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deposit of ten pounds (£10) pursuant to "The Agri-
cultural Leases Regulations made under "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866."

Receiver of Gold Revenue.

Given under the hand of 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, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-seventh day of April, 1867.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Gold Fields
Act, 1866," it is provided that it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council, under his hand and the
Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, 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 the Governor in Council
by the said Act, except the powers conferred by
sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-
six, and one hundred and seven 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 instructions in writing, bearing
date the twelfth day of October, 1866, 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,
delegated to the various Superintendents of Pro-
vinces, and amongst others to Thomas Dick, Esquire,
then being Superintendent of the Province of Otago,
all the aforesaid powers, excepting those before-
recited to be excepted, to hold and exercise the said
powers within their respective Provinces, and so
long as they should remain and continue Superin-
tendents thereof and no longer.

And whereas His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
by the said Act conferred, did on the tenth day of
January last, by Order in Council, appoint and
declare that all the costs, charges, and expenses,
incident to the management and administration of
the Gold Fields within the aforesaid Provinces, shall
be regulated by Acts to be passed by the Superin-
tendents and Provincial Councils thereof.

And whereas the said Thomas Dick has ceased to
be Superintendent of the said Province of Otago :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities
enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of this
Colony, revoke and cancel the said Order in Council
made on the said tenth day of January last, but
only so far as the same appoints and declares that
all costs, charges, and expenses, incident to the
management and administration of the Gold Fields
in the Province of Otago shall be regulated by Acts
to be passed by the Superintendent and Provincial
Council of Otago, or otherwise howsoever relates to
the said Province of Otago.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-seventh day of April, 1867.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Gold Fields
Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council, under his hand, and under
the Public Seal of the Colony from time to time to
delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or
such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all
or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the
Governor in Council by the Act now in recital, except
the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty,
forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and
seven, of the said Act, subject or not to any limita-
tions 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 the
exercise of the power and authority for this purpose
in me vested, do hereby delegate unto

The Honourable EDWARD WILLIAM STAFFORD,
President of the Executive Council,
of New Zealand,

all the powers vested in me under or by virtue of the
said "Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers
conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight,
sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, to
have, hold, and exercise within the Province of
Otago, the said powers.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-seventh day of April, 1867.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1866," it is.
enacted that the Governor may, by Order in
Council, from time to time, delegate all or any of the
powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act
unto any person or persons, for any period, and subject
to any regulations, restrictions, or stipulations which
may be specified in such Order, and every such
delegation may from time to time alter or revoke:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, Knight Com-
mander of the Bath, the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, do, by this Order, delegate unto

THOMAS HILL, Esq.,
Collector of Customs, Dunedin, such of the powers