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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

"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 Gov-
ernor 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 restrictions 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 regu-
lated by Acts or Ordinances to be passed by
the Superintendent and Provincial Council
of such Province.

And whereas by an instrument in writing,
of even date herewith, issued under the Seal
of the Colony, the Governor, with the ad-
vice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, and in exercise of the before-
recited power, hath delegated to

THOMAS CARTER, ESQUIRE,

as Superintendent of the Province of Marl-
borough, in the said Colony, all the aforesaid
powers, excepting those before recited to be
excepted, to hold and exercise the said
powers within the Province of Marlborough
aforesaid:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Gov-
ernor, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority for this purpose by the
said Act conferred, doth hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony, appoint and declare that all
the costs, charges, and expenses incident to
the management and administration of the
Gold Fields within the Province of Marl-
borough, shall be regulated by Acts to be
passed by the Superintendent and Provincial
Council of the said Province.

SPENCER M. MEDLEY,
Acting Clerk of Executive Council.

A PROCLAMATION

Extending Jurisdiction of the Resident Magis-
trates' Courts at Christchurch, Lyttelton,
Kaiapoi, and Wairarapa.

By 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, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the "Resident Magis-
trates' Jurisdiction Extension Act,
1862" it is enacted that every case of a
claim for debt or damages such as might at
the passing of the said Act, be lawfully tried
in a Resident Magistrates' Court, where the
debt or damages claimed do not exceed
Twenty Pounds, may be tried in any Resi-
dent Magistrates' Court with respect to
which this Act shall be in operation when
the debt or damages claimed do not exceed
Fifty Pounds.

And it is provided that the Governor may
by Proclamation in the Government Gazette
of the Colony, declare that the limit of juris-
diction of any such Court shall be extended
to One hundred pounds, and such limit of
jurisdiction shall be in such case extended
accordingly:

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of
the said recited Act, and of an Order in
Council, dated the 17th day of December,
1862, authorising the issue of Proclamations
under the said Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the provisions of the said recited
Act, and especially the powers conferred by
Sections two and three thereof shall be ex-
ercised to the limit of jurisdiction of One
hundred pounds in the Resident Magistrates'
Courts at Christchurch, Lyttelton, Kaiapoi,
and Wairarapa. And I do further proclaim
and declare that this Proclamation shall take
effect on and from the eighth day of July,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

Given under my hand at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
seventh day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

H. W. Turnell, Esq., J.P., appointed Resident
Magistrate.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 7th May, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
HENRY WIDOWSON TURNELL, Esq., J.P.,
of Collingwood, in the Province of Nelson,
to be a Resident Magistrate.

FRED. WHITAKER.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th May, 1864.

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

"Appropriation Ordinance, No. 3, 1864,"
which Bill was reserved for the signification
of the Governor's pleasure thereon, having
been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has been pleased to assent to the same.

WILLIAM Fox.