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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

THE INTERCOLONIAL ROYAL MAIL
STEAM PACKET COMPANY, Limited.

Notice is hereby given that the Intercolonial Royal
Mail Steam Packet Company, by power of attorney,
bearing date the tenth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, appointed JOHN VINE HALL,
of the City of London, gentleman, to be their true and
lawful Attorney and Agent, to do, manage, transact,
execute, and carry on all their affairs, and business,
estate, property, and effects, in the Australian Colonies,
and in New Zealand and elsewhere in the Southern
Hemisphere; and in and by the aforesaid power of
attorney, a certain power of attorney, bearing date the
seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty, whereby the said Company appointed
SAMUEL CLARK, of Sydney, aforesaid and of
Wellington, New Zealand, gentleman, to be their true
and lawful Attorney and Agent, to do, manage, tran-
sact, execute, and carry on all their affairs, and
business, estate, property, and effects in the Australian
Colonies, and in New Zealand and elsewhere in the
Southern Hemisphere, is absolutely revoked.

And notice is hereby also given that the said Com-
pany, by power of attorney, also bearing date the tenth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,
appointed the said John Vine Hall, HENRY LAW-
SON, of Sydney, aforesaid Accountant, and RICHARD
THOMAS HALL, of the Audit Office, Sydney, afore-
said, gentleman, or any two of them in case of refusal
of any one of them to act, or if one of them should die,
then the survivors of them (but so that there should
not be less than two of them the said John Vine Hall,
Henry Lawson, and Richard Thomas Hall, who should
for the time being act under the said power) their true
and lawful attorneys jointly, for them and in their
name, and on their behalf to make, sign, draw,
endorse, accept, negotiate any bill or bills of
exchange, promissory note, on promisory notes,
drafts, or orders (except bills, drafts, or orders
payable to bearer on demand) which their said
attorneys might consider necessary or expedient in
relation to any of their affairs, dealings, and transac-
tions in the Australian colonies, New Zealand and
elsewhere, in the Southern Hemisphere, and in and by
the last mentioned power of attorney, a certain power of
attorney bearing date the sevententh day of October
one thousand eight hundred and sixty, whereby the
said Company appointed the said Samuel Clark, Henry
Lawson, and Richard Thomas Hall, or any two of them
in case of the refusal of any one of them to act, or if
one of them should die, then the survivors of them (but
so that there should be not less than two of them, the
said Samuel Clarke, Henry Lawson, and Richard
Thomas Hall, who should for the time being act under
the said power) their true and lawful attorneys, jointly
for them, and in their name, and on their behalf, to
make, sign, draw, indorse, accept, or negociate any
bill or bills of exchange, promissory note or promissory
notes, drafts, or orders (except bills, drafts, or orders
payable to bearer on demand), which their said attor-
neys might consider necessary or expedient in relation
to any of their affairs, dealings, and transactions in
any of the places aforesaid as their said attorneys
should think proper, IS ABSOLUTELY REVOKED.

And notice is hereby given that I, the said JOHN
VINE HALL, have this day entered upon my duties
as Manager of the said Company, by virtue, and in
pursuance of the power and authority given to me by
the aforesaid power of attorney of the tenth day o
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Dated October the first, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one.

JOHN VINE HALL, Manager.
SAMUEL CLARK, late Manager.
Witness—WILLIAM SPAIN, Exchange, Sydney.

INTER-COLONIAL ROYAL MAIL STEAM
PACKET COMPANY, (Limited.)

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS
SHALL COME, I, JOHN VINE HALL, of Syd-
ney, New South Wales, Gentleman, send Greeting:
WHEREAS by Deed, Poll, or Instrument in writing
under the common seal of the Inter-Colonial Royal

Mail Steam Packet Company, Limited, bearing date
the 10th day of July, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, the said Company did make, constitute,
and appoint me, the said John Vine Hall, their true
and lawful Attorney and Agent for them in their name
and on their behalf, to demand and receive, and also, if
I should deem it necessary, to sue for and recover in
any Court or Courts of Law or Equity, all and every
sum and sums of Money, Debts, Goods, Chattels, and
Effects which were, was, or should be due, and owing
or payable, coming or belonging to them, or which I
should deem they were or should be entitled to, in any
of the Colonies or places in or about Australia and New
Zealand, or in or about any or either of them, respec-
tively, and upon receipt or delivery of the same or any
of them, or any part or parts thereof respectively, to
make, sign, and execute good and sufficient acquit-
tances, receipts, and discharges for the same : And
the said Company did thereby authorize and empower
me, the said John Vine Hall, to delegate to and confer
upon the Local Manager or Agent of the said Company
for the time being at Auckland in New Zealand, either
alone or jointly with any other person, full power and
authority for them and in their name to receive and
give effectual receipts and discharges for all subsidies
and other monies due or owing, or which should be-
come due or owing to them from time to time by the
Government or any persons or person of or in New
Zealand. AND WHEREAS, William Harry Hobbs, of
Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Gentleman,
is the said Local Manager or Agent of the said Com-
pany at Auckland, aforesaid: NOW KNOW YE, that I,
the said John Vine Hall, for divers good causes and
considerations me thereunto moving, in exercise of the
powers vested in me by the said recited Deed, Poll, or
Instrument of the 10th day of July, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one; and of all other powers
me thereunto in that behalf in anywise enabling, do by
these presents constitute and appoint John Crone
Raymond, the Inspector of the Branches of the "Union
Bank of Australia" in the Colony of New Zealand
aforesaid, and the said William Harry Hobbs, to be my
Delegates for the purposes next hereinafter mentioned,
that is to say, in the name of the said Company, and
for them or for and in the name of me, the said John
Vine Hall, or in their own names, to receive and give
effectual receipts and discharges for all subsidies for or
on account of the carriage of Mails due or owing, or
which shall become due or owing to the said Company
from time to time by the Government of the said
Colony of New Zealand. AND KNOW YE FURTHER,
that I, the said John Vine Hall. do by these present's
constitute and appoint the said William Harry Hobbs
alone to be my delegate for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned, that is to say, in the name of the said
Company, and for them, or for, and in the name of me
the said John Vine Hall, or in his own name to ask,
demand, sue for, recover, and receive all and every
sum and sums of money, freight and passage money to
be or become payable by or from the Commissariat
Department or otherwise, Debts, Goods, Chattels, and
Effects, (save the aforesaid Mail subsidies payable by
the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, afore-
said,) which were, was, or should be or become due
and owing, or payable, coming, or belonging to the
said Company, or which he the said William Harry
Hobbs should deem they were or should be entitled to
in the said Colony of New Zealand, and upon receipt
or delivery of the same or any of them, to make, sign,
and execute good and sufficient acquittances, receipts,
and discharges for the same; I, the said John Vine
Hall, hereby ratifying and confirming all and what-
soever the said William Harry Hobbs shall lawfully
do or cause to be done in the premises by virtue of these
presents.

In witness whereof, I, the said John Vine Hall, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 4th day
of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one.

JOHN VINE HALL.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
above named JOHN VINE HALL,
In the presence of
JOHN SIMPSON, resident at Auckland