THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 7

SCHEDULE.

Delegation of certain of the Governor's Powers under
"The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to the Superintendent
of the Province of Nelson.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, 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,
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:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, 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

OSWALD CURTIS, Esq.,

as Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, all the
powers vested in me under or by virtue of the said
"Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers con-
ferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight,
sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, to
have, hold, and exercise, within the Province of
Nelson, the said powers hereby given to the said
Oswald Curtis, so long as he shall continue and remain
Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer :
Provided always that copies of all Rules and Regula-
tions made under the delegation aforesaid shall be
forthwith transmitted 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 the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 Public Seal
of the said Colony, at Dunedin, this
twenty-fourth day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Approved in Council.
FRANCIS A. HARE,
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

Justice of the Peace appointed under "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867."

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if
he shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be
a Justice of the Peace, by warrant under his hand,
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint
such person to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony; and it is also thereby enacted that in every
such appointment it shall be expressed that it is
made under the one hundred and thirty-third section
of the said Act; and it is further declared that such
appointment shall continue in force only during the
Mayoralty of such person, and the person so ap-
pointed shall not, by virtue of such appointment, be
authorized to sit or act as a Justice of the Peace
elsewhere than within the borough:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the said power and authority
in me vested in that behalf, do hereby appoint

CHARLES BONYTHON BORLASE, Esq.,

the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough
of Wellington, to be a Justice of the Peace under
the one hundred and thirty-third section of "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same, at Dunedin, this twenty-sixth day
of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Justice of the Peace appointed under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867."

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and thirty-third
section of an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand, intituled "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk of every borough, as soon as con-
veniently may be after every election of a Mayor for
such borough, to give notice to the Colonial Secretary
for the time being of such election, and of the person
elected; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if
he shall think fit, and if such person shall not then be
a Justice of the Peace, by Warrant under his hand,
published in the New Zealand Gazette, to appoint