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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1869.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of February, 1869.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act, 1865," it is 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, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby appoint

GEORGE FACHE, Esq.,

of Clyde, in the Province of Otago, to be Official
Agent, subject to the provisions contained in the
said Act, in and for the Mining District of the Otago
Gold Fields, vice H. J. Cope, Esq., resigned, and
doth hereby require of the said George Fache
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 wel
and$^2$ and are held and firmly bound
unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria in the sum of five
hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great
Britain, to be paid unto 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

$^1$ Names and residence of principal in full.
$^2$ Christian and surname of each of the two sureties, with
their places of residence and calling or description.

with our seals. Dated this day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine.

WHEREAS the said has been appointed an
Official Agent under "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act, 1865," and whereas the above bounden
and have agreed to join with the
said in the above-written bond or obligation
as the sureties of the said 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 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 to the possession or be under the control
of himself or his agents, by reason of or by virtue of
the said office or employment; and shall from time
to time observe and keep all such orders and instruc-
tions as he shall receive from the Governor of New
Zealand for the time being touching the due perform-
ance and execution 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, directions, duties, and
obligations given to, conferred upon, or to be per-
formed 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:
provided always that no more than the sum of two
hundred and fifty pounds shall be recoverable from

$^1$ Date of first signature in words at length.