THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

ment Gazette of the Province of Nelson, on the
eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight, and the ninth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, the portions
of the Colony therein mentioned were constituted a
Gold Field under the name of "The Nelson South-
west Gold Fields:"

And whereas it is expedient that Wardens' Courts
should be constituted in and for the said Gold Field,
additional to those already constituted by Order in
Council published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
seventeenth day of February last:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority, doth hereby, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, order that
Wardens' Courts at Inangahua, within the said Gold
Field, shall be and the same is hereby constituted for
the Gold Field constituted by the hereinbefore
recited Proclamations of the eighth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the
ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, respectively, for the administration of
justice therein, and doth hereby appoint

JOSEPH GILES, Esq.,

to be a Warden of such Court, 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 to
be exercised by Wardens.

WILLIAM FOX, Premier,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

At Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of October,
1870.
Present:

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM FOX, PRIME MINISTER,
PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-sixth
section of "The Lunatics Act, 1868," it is
enacted that the Registrar of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand for the time being in each Judicial
District, and if there be more than one then such one
of such Registrars as the Judge or Judges to whom
such Judicial District shall have been assigned shall
appoint to be Registrar for such District for the
purposes of the said Act, shall give such security for
the due performance of his duties under the said Act
as the Governor in Council may from time to time
require:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the power vested in me by the said
Act, do hereby, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the Colony, require that
the Registrar of the Supreme Court for the time
being in each of the Judicial Districts of the Supreme
Court, or the person appointed as aforesaid to be
Registrar for such District for the purposes of the
said Act, as the case may be, shall give security for
the due performance of these duties, under the said
Act in the sum of five hundred pounds, by a guar-
antee policy of the Australian Alliance Assurance
Company.

WILLIAM FOX, Premier,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

At Wellington, this nineteenth day of October, 1870.
Present:

THE HONORABLE DONALD MCLEAN, NATIVE AND
DEFENCE MINISTER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS
OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Supreme Court
Act, 1860," it is provided that there shall be held
Circuit Courts for the despatch of civil and criminal
business of the Court before one of the Judges
thereof, at such places and times as the Governor in
Council may from time to time appoint:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, doth hereby fix and appoint that
in lieu of the Circuit Courts heretofore fixed, a
Circuit Court shall be held at Invercargill, in the
Province of Otago, in the Otago and Southland
District of the said Colony, on the third Monday in
May and November in each and every year, or as
soon after as may be convenient, for the despatch of
civil and criminal business of the Court, before the
Judge thereof to whom the said district has been
assigned.

DONALD MCLEAN,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

At Wellington, this nineteenth day of October, 1870.
Present:

THE HONORABLE DONALD MCLEAN, NATIVE AND
DEFENCE MINISTER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS
OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the scale of fees
now authorized to be taken in the several
District Courts now or hereafter to be established
under "The District Courts Act, 1858," and the Acts
amending the same, should be abolished, and a new
scale fixed in lieu thereof:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities
vested in him in this behalf, and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
doth hereby abolish the scales of fees heretofore fixed
and in use in respect of proceedings in any District
Court as aforesaid, and doth hereby fix the fees
mentioned and specified in the Schedules A, B, C,
and D hereto, respectively; and doth hereby, with
the like advice and consent, direct and appoint that
the fees so fixed in the said Schedules shall hence-
forth be the fees to be taken in respect of proceedings
in any District Court as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE A.

The fees on Probate or Administration, and in all proceed-
ings in Bankruptcy, shall be the fees payable from time to time
that behalf the Supreme Court.

SCHEDULE B.

Appeals under "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."
£ s. d.
Summons to show cause ... ... ... 1 0 0
Summons to witness ... ... ... 0 5 0
Hearing ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 0
Order on Appeal ... ... ... ... 2 0 0
Fees to be charged on highest scale in Schedule D, if case
reheard before District Court.

SCHEDULE C.

Appeals under "The Appeals from Justices Act, 1867."
Entering case for rehearing ... ... £ s. d.
Amendment of grounds of Appeal under clause 19 ... 0 10 0
Hearing ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 0
Swearing witnesses exceeding three, each ... ... 0 2 0
Order on Appeal ... ... ... ... 2 0 0