THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 463

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-third day of September, 1868.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act, 1865," it is among other things
enacted, that the Governor in Council may from time
to time appoint, in and for each Mining District, some
proper person to be Official Agent in and for such
district, and may require of such person such security
as he shall think fit:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
do hereby appoint

ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Esq.,

to be Official Agent, subject to the provisions con-
tained in the said Act, in and for the Mining District
of the County of Westland, vice Andrew Roby
Bloxam, Esquire, resigned; and I do hereby require
of the said Archibald Scott security by bond, with
two approved sureties, in the form and to the
amount specified in the Schedule hereto.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

KNOW all men by these presents that we, Archibald
Scott, of , and $^1$ , and $^1$ , are held and
firmly bound unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria in
the sum of two hundred pounds sterling, to be paid
to our said Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors,
for which payment well and truly to be made we
bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally,
for and in the whole, and the heirs, executors, and
administrators of us and every of us, firmly by these
presents.

Sealed with our seals.

Dated this $^2$ day of in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

WHEREAS the said Archibald Scott has been appointed
an Official Agent under "The Mining Companies
Limited Liability Act, 1865;" and whereas the above
bounden $^3$ and $^3$ have agreed to join with
the said Archibald Scott in the above-written bond
or obligation, as the sureties of the said Archibald
Scott for the due and faithful performance of the
duties of his said office:

Now the condition of the above-written obligation
is such that if the said Archibald Scott from time to
time, so long as he shall continue and be employed
in the said office, shall duly perform the duties of the
said office, and duly account for and pay over all
moneys which shall come into his possession or be
under the control of himself or his agents by reason
of or by virtue of his said office or employment, and
shall from time to time observe and keep all such
orders and instructions as he shall receive from the
Governor of New Zealand for the time being touching
the due performance and execution of the duties of the
said office; and shall from time to time and at all times
hereafter, so long as he shall hold the said office, well
and truly, faithfully and honestly, to the best of his
skill and ability, exercise, obey, discharge, and perform
all the duties thereof, and also all the powers, direc-
tions, duties, and obligations given to, conferred upon,
or to be performed and discharged by him under any
law for the time being relating to the said office; and

shall, when thereunto required, deliver up all books,
deeds, orders, and decrees of the Judges of the District
Court or of the Supreme Court, vouchers and other
papers relating to the said office, and also such com-
mission, warrant, or authority as he hath received or
shall receive from the Governor to such person as the
Governor shall direct and appoint to receive the same,
then this obligation to be void and of none effect, or
else to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-named
Archibald Scott $^4$ and $^4$ in the
presence of $^5$
(L.S.)
(L.S.)
(L.S.)

$^1$ Names of sureties at length, places of residence, and
additions.
$^2$ Date of first signature in words at length.
$^3$ Names of sureties at length.
$^4$ Names of sureties at length.
$^5$ A seal is to be affixed for each party and the bond is to be
signed in the presence of two witnesses, who must sign their
names, adding their residences and occupations.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1868.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
three of "The Otago Municipal Corporations
Act, 1865," the name of the following person has
been sent to this office by the Town Clerk, as having
been elected Mayor of West Hawkesbury :---
JOHN SMITH, Esq.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

VINCENT PYKE, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Dunstan, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 20th January
1868, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 5,
of 23rd January, 1868; vice Lowther Broad, Esquire,
resigned.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd 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, namely :----

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1868.

ENQUIRIES having been made respecting the
undermentioned persons, any one who can