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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1869.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1869.

Present:
THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act Amend-
ment Act, 1868," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, if and whenever he shall
have by lease, agreement, or otherwise, by consent of
the Native owners of any land over which the Native
title has been extinguished, or the Native owners of
any land over which the Native title has not been
extinguished, obtained power from such Native or
other owners to authorize entry on such lands for
mining for gold, by Proclamation issued under the
third section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to
include such land within any Gold Field, or to pro-
claim such land a Gold Field: And by the said Act
it is further 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 by the preceding
sections of the said Act (including the above-recited
sections), subject or not to any limitations or restric-
tions as the Governor may think fit:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power for
that purpose vested in him by the said Act, doth
hereby delegate to

ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Esq.,

Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, all the
powers vested in the Governor by the said recited
section of "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act,
1868," to have, hold, and exercise within the Province
of Wellington, the said powers hereby delegated to the
said Isaac Earl Featherston, so long as he shall
continue and remain Superintendent of the said
Province, and no longer: Provided always that no
Proclamation affecting any lands shall be made by
the said Isaac Earl Featherston under the powers
hereby delegated to him, unless the Governor shall
have obtained power to authorize entry on such
lands for mining for gold, in the manner required by
the said Act.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "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 now in recital, ex-
cept 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:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof,
and in exercise of the power and authority for this
purpose in me vested, do hereby delegate unto

ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Esq.,

as Superintendent of the Province of Wellington,
all the powers vested in me under or by virtue of the
said "Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers
conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight,
sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, to
have, hold, and exercise within the Province of
Wellington the said powers hereby given to the said
Isaac Earl Featherston, so long as he shall continue
and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and
no longer: Provided always that copies of all Rules
and Regulations made under the delegation aforesaid
shall be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secre-
tary, in order that the same may be laid before the
General Assembly, in accordance 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; and issued this
twentieth day of October, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.