Delegation of the Governor’s powers under

"The Gold Fields Act, 1862," to the Superintendent of Marlborough.

By 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,
and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by Section 19 of an Act of
the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Gold Fields Act,
1862," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, by Order in
Council, from time to time to constitute
for any Gold Field, or for any part thereof,
Wardens’ Courts for the administration of
justice therein, and to appoint Wardens as
Judges of such Courts, with power to act
alone, or with Assessors or Juries, and in
such manner and to exercise all or any of
the powers thereinafter mentioned as the
Governor shall think fit to direct:

And whereas, by the 5th Section of an
Act of the General Assembly, intituled
"The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act,
1863," 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 to such other
person as the Governor may deem fit, and
under such restrictions as he shall think
fit, all or any of the powers vested in the
Governor, or the Governor in Council, by
Section 19 of the said Act, and to alter or
revoke by said delegation:

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 pursuance of
the power and authority for this purpose
in me vested, do hereby delegate unto

THOMAS CARTER, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough, all the powers vested in me by the
19th Section of "The Gold Fields Act,
1862," to have, hold, and exercise within
the Province of Marlborough the said
powers hereby given the said Thomas
Carter, so long as he shall continue and
remain Superintendent of the said Province,
and no longer, and to have, hold, and
exercise such powers subject to the Regulations hereunder written, namely:—

Regulations.

All acts and appointments done and made
by the said Superintendent under the foregoing Delegation shall be provisional until
the same shall have been confirmed and
allowed by the Governor; and the Governor
shall have power to disallow the same.
The Superintendent shall report without
delay to the Governor all such acts and
appointments.

The Superintendent shall lay before the
Provincial Council of the said Province
every such act and appointment at the
Session of the said Council next following.
The Provincial Council of the said Province may, through their Speaker, transmit
to the Governor any Resolutions respecting
any such act or appointment.

Given under my hand at the Government
House, at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
Sixteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
WILLIAM FOX.

Warrant abolishing Polling Places.

By 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, and Vice-Admiral of the
same, &c., &c.

To all to whom these presents shall
come, Greeting:—

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of
Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by
Warrant under his hand, from time to time
to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral
District, within or without the limits
thereof, and to appoint any one of such
Places to be the Principal Polling Place
for the District, and all or any of such
Polling Places at any time to abolish, and
to appoint other Polling Places in lieu
of thereof:

And whereas the office of H. B. Huddleston, C.E., Trafalgar Street, Nelson, Province
of Nelson, was appointed a Polling
Place for the Districts of the Town of
Blenheim, the Lower Wairau, Queen Charlotte’s Sound, Tua Marina, Pelorus, Upper
Wairau, Wairau Valley, Awatere, and
Clarence, for the Election of Members of
the Provincial Council of the Province of
Marlborough: And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Grey,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the said Act, do hereby abolish