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Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1869.

Present :

THE HON. THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Protection of Animals Act, 1867," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council published in the New Zealand Gazette, delegate to the Superintendent of any Province all or any of the powers by the said Act vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council, subject to such regulations as he may think fit, and may from time to time rescind such delegation :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby delegate unto

JOHN DAVIES ORMOND, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, all the powers vested by the said Act in the Governor or the Governor in Council, to be exercised only in respect of the said Province.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1869.

Present :

THE HON. THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE 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 authorize entry on such lands for mining for gold, by Proclamation issued under the third section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," 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 of the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power for that purpose vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby delegate to

JOHN DAVIES ORMOND, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, 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 Hawke’s Bay, the said powers hereby delegated to the said John Davies Ormond, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and longer : Provided always that no Proclamation affecting any lands shall be made by the said John Davies Ormond under the powers hereby delegated to him, unless the Governor shall have obtained power to authorize entry on such lands for mining for gold, in the manner required by the said Act.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1869.

Present :

THE HON. THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "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 and other declarations made by Superintendents of Provinces in pursuance of any