THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 193

Colony of New Zealand, and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
&c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Ses-
sion of Parliament held in the fifteenth
and sixteenth years of Her Majesty's reign,
intituled "An Act to grant a Representative
Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it
is amongst other things enacted that no Bill
which shall be reserved for the signification of
Her Majesty's pleasure thereon, shall have any
force or authority within the Colony of New
Zealand until the Governor of the said Colony
shall signify by Speech or Message to the
Legislative Council and House of Representa-
tives of the said Colony, or by Proclamation
that such Bill has been laid before Her Ma-
jesty in Council and that Her Majesty has been
pleased to assent to the same.

And Whereas on the nineteenth day of
August one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
eight, a certain Bill passed by the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives of the
said Colony, intituled "An Act to enable the
Governor to establish a Settlement for Coloni-
zation at the Bay of Islands," was presented to
the Governor of the said Colony for Her Ma-
jesty's assent, and the said Bill was reserved for
the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure
thereon:

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the
said in part recited Act, do by this Proclama-
tion signify and proclaim to all whom it may
concern that the said Bill has been laid before
Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty
has been pleased to assent to the same.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at
Government House, at Auck-
land, this thenty-third day of
August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-nine.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,

FREDK. WHITAKER.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 24th August, 1859.

THE following Bills passed by the Provin-
cial Council of the Province of New
Plymouth, intituled-

"Town of New Plymouth Compensation
Ordinance, 1859,"

"Town of New Plymouth Consolidation
Ordinance, 1859,"

which Bills were reserved for the significa-
tion of the Governor's pleasure thereon, hav-
ing been laid before the Governor in con-
formity with the provisions of the Constitu-
tion Act, His Excellency has been pleased to
assent to the same.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th August, 18:9

THE following Bills passed by the Provin-
cial Council of the Province of Hawke's
Bay, intituled-

"An Act to repeal an Act of the Provincial
Council of Wellington, Session 1 No. 1,
entitled "An Act to establish an Execu-
tive Government for the Province of
Wellington," and also the Act of the
Provincial Council of Wellington, Sess.
6, No. 2, intituled "An Act to amend
the Executive Government Act, Session
1, No. 1, so as to authorise the offices of
Treasurer and Secretary to be held by
one person, and also to establish an Ex-
ecutive Government for the Province of
Hawke's Bay,"

"A Bill to repeal the Education Act, Sess.
2, No. 6, and the Education Amendment
Act, Session 4, No. 3, Province of Wel-
lington, and to encourage the education
of youth within the Province of Hawke's
Bay,"

"An Act to appropriate the Revenue of
the Province of Hawke's Bay, for the
term of one year and two months, com-
mencing the 1st day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight,
and ending the 31st day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
nine."

which Bills were reserved for the significa-
tion of the Governor's pleasure thereon,
having been laid before the Governor in con-
formity with the provisions of the Constitu-
tion Act, His Excellency has been pleased
to assent to the same.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 24th August, 1859.

THE following Bill passed by the Provin-
cial Council of the Province of Nelson,
intituled-

"An Act to enable the Nelson Board of
Works to raise the sum of Fifteen Hun-
dred Pounds by the issue of debentures"
which Bill was reserved for the signification
of the Governor's pleasure thereon, having
been laid before the Governor in conformity
with the provisions of the Constitution Act,
His Excellency has been pleased to assent to
the same.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 24th August, 1859.

THE following Acts passed by the Superin-
tendent and Provincial Council of the
Province of Nelson, intituled-

"The Cattle Branding Amendment Act,
1859,"

"Hospital Reserves Act, 1859,"

"The Thistle Act, 1859,"

"The Nelson Institution Act, 1859,"

"Alteration of Roads Act, 1859,"