✨ Gold Fields Administration and Proclamations




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 337

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

SAMUEL BEALEY, Esquire,

as Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, all
the powers vested in me by the 19th Section of "The
Gold Fields' Act, 1862," to have, hold, and exercise
within the Province of Canterbury the said powers
hereby given the said Samuel Bealey, so long as he
shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said
Province, and no longer, and to have, hold, and
exercise such powers subject to the Regulations
hereunder written, namely :-

REGULATIONS.

All acts and appointments done and made by the
said Superintendent under the foregoing 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 ap-
pointment at the Session of the said Council next
following.

The Provincial Council of the said Province may,
through their Speaker, transmit to the Governor any
resolutions respecting any such act or appointment.

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

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Costs of Management of the Canterbury Gold Fields,
to be regulated by Acts of Provincial Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

At the Government House, at Auckland, the six-
teenth day of August, 1864.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, entitled "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 Governor, or the Governor
in Council by the said Act, except the powers con-
ferred 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 Superin-
tendent 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 regulated 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 advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, and in exercise of
the before-recited power, hath delegated to

SAMUEL BEALEY, Esquire,

as Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, 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
Canterbury aforesaid.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, 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 Canterbury, shall be regulated
by Acts to be passed by the Superintendent and
Provincial Council of the said Province.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 6th August, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

JOHN WALLACE,

of Coromandel, in the Province of Auckland, to be
a person to prefer Indictments or Informations under
the "Arms Act, 1860."

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
(In the absence of Mr. Whitaker.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 30th July, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, on behalf of
the resignation by

THOMAS CARTER, Esquire,

of the Office of Superintendent of the Province of
Marlborough.

WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th August, 1864.

THE following Proclamation, issued by His Ex-
cellency the Governor of the Colony of Victoria,
is published for general information.

THOS. B. GILLIES,
(In the absence of Mr. Fox.)

Additional Port and Harbour Regulation.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Sir CHARLES HENRY
DARLING, Knight, Commander of the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of Victoria, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Lieutenant Governor
and Legislative Council of the colony of Victoria,
passed in the sixteenth year of the reign of Her



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🌾 Delegation of Gold Fields Powers to Canterbury Superintendent (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
16 August 1864
Gold Fields Act 1862, Delegation of powers, Superintendent, Canterbury Province, Regulations
  • Samuel Bealey (Esquire), Received delegated powers

  • Sir George Grey, Governor
  • William Fox

🌾 Order regulating Canterbury Gold Fields management costs

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
16 August 1864
Order in Council, Canterbury Gold Fields, Provincial Council regulation, Costs
  • Samuel Bealey (Esquire), Costs regulated by Provincial Council

  • G. GREY, Governor
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

βš–οΈ Appointment to prefer Indictments under Arms Act in Coromandel

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 August 1864
Arms Act 1860, Indictments, Coromandel, Appointment
  • John Wallace, Appointed to prefer Indictments

  • THOMAS B. GILLIES

🏘️ Resignation of Superintendent of Marlborough Province

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
30 July 1864
Resignation, Superintendent, Marlborough Province
  • Thomas Carter (Esquire), Resigned as Superintendent of Marlborough

  • WILLIAM Fox

🌏 Publication of Victorian Port and Harbour Regulation Proclamation

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
11 August 1864
Victoria, Proclamation, Port and Harbour Regulation, Governor
  • THOS. B. GILLIES
  • Sir CHARLES HENRY DARLING, Knight, Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria