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369

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1871.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
first day of July, 1871.
Present:
THE HONORABLE FRANCIS DILLON BELL, PRESIDING,
AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act, 1865," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may from time to time appoint
in and for each Mining District some proper person
to be Official Agent in and for such District, and
may require of such person such security as he shall
think fit:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby appoint

WILLIAM BRADFORD, Esq.,

of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, to be
Official Agent, subject to the provisions contained in
the said Act and "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869," in and for the
Mining District of the Province of Wellington, and
doth hereby require of the said William Bradford
security by bond, with two approved sureties, in
the form and to the amount specified in the Sche-
dule hereto.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

F. D. BELL,
Presiding.

SCHEDULE.

KNOW all men by these presents that we 1
and 2
and are held and firmly bound
unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria in the sum of
five hundred pounds of good and lawful money of
Great Britain, to be paid unto our said Lady the
Queen, her heirs and successors, for which payment
well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and
every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the
whole, and the heirs, executors, and administrators
of us and every of us, firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seals. Dated this 3 day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

WHEREAS the said
has been appointed
an Official Agent under "The Mining Companies
Limited Liability Act, 1865," and whereas the above
bounden
and
have agreed to join
with the said
in the above-written bond or
obligation as the sureties of the said
for the
due and faithful performance of the duties of his said
office :

Now the condition of the above-written obligation
is such that if the said
from time to time, so
long as he shall continue and be employed in the
said office, shall duly perform the duties of the said
office under the said Act and under "The Mining
Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act,
1869," and duly account for and pay over all moneys
which shall come to the possession or be under the
control of himself or his agents, by reason of or by
virtue of the said office or employment; and shall
from time to time observe and keep all such orders
and instructions as he shall receive from the Governor
of New Zealand for the time being touching the due
performance and execution of the said office; and
shall from time to time, and at all times hereafter,
so long as he shall hold the said office, well and truly,
faithfully and honestly, to the best of his skill and
ability, exercise, obey, discharge, and perform all the
duties thereof, and also all the powers, directions,
duties, and obligations given to, conferred upon, or to
be performed and discharged by him under any law for
the time being relating to the said office; and shall,
when thereunto required, deliver up all books, deeds,
orders and decrees of the Judges of the District
Court or of the Supreme Court, vouchers and other
papers relating to the said office, and also such
commission, warrant, or authority as he hath received
or shall receive from the Governor, to such person
as the Governor shall direct and appoint to receive
the same; and shall obey all orders of any Judge of
the District Court, or of the Supreme Court, duly
made in relation to any books, accounts, papers, and
documents, of or belonging to any Company; and

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No 25, of the 28th April, 1871, fol. 188, the date of Commission of Surgeon G. J. Russell, New
Zealand Militia, should be 23rd March, 1871, instead of 23rd March, 1870.