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touching the premises: And whereas it is expedient
to be a Member of the Executive Council; and it is
to extend the period within which you the said
hereby notified that this gentleman has taken the
Commissioners were by the said Commission required
necessary oaths.
to make your report:
By command.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of New Zealand, extend the duration of the said
Commission to the ninth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy; and, with the like advice
and consent, I do require that you the said Commis-
sioners do, on or before the ninth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, certify to me, to
under your hands and seals, your several proceedings
by virtue of the said recited Commission and of these
presents, and your opinion touching the matters set
forth in the said recited Commission.

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 under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and autho-
rity in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that Sittings
of the District Court of the Otago Gold Fields,
additional to those already appointed, shall be held
as follows :-

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Lawrence,
on the second Tuesday in August next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Naseby, on
the second Wednesday in September next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Clyde, on
the Monday next after the second Wednesday
in September next.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court at Queenstown,
on the Monday second after the second Wednes-
day in September next.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirteenth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned

HENRY SEWELL, Esq.,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, to the
Legislative Council of New Zealand, by Writ of
Summons under the Seal of the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 13th June, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Honorable HENRY SEWELL

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Honorable HENRY SEWELL
to be Minister of Justice for the Colony of New
Zealand.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1870.

IT is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Secretary
of State for the Colonies has instructed His
Excellency the Governor to recognize the appoint-
ment of

JAMES G. WHITE, Esq.,
as Commercial Agent for the United States at the
Bay of Islands.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1870.

THE following Acts passed by the General Assembly
of New Zealand, in the Session held in the
thirty-third year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria, intituled-

:
No. 11. "The Otago Settlements Act, 1869;"
No. 13. "The Canterbury Waste Lands Act,
1869;"
No. 26. "The Native Lands Act, 1869;"
No. 28. "The Auckland Waste Lands Act,
1867, Amendment Act, 1869;"
No. 29. "The Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866,
Amendment Act, 1869;"
No. 30. The Crown Lands (Nelson) Leasing
Act, 1869;"

having been laid before the Queen, in conformity with
the provisions of "The Constitution Act," His
Excellency the Governor has been informed by the
Secretary of State that Her Majesty will not be
advised to exercise her power of disallowance with
respect to these Acts.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1870.

THE following Ordinances passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Taranaki, intituled-

"The Waitara Public Wharf Ordinance, 1870;"
"The Turnpike Ordinance, 1868, Amendment
Ordinance, 1870;"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of them.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1870.

IT is hereby notified, that the Secretary to the
Central Board of Civil Service Examiners has
reported that the under-mentioned Candidate has
passed his Examination under the Civil Service
Regulations, viz. :-

SALVATORE CEMINO.

W. GISBORNE.