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in Council and that Her Majesty has been
pleased to assent to the same.
Given under my hand, at the
Government House, at Auck-
land, and issued under the
Seal of the Colony of New
Zealand, this Fifteenth day of
September, in the year of our
Lord, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Delegation of the Governor's powers, under
"The Gold-fields Act, 1862," to the
Superintendent of Nelson.

By His Excellency SIR GEORGE
GREY, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-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 Zea-
land, intituled, "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 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 limi-
tations 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
JOHN PERRY ROBINSON, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of Nelson,
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, and Sixty-one of the
said Act, to have, hold, and exercise within
the Province of Nelson the said powers here-
by given to the said John Perry Robinson,

so long as he shall continue and remain Super-
intendent 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 Auck-
land and issued under the Seal
of the Colony of New Zealand,
this Fifteenth day of Septem-
ber, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred
and Sixty-three.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Costs of Management of Nelson Gold-fields
to be regulated by Acts of Provincial
Council.

G. GREY,
Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland the
Fifteenth day of September, 1863.
Present:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand
intituled "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 person as the Governor
may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested
in the Governor or 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 restric-
tions as he may think fit, and in like manner
to alter or revoke any such powers.
And whereas it is further provided that
whenever the Governor shall have delegated
to the Superintendent of any Province all or
any of the aforesaid powers, it shall be lawful
for the Governor by Order in Council to
appoint and declare that all costs, charges,
and expenses incident to the management
and administration of the Gold-fields within
such Province shall be regulated by Acts or
Ordinances to be passed by the Superin-