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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1866.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
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 "The New Zealand Post Office
Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor from time to time, by writing under
his hand, to delegate to the Postmaster-General all
or any of the powers vested in the Governor by this
Act, except such powers as are conferred upon the
Governor in Council and such powers as are con-
ferred by clause XXII. of the said Act, and such
delegation from time to time to alter or revoke as he
shall think fit:

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
as aforesaid, in pursuance and exercise of the said
power and authority, do hereby delegate to the
Honorable JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General of New Zealand, all the powers
vested in me by the said in part recited Act except
the powers conferred upon the Governor in Council
and the powers conferred by clause XXII. of the
said in part recited Act, to be held and exercised by
him from time to time as he shall think fit, so long
as he shall hold the said office of Postmaster-General.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this fifth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.
G. GREY.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
first day of September, 1866.

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 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 and restrictions 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 aforesaid, doth by this Order in
Council delegate, until this Order shall be revoked,
to
ALFRED ROWLAND CHETHAM STRODE, Esq.,
of Dunedin, all the powers competent to Commis-
sioners under the said first recited Act, without any
restrictions or stipulations whatever.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
first day of September, 1866.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the
seventeenth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six, a certain district, desig-
nated as the Bay of Plenty District, was constituted
a district within the provisions of "The New Zealand
Settlements Act, 1863," and the lands within that