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Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority for this purpose by the said Act conferred, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, appoint and declare that all the costs, charges and expenses incident to the management and administration of the Gold Fields within the Province of Marlborough, shall be regulated by Acts to be passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province.

Foster Goring.
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, entitled “The Gold Fields’ Act, 1862,” it is provided 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 or in the Governor in Council by the said Act, except the powers conferred by Sections Nineteen, Thirty-one, Thirty-two, Thirty-three, and Sixty-one thereof, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers.

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

Arthur Penrose Seymour, Esquire,
as Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough, all the powers vested in me under or by virtue of the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” except the powers contained in Sections Nineteen, Thirty-one, Thirty-two, Thirty-three and Sixty-one of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise within the Province of Marlborough the said powers hereby given the said Arthur Penrose Seymour, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said province, and no longer.

Provided always that copies of all Rules and Regulations made under the Delegation aforesaid, shall be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, in order that the same may be laid before the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of the Sixty-third clause of the “Gold Fields’ Act, 1862.”

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Four.

G. Grey
By His Excellency’s command,
William Fox.

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 thereafter 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,