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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

"Out of the sum of twenty pounds (£20) deposited
by any person making application for a Gold Mining
Lease, shall be deducted the sum of five pounds (£5)
in addition to the previously authorised costs and
expenses, in case such person shall withdraw his ap-
plication, or forfeit or abandon his claim, or within
one month after notice by the Warden that the Lease
is prepared, shall not accept the same."
And doth further declare that this Order shall
take effect from the day of date hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

G. GREY, Governor.
At the Government House at Auckland, the
29th day of December. 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
Executive Council of the Colony, and in exercise of
the before recited power, hath delegated to
ROBERT GRAHAM, ESQUIRE,
as Superintendent of the Province of Auckland,
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 Auck-
land 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 Auckland, 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
Auckland.

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 Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its De-
pendencies, 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
ROBERT GRAHAM, Esquire,
as Superintendent of the Province of Auckland
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 Auck-
land the said powers hereby given the said
Robert Graham so long as he shall continue and
remain Superintendent of the said Province 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 December, in
the year of Our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Sixty-four.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
HENRY SEWELL.

Delegation of the Governor's powers under the “Gold
Fields Act, 1862," to the Superintendent of
Auckland.

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 Depend-
encies, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS, by section 19 of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, 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