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

OSWALD CURTIS, ESQUIRE,
as Superintendent of the Province of Nelson,
all the powers vested in me, under or by
virtue of the said "Gold Fields Act, 1866,"
except the powers conferred by sections
twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-
six, and one hundred and seven, to have, hold,
and exercise, within the Province of Nelson,
the said powers hereby given to the said
Oswald Curtis, Esquire, so long as he shall
continue and remain Superintendent of the
said Province, and no longer: Provided
always that copies of all Rules and Regula-
tions 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 accord-
ance with the provisions of the one hundred
and tenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866."

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir George Grey, Knight Commander
of the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-in-
chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, at the Government
House, at Wellington, and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony
this twenty-seventh day of April, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, GOVERNOR.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
the twenty-seventh day of April, 1867.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1866,"
it is enacted that the Governor may,
by Order in Council, from time to time,
delegate all or any of the powers and
authorities vested in him by the said Act
unto any person or persons, for any period,
and subject to any regulations, restrictions,
or stipulations, which may be specified in
such Order, and every such delegation may
from time to time alter or revoke:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, Knight
Commander of the Bath, the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, do, by this
Order, delegate unto

OSWALD CURTIS, ESQ.,
Superintendent of the Province of Nelson,
such of the powers vested in me as Governor
by section seven of the said Act as enable me
to erect, superintend, and maintain harbor-
marks lights, and beacons, now or hereafter
to be placed with the limits of any port in
the Province of Nelson, or the approaches
thereto, subject however to such directions
as may from time to time be issued by the
Colonial Marine Engineer, as to the size,
position, and color of such harbor-marks,
lights, and beacons; and to appoint and
suspend or remove Port or Harbor Masters,
and other officers of ports or harbors within
the Province of Nelson, and to define and
regulate the conduct and duties of Port or
Harbor-Masters, and other persons employed
in carrying out the objects of "The Merchant
Shipping Act, 1854," and of "The Marine
Act, 1866," within the said Province; and
also, within the said Province, the powers
vested in me by clauses ten, eleven, fifteen,
and thirty-seven of the said last-mentioned
Act, and the power vested in me by clause
sixteen of the said last-mentioned Act, to
exempt from pilotage, within all or any of
the ports of the Province of Nelson,
such Colonial trading vessels trading to the
ports of such Province only as to him shall
seem proper to be so exempted; to have and
exercise the said powers hereby delegated
to the said Oswald Curtis, Esq., so long as
he shall continue and remain Superintendent
of the said Province, and no longer, subject
nevertheless to such regulations as may
from time to time be made by the Governor
in Council under authority of clause fifty-
one of the said last-mentioned Act.

FORSTER GORING.
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, GOVERNOR.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
the twenty-seventh day of April, 1867.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN
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, appoint-
ments, or prohibitory or other declarations