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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
Auditor, during his absence from the Colony of New
WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it Zealand.
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 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 aforesaid, 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
limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in
like manner to alter or revoke any such powers:
And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date
the twentieth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
His Excellency Sir George Grey, the then Governor,
did delegate to the Honorable John Hall, a member,
of the Executive Council of the Colony, all the
powers in him vested under or by virtue of "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers conferred
by the sections of the said Act hereinbefore
enumerated:
Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority
vested in me as aforesaid, with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, do
hereby revoke the powers delegated to the Honorable
John Hall in and by the said Order in Council of the
twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty-eight, and, with the like advice and
consent, do hereby delegate to

JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Esq.,
the Chairman of the County Council for the County of
Westland, all the powers vested in me under or by
virtue of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," aforesaid
except the powers conferred by sections eleven, twenty-
two, thirty, thirty-three thirty-nine, forty, forty-eight,
sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of the
said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the said powers
hereby delegated to the said James Alexander Bonar
within the County of Westland: Provided always
that 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 accor-
dance with the provisions of the one hundred and
tenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."

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
(L.S.) Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington; and issued under
the Public Seal of the said Colony, this
sixteenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint, under section 24 of "The Public
Revenues Act, 1867,"

WILLIAM SEED, Esq.,
to act as the Deputy of Charles Knight, Esquire, the

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS GEORGE DUGARD, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
the Lakes, for the election of Members of the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Otago.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS GEORGE DUGARD, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of Hampden, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization, under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the undermentioned
persons :-

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 15th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

WILLIAM POWDITCH, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

ALAN BAILLIE, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Warden of all Wardens'
Courts within the Gold Fields of the Province of
Auckland.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 16th September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

DAVID ANDERSON BRODIE, Esq.,
of his appointment as Clerk to the Bench at
Whangarei.

E. W. STAFFORD.