act, subjected to be rescinded as in the said Act provided.

E. W. STAFFORD.