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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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, except
the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and
seven of the said Act, subject or not to any limita-
tions or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like
manner to alter or revoke any such powers:

And whereas by "The Gold Fields Act Amend-
ment Act, 1867," it is enacted that, within any
Province in which by any Act or Ordinance it is
provided that the Superintendent shall, in the
administration of the Government thereof, act by
and with the advice and consent of an Executive
Council, it shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council to delegate under his hand and the Public
Seal of the Colony, from time to time as occasion
may require, to the Executive Government for the
time being of such Province, subject or not to any
limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, all or
any of such powers vested in the Governor or the
Governor in Council by "The Gold Fields Act,
1866," as under or by virtue of the one hundred and
ninth section of the said Act (being the section
herein first recited) may be delegated by the
Governor in Council:

And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superinten-
dent and Provincial Council of the Province herein-
after named, intituled "The Executive Council
Ordinance, 1861," it is provided that the Superin-
tendent of the said Province shall, in the administra-
tion of the Government thereof, act by and with the
advice and consent of an Executive Council:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, 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
the Executive Government, for the time being, of
the Province of Otago, all such powers vested
in the Governor or the Governor in Council by
"The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and "The Gold Fields
Act Amendment Act, 1869," as under or by virtue
of the one hundred and ninth section of "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866," may be delegated by the Governor
in Council, to have, hold, and exercise within the said
Province the said powers hereby given: Provided
always that copies of all rules and regulations made
under the said delegation shall be forthwith trans-
mitted to the Colonial Secretary, 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 under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Welling-
ton, this fourteenth day of December,

in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.

DONALD MCLEAN,
Presiding.

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 the Governor in Council
may, by Warrant under his hand, from time to time
delegate to the Superintendent of any Province
within the Colony 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 Amend-
ment Act, 1865:" And whereas by the fifth section
of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
it is enacted that the power of annulling, making
void, or allowing or varying and making anew, any
such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or
other declarations vested in the Governor by "The
Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," may
from time to time be delegated by the Governor in
Council, by Warrant under his hand, to the Superin-
tendent of any Province :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Colony, do hereby delegate to

JAMES MACANDREW, Esquire,

the Superintendent of the Province of Otago,
within the said Province, so long as he shall remain
Superintendent of the Province, the several powers
vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council
by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth
sections of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," afore-
said, and all the powers which by the fifth section of
"The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
the Governor in Council is authorized so to delegate,
subject to be rescinded as in the said Acts provided,
and subject to the regulations contained in an Order
in Council dated the twenty-first day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

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 at
Wellington, this fourteenth day of Decem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.

DONALD MCLEAN,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.