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Colony, the above recited powers to be held
and exercised by him from time to time as he
shall think fit, so long as he shall hold the
said office of Superintendent.

Given under my hand at the Government
House at Auckland, this Third day of
August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one.

T. GORE BROWNE.

By Excellency's command,

WILLIAM FOX.

Warrant appointing Commissioners for
International Exhibition of 1862.

His Excellency Colonel THOMAS GORE
BROWNE, Companion of the Most Hon-
orable Order of the Bath, Governor
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.

TO ALL PERSONS GREETING:

WHEREAS it has been publicly
notified that an International Exhi-
bition of Agricultural and Industrial Products
will be held at London in the year One thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-two: And
whereas it has been proposed that a Commis-
sion should be appointed in the several Pro-
vinces of the Colony of New Zealand, for
the purpose of receiving articles the produce
or manufacture of the said Colony, and of
selecting and transmitting to London such
articles as may be thought worthy of exposi-
tion in the said International Exhibition, and
of communicating with Her Majesty's Com-
missioners in England respecting such trans-
mission: Now Know Ye, that I, Thomas
Gore Browne, Governor of the said Colony,
have thought fit to constitute and appoint
and by these Presents do constitute and ap-
point the persons hereunder mentioned to be
Commissioners in the several Provinces re-
spectively set opposite their names, to devise
and carry out the details necessary to facili-
tate the transmission to London of such said
articles as may be selected for exposition at
the International Exhibition to be held at Lon-
don in the year One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two, and to correspond with Her
Majesty's Commissioners in London respect-
ing such transmission, namely,—

Nelson—His Honor the Superintendent,
Jacob Batey, James Lugsdin Baley,
Edward Baigent, Edward Everett,
Charles Elliott, and Isaac Mason
Hill.

And I do by these Presents give and grant
to the above-named persons, or any two or
more of them, in each Province as herein-
before set forth, full power and authority to
carry into effect the purposes of this Com-
mission by all lawful ways and means what-
soever, and to do by these presents ordain that
this Commission shall continue in force and
virtue, and that they, or any two or more of
them, shall and may from time to time, and
at any place or places, proceed in the execu-
tion thereof, and of every matter and thing
therein contained, although the same be not
continued from time to time by adjournment.

Given under my hand and Seal at the
Government House at Auckland, this
Fourth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one.

T. GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency's command,

WILLIAM FOX.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th August, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to nominate

JOHN MORRISON, Esquire,
of 3, Adelaide Place, King William-street,
London,
as Agent to communicate on behalf of New
Zealand with Her Majesty's Commissioners
in connection with the International Exhibi-
tion proposed to be held in London in 1862.

WILLIAM FOX.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th August, 1861.

THE following Acts passed by the
General Assembly of New Zealand, in
the Session held in the 24th year of the Reign
of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled

No. 1. An Act to enable the Committees
to administer Oaths to Witnesses in cer-
tain cases

No. 2. An Act to render the Property in
New Zealand, of Debtors absent from
the Colony, available for the payment of
their Debts

No. 3. An Act to provide for the service
of the process of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand, upon Defendants absent
from the Colony