✨ Gold Fields Proclamations
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1863.
DELEGATION
Of the Governor's powers under "The Gold
Fields Act, 1858," to Superintendent of
Otago.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, Knight Commander of
the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, &c., &c.
W HEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
"The Gold Fields Act, 1858," it is provided
that it shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council, under his hand and the 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 seven,
eight, fifteen, twenty-seven, and forty thereof,
subject or not subject to any limitations or
restrictions as he may think fit:
Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Coun-
cil thereof, and in exercise of the power and
authority for this purpose in me vested, do
hereby delegate absolutely and without restric-
tion unto
JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of Otago,
all the powers vested in me under or by virtue
of the "Gold Fields Act, 1858," except the
powers contained in sections seven, eight,
fifteen, twenty-seven, and forty of the said
Act, to have, hold, and exercise within the
Province of Otago the said powers hereby
given, the said John Hyde Harris, so long as
he shall continue and remain Superintendent
of the said Province and no longer.
Given under my hand at New Ply-
mouth, and issued under the
Seal of the Colony of New
Zealand, this ninth day of May,
one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
Delegating to the Superintendent of Otago
certain powers under the "Gold Fields
Act, 1858."
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, Knight Commander of
the Most Honourable 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.
W HEREAS by the fifteenth section of
the "Gold Fields Act, 1858," it was
enacted that it should be lawful for the Go-
vernor, by Order in Council, from time to time,
to constitute for any Gold Field, or for any
part thereof, Wardens' Courts, for the admin-
istration of justice therein, and to appoint
Wardens as Judges of such Courts, with power
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🏛️ Delegation of Governor's powers under Gold Fields Act to Otago Superintendent
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration9 May 1863
Gold Fields Act 1858, Delegation of powers, Otago Province, Governor, Superintendent
- John Hyde Harris (Esquire), Appointed Superintendent of Otago Province
- Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.
- Alfred Domett
🏛️ Order in Council delegating powers for constituting Wardens' Courts
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationOrder in Council, Gold Fields Act 1858, Wardens' Courts, Appointing Wardens
- Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and 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.