Gold Fields Regulations and Warrants




270
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

hold, and exercise, within the Province of Otago, the
said powers hereby given the said Thomas Dick,
so long as he shall continue and remain Superin-
tendent of the said Province and no longer, subject to
the regulations hereunder written, namely—

Copies of all rules and regulations made under the
delegation aforesaid shall be forthwith transmitted
to the Colonial Secretary, in order that the same may
be laid before the General Assembly, in accordance
with the provisions of the sixty-third section of "The
Gold Fields Act, 1862."

All acts and appointments done and made under
the nineteenth section of "The Gold Fields Acts,
1862" 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 Province may,
through their Speaker, transmit to the Governor, any
resolutions respecting any such act or appointment.

No Proclamation excluding from a gold field any
land comprised within the boundaries thereof shall
be issued until the same shall have been approved by
the Governor; nor unless notice of the intention to
apply to the Governor for such approval shall have
been conspicuously posted for the period of six weeks
prior to such application, in the office of the Warden
of the gold field to be affected by such Proclama-
tion; and also advertised three times not less than a
month previously to the said application, in one
newspaper in circulation on the said gold fields.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this twenty-eighth day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this seventeenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND.
Colonial Secretary.

Warrant Appointing a Principal Polling Place.

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.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:-

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly,
"The Regulation of Elections Act,
1858,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor by warrant under his hand, from time
to time, to appoint polling places for each electoral
district, within or without the limits thereof, and to
appoint any one of such places to be the principal
polling place for the district, and all or any of such
polling places at any time to abolish and to appoint
other polling places in lieu thereof. And whereas
by another Act of the General Assembly, intituled
"The Provincial Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted
that, subject to certain provisions therein contained,
every election of the Superintendent or of a Member
of a Provincial Council of a Province shall be con-
ducted in the manner prescribed by "The Regulation
of Elections Act, 1858," aforesaid, and all the pro-
visions of the said last-mentioned Act shall apply to
the elections of Superintendents and Members of
Provincial Councils:

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Acts,
do hereby appoint the following place to be the
principal polling place for the District of Rakaia, for
the election of Superintendents and Members of the
Provincial Council of the said district, namely—

ROAD BOARD OFFICE, Leeston.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this twenty-second
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND,
Colonial Secretary.

Warrant appointing 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 Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:-

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor by warrant under his hand, from time
to time, to appoint polling places for each electoral
district, within or without the limits thereof, and to
appoint any one of such places to be the principal
polling place for the district, and all or any of such
polling places at any time to abolish and to appoint
other polling places in lieu thereof:

Now know ye, that I, the Governor of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in
me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the
following places to be additional polling places
for the electoral district hereinafter specified,
as constituted by "The Representation Act, 1862,"
for the election of Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, namely—for the District of Motueka:
SCHOOL HOUSE, Rewaka; and
SCHOOL HOUSE, Lower Moutere.



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🏛️ Delegation of Gold Fields Powers to Superintendent of Otago (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
11 September 1865
Delegation, Gold Fields Acts, Regulations, Otago, Superintendent, General Assembly
  • Thomas Dick, Superintendent of Otago receiving delegation

  • G. Grey
  • J. C. Richmond, Colonial Secretary
  • G. Grey
  • J. C. Richmond, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Warrant Appointing Principal Polling Place for Rakaia District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
22 August 1865
Warrant, Polling Place, Rakaia District, Provincial Council Election, Regulation of Elections Act 1858
  • Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • J. C. Richmond, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Warrant appointing Additional Polling Places for Motueka Electoral District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Warrant, Polling Places, Motueka Electoral District, House of Representatives Election, Representation Act 1862
  • Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • J. C. Richmond, Colonial Secretary