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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

G. GREY,
Governor.

Approved in Council, this 16th day of June,
1864.

Present:-

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand intituled
"The New Zealand Native Reserves Act,
1856," certain powers therein specified are
vested in the Commissioners under the said
Act, and whereas by another Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled,
"The Native Reserves Amendment Act
1862," all the powers and authorities which
by "The New Zealand Native Reserves Act,
1856," are given to or vested in or
which may be exercised by Commissioners
appointed, or to be appointed, under that
Act shall vest in and may be exercised by
the Governor, and it is by the said Act further
enacted that the Governor may, by Order in
Council, from time to time delegate all or
any of the powers competent to the Commis-
sioners under the said Act, unto any person
or persons, for any period, and subject to
any regulations and restrictions or stipula-
tions as may be specified in such order.

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, in exercise of the power and authority
so vested in him as Governor aforesaid, doth
by this Order in Council delegate, until this
order shall be revoked, to BELFIELD WOOL-
COMBE, Esquire, Resident Magistrate at
Timaru, all the powers competent to Commis-
sioners under the said first-recited Act
without any restrictions or stipulations
whatever.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Delegation of the Governor's powers under
"The Gold Fields Act, 1862," to the Super-
intendent of Marlborough.

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 Section 19 of an Act of
the General Assembly of New Zea-
land, intituled "The Gold Fields Act, 1862,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, from time to
time to constitute for any Gold Field, or for
any part thereof, Wardens' Courts for the
administration of justice therein, and to
appoint Wardens as Judges of such Courts,
with power to act alone, or with Assessors
or Juries, and in such manner and to exer-
cise all or any of the powers thereinafter
mentioned as the Governor shall think fit to
direct:

And whereas, by the 5th Section of an
Act of the General Assembly, intituled "The
Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863," it
is enacted 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 other person as the
Governor may deem fit, and under such
restrictions as he shall think fit, all or any
of the powers vested in the Governor, or the
Governor in Council, by Section 19 of the
said Act, and to alter or revoke by said
delegation:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony,
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council thereof, and in pursuance of the
power and authority for this purpose in me
vested, do hereby delegate unto

THOMAS CARTER, Esq.,

as Superintendent of the Province of Marl-
borough, all the powers vested in me by the
19th Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1862,"
to have, hold, and exercise within the Pro-
vince of Marlborough the said powers hereby
given the said Thomas Carter, so long as he
shall continue and remain Superintendent of
the said Province, and no longer, and to
have, hold, and exercise such powers sub-
ject to the Regulations hereunder written,
namely:-

REGULATIONS.

All acts and appointments done and made
by the said Superintendent under the fore-
going Delegation shall be provisional until
the same shall have been confirmed and
allowed by the Governor; and the Governor
shall have power to disallow the same.

The Superintendent shall report without
delay to the Governor all such acts and
appointments.

The Superintendent shall lay before the
Provincial Council of the said Province every
such act and appointment at the Session of
the said Council next following.

The Provincial Council of the said Pro-
Vince may, through their Speaker, transmit
to the Governor any Resolutions respecting
any such act or appointment.

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

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

Warrant abolishing Polling Places.

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