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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it
is enacted 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 the Governor
in Council, by the said Act, except the powers con-
ferred by sections 22, 40, 48, 60, 96, and 107, of the
said Act, and in like manner to alter or revoke any
such powers. And whereas His Excellency Sir
George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, did on
the eighth day of January, 1868, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
delegate to the Honorable John Hall, a Member of
the Executive Council of the Colony, all the powers
vested in him under or by virtue of "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866," aforesaid, except the powers con-
ferred by the sections hereinbefore particularly
mentioned or enumerated, to hold and exercise the
same within the County of Westland. And whereas
it is expedient to revoke the power delegated to the
Honorable John Hall as aforesaid, to grant mining
leases under the section numbered 29 of "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866," but no further, or otherwise to
revoke the delegation aforesaid; and it is expedient
to delegate to the Honorable James Alexander
Bonar, a member of the Legislative Council, the
power to grant mining leases under section 29 of"The Gold Fields Act, 1866," aforesaid, in manner
hereinafter appearing:
The Honorable JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR,
a member of the Legislative Council, the power by the
twenty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866,"
vested in the Governor in Council to demise for mining
purposes to any person, for any term not exceeding
fifteen years from the making of the lease, any
auriferous Crown Lands, not exceeding ten acres in
the whole, of alluvial ground; or an area of four
hundred yards by two hundred yards on a quartz
reef; and to grant sites for machinery, and any
necessary casements for the purposes thereof, subject
nevertheless to the conditions or provisions in the
said section numbered 29 of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866," contained.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
eighth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.
JOHN HALL.

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

G. F. BOWEN, Governor..
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
eighth day of July, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The County of Westland Act,
1867," provision is made for the establishment
of the County of Westland, and it is by the said Act
enacted that the laws and Ordinances of the Province
of Canterbury in force within the said County at the
time of the coming into operation of the Act
aforesaid, shall remain in force within the said
County so far as the same are applicable, and that
all powers vested in the Superintendent of the said