powers conferred by the sections hereinbefore par-
ticularly 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 James Alexander Bonar
as aforesaid, to grant mining leases under the section
numbered twenty-nine of “The Gold Fields Act,
1866,” aforesaid; and it is expedient to delegate
to Conrad Hoos, Esquire, Chairman of the County
Council of Westland, the power to grant mining
leases under section twenty-nine of “The Gold
Fields Act, 1866,” aforesaid, in manner hereinafter
appearing:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in
pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in
him as aforesaid, doth hereby, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
revoke the power heretofore delegated to the
Honorable James Alexander Bonar, of the Governor
in Council, to grant leases for mining purposes under
section twenty-nine of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,”
aforesaid, and doth hereby, with such advice and con-
sent as aforesaid, delegate to

CONRAD HOOS, Esq.,

Chairman of the County Council of Westland, 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
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 easements for the purposes thereof,
subject nevertheless to the conditions or provisions
in the said section numbered twenty-nine 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
of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the Govern-
ment House, at Wellington, this third
day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 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
said Act, subject or not to any limitations or restric-
tions 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 sixteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New
Zealand, did delegate to the Honorable James
Alexander Bonar all the powers in him vested under

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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 consent of the
Executive Council of the said Colony, do hereby
revoke the powers delegated to the Honorable James
Alexander Bonar in and by the said Order in Council
of the sixteenth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, and, with the like
advice and consent, do hereby delegate to

CONRAD HOOS, 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 Conrad Hoos
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
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
third day of February, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,”
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 Superin-
tendent 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 said
Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit:
And whereas, by the fourth section of “The Diseased
Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,” it is enacted that
the Governor may, by any Order in Council, from
time to time annul, make void, or alter or vary and
make anew, any Orders in Council, regulations,
appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations,
made and published by the Governor under the
authority of “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” or
of “The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,”
or by the Superintendent of any Province under or
in pursuance of any powers delegated under the
powers of delegation contained in “The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1861,” or “The Diseased Cattle Act
Amendment Act, 1865:” And whereas, by the fifth
section of the “The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
Act, 1865,” it is enacted that the power of annulling,
making void, or altering, or varying and making
anew, any such regulations, appointments, or pro-
hibitory or other declarations, vested in the Governor
by “The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act,
1865,” may from time to time be delegated by the