Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 39

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✨ Government Proclamations and Notices

THE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PROVINCE OF HAWKE\'S BAY.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

T. H. FITZGERALD,
Superintendent.

VOL. 2. ] SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1861. [ NO. 39.

Superintendent\'s Office,
Napier, March 15, 1861.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has directed the following to be published for general information.

G. T. FANNIN,
Superintendent\'s Clerk.

DELEGATION OF THE GOVERNOR\'S POWERS UNDER THE "WASTE LANDS ACT, 1858."

By His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over Her Majesty\'s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING:—

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the "Waste Lands Act, 1858," it is enacted that, subject to the several Acts, Ordinances, Regulations, and Bills specified in the schedule to the said Act, and in cases where no provision shall have been made in such behalf, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty to constitute such officers and boards, and appoint such officers as may be necessary for the management and administration of the waste lands of the Crown and for the survey thereof within the several Provinces of the Colony, and from time to time to make such changes and alterations and remove such officers as he may think fit: And it is further provided by the said Act that it shall be lawful for the Governor, 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 think fit (amongst other powers and authorities) the before-recited power and authority, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to revoke any such powers.

Now therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor as aforesaid of

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Publication of official information

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated15 March 1861
KeywordsOfficial notice, Superintendent, Napier, Government Gazette
👩‍💼 Officials

T. H. Fitzgerald, Superintendent
G. T. Fannin, Superintendent's Clerk

🗺️ Delegation of Governor's powers under the Waste Lands Act 1858

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsWaste Lands Act, Delegation of powers, Crown lands, Governor
👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas Gore Browne, Governor

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