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Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XVIII.] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1869. [No. 67.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 17th September, 1869.
THE following Order in Council is republished from the New Zealand Gazette for general information.
JOHN WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
G. F. BOWEN, GOVERNOR.
Orders in Council.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
this ninth day of September, 1869.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, if and whenever he shall have by lease, agreement, or otherwise, by consent of the Native owners of any land over which the Native title has been extinguished, or the Native owners of any land over which the Native title has not been extinguished, obtained power from such Native or other owners to authorise entry on such lands for mining for gold, by Proclamation issued under the third section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1666,” to include such land within any Gold Field, or to proclaim such land a Gold Field: And by the said Act it is further 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 to such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor by the preceding sections of the said Act (including the above-recited sections), subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as the Governor may think fit:
Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, in pursuance and exercise of the power for that purpose vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby delegate to
JOHN WILLIAMSON, ESQ.,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland,
all the powers vested in the Governor by the said recited section of “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868,” to have, hold, and exercise within the Province of Auckland, the said powers hereby delegated to the said John Williamson, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer: Provided always that no Proclamation affecting any lands shall be made by the said John Williamson under the powers hereby delegated to him, unless the Governor shall have obtained power to authorise entry on such lands for mining for gold, in the manner required by the said Act.
FOSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 67
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