✨ Orders in Council regarding Gold Fields




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 107

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 or the
Governor in Council by the said Act, except the
powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty,
forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and
seven thereof, 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 it is further provided that whenever
the Governor shall have delegated to the Superin-
tendent of any Province all or any of the aforesaid
powers, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order
in Council, to appoint and declare that all costs,
charges, and expenses, incident to the management
and administration of the Gold Fields within such
Province shall be regulated by Acts or Ordinances to
be passed by the Superintendent and Provincial
Council of such Province:

And whereas by an instrument in writing, bearing
date the seventh day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, issued under the Seal of the
Colony, the Governor, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the Colony, and in
exercise of the before-recited power, hath delegated
to the Superintendent of the Province of Southland
all the aforesaid powers, excepting those before
recited to be excepted, to hold and exercise the
said powers within the Province aforesaid:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
for this purpose by the said Act conferred, doth
hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, appoint and declare that all
the costs, charges, and expenses incident to the
management and administration of the Gold Fields
within the aforesaid Province, shall be regulated by
Acts to be passed by the Superintendent and Pro-
vincial Council thereof.

HENRY D. PITT, Capt., R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, this
seventh day of January, 1870.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WH
HEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, from time to time
to constitute for any Gold Field, or for any part
thereof, Wardens' Courts, for the administration of
justice therein, and to appoint Wardens of such
Courts, with power to act alone or with Assessors,
and in such manner, and to exercise all or any of the
powers thereinafter mentioned, as the Governor shall
think fit to direct:

And whereas by a certain Proclamation issued
under the hand of John Williamson, Esquire, then
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, bearing
date the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, and published in the
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette on the
sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, a certain block of land therein
described was proclaimed to be a Gold Field under
the provisions of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866:" And
whereas it is expedient that a Warden's Court should
be constituted in and for the said Gold Field:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the said power and
authority, doth hereby, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, order that
Wardens' Courts shall be and the same are hereby
constituted and established for the Gold Field con-
stituted by the hereinbefore recited Proclamation
dated the fourteenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, for the administration
of justice therein; and with the like advice and con-
sent His Excellency the Governor doth hereby
appoint
GEORGE BOUTFLOWER DAVY, Esq.,
WILLIAM FRAZER, Esq., and
JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq.,
to be Wardens of such Courts, with power to act
alone or with Assessors, and in such manner as is
provided by the said Act, and to exercise all such
powers as are mentioned in the said Act, and which
the Governor by the said Act has power to direct
them to exercise.
Approved in Council.
HENRY D. PITT, Capt., R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, this
seventh day of January, 1870.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WH
HEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, from time to time
to constitute for any Gold Field, or for any part
thereof, Wardens' Courts for the administration of
justice therein, and to appoint Wardens of such
Courts, with power to act alone or with Assessors,
and in such manner, and to exercise all or any of the
powers thereinafter mentioned, as the Governor shall
think fit to direct:

And whereas by a certain Proclamation issued
under the hand of John Williamson, Esquire, then
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, bearing
date the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, and published in the
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette on the
eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, a certain block of land therein
described was proclaimed to be a Gold Field under
the provisions of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866:" And
whereas it is expedient that a Warden's Court should
be constituted in and for the said Gold Field:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the said power and
authority, doth hereby, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, order that
Wardens' Courts shall be and the same are hereby
constituted and established for the Gold Field con-
stituted by the hereinbefore recited Proclamation
dated the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, for the administration of
justice therein; and with the like advice and consent
His Excellency the Governor doth hereby appoint
GEORGE BOUTFLOWER DAVY, Esq.,
WILLIAM FRAZER, Esq., and
JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq.,
to be Wardens of such Courts, with power to act
alone or with Assessors, and in such manner as is
provided by the said Act, and to exercise all such
powers as are mentioned in the said Act, and which
the Governor by the said Act has power to direct
them to exercise.

Approved in Council.
HENRY D. PITT, Capt., R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).



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🌾 Order in Council regarding Gold Fields Act (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 January 1870
Order in Council, Gold Fields Act, Legislation, Southland Province
  • Henry D. Pitt, Captain, R.A., Private Secretary (for Clerk of the Executive Council)
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor

🌾 Order in Council establishing Wardens' Courts for Gold Fields

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 January 1870
Order in Council, Gold Fields Act, Wardens' Courts, Auckland Province
  • George Boutflower Davy (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Wardens' Courts
  • William Frazer (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Wardens' Courts
  • Jackson Keddell (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Wardens' Courts

  • Henry D. Pitt, Captain, R.A., Private Secretary (for Clerk of the Executive Council)
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor

🌾 Order in Council establishing Wardens' Courts for Gold Fields

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 January 1870
Order in Council, Gold Fields Act, Wardens' Courts, Auckland Province
  • George Boutflower Davy (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Wardens' Courts
  • William Frazer (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Wardens' Courts
  • Jackson Keddell (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Wardens' Courts

  • Henry D. Pitt, Captain, R.A., Private Secretary (for Clerk of the Executive Council)
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor