✨ Orders in Council
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 381
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
G. GREY, Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland, the
29th day of September, 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 Gen-
eral 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 Commissioners under
the said Act unto any person or persons for any period,
and subject to any regulations or stipulations 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 as afore-
said, doth by this Order in Council delegate, until
this Order shall be revoked, to
ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esquire,
Resident Magistrate, all the powers competent to
Commissioners under the said first recited Act, with-
out any restrictions or stipulations whatever.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Costs of Management of the Marlborough Gold Fields,
to be regulated by Acts of Provincial Council.
G. GREY, Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland, the
twenty-ninth day of September, 1864.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled 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 dele-
gate 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
the before recited power, hath delegated to
ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR, ESQUIRE,
as Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough,
in the said Colony, all the aforesaid powers, except-
ing those before recited to be excepted, to hold and
exercise the said powers within the Province of Marl-
borough 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 Marlborough, shall be regu-
lated by Acts to be passed by the Superintendent
and Provincial Council of the said Province.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Delegation of the Governor's Powers, under the “Gold
Fields' Act, 1862," to the Superintendent of Marl-
borough.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same, &c., &c., &c.
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 other person as the Governor may deem fit,
all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or in
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, sub-
ject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he
may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke
any such powers:
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
exercise of the power and authority for this purpose
in me vested, do hereby delegate unto
ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR, ESQUIRE,
as Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough,
all the powers vested in me under or by virtue of the
"Gold Fields' Act, 1862," except the powers con-
tained in Sections Nineteen, Thirty-one, Thirty-two,
Thirty-three, and Sixty-one of the said Act, to have,
hold, and exercise within the Province of Marl-
borough the said powers hereby given the said
Arthur Penrose Seymour, so long as he shall con-
tinue and remain Superintendent of the said Pro-
vince, and no longer:
Provided always that copies of all Rules and
Regulations made under the Delegation aforesaid,
shall be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secre-
tary, in order that the same may be laid before the
General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions
of the Sixty-third Clause of the "Gold Fields' Act,
1862."
Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this twenty-ninth day of September, in the
year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty-four.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.
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