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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

On all estates the gross collections in
respect of which exceed the sum of
two hundred and fifty pounds (£250)
but do not exceed the sum of one
thousand pounds (£1,000) . . . . . 5 p cent.
On all estates the gross collections in
respect of which exceed the sum of
one thousand pounds (£1,000) . . . . . 4 p cent.
The above rates to be in addition to all actual
expenses incurred for postages, telegrams, or any
other necessary service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sitting of Court of Appeal.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of March, 1874.

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Court of Appeal Act, 1862,"
and "The Court of Appeal Act Amendment
Act, 1870," it is enacted that the Court shall hold
its sittings at such times and places as shall be from
time to time fixed by the Governor in Council and
proclaimed in the Government Gazette thirty days
at least before the times so fixed respectively :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, doth hereby fix that a Sitting of the
Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within
the Supreme Court House, in the City of Wellington
and Province of Wellington, upon the eleventh day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegation of Governor's Powers under "The Lunatics
Act, 1868," to the Superintendent of the Province
of Marlborough.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1874.

Present :

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Lunatics Act, 1868," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, from time to time to order and
direct that all or any of the powers, functions, duties,
and authorities vested in or required to be performed
by the Governor, or the Governor in Council, or the
Colonial Secretary, by the said Act, within any
Province or other district of the Colony, shall be
exercised or performed by the Superintendent of any
such Province, or by any other person the Governor
may think fit ; and thereupon such functions, powers,
duties, and authorities may by such Superintendent
or other person be exercised or performed within the
Province or other district of the Colony specified :

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir James Fergus-
son, Baronet, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Colony, in pursuance and in exercise of the
power and authority for that purpose vested in him,
doth hereby order and direct that all the powers,
functions, duties, and authorities vested in or required
to be performed by the Governor, or the Governor
in Council, or the Colonial Secretary, by "The
Lunatics Act, 1868," within the Province of Marl-
borough, shall be exercised by the Superintendent of
such Province.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegation of Governor's Powers under "The Gold
Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868," to the Superin-
tendent of the Province of Marlborough.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1874.

Present:

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act Amend-
ment Act, 1868," it is enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Governor, if and whenever he shall
have, by lease, agreement, or otherwise by consent
of the Native owners of any land over which the Native
title has been extinguished, or the Native
owners of any land over which the Native title
has not been extinguished, obtained power from
such Native or other owners to authorize entry on
such lands for mining for gold, by Proclamation
issued under the third section of "The Gold Fields
Act, 1866," to include such land within any gold
field, or to proclaim such land a gold field : And
it is further enacted that it shall be further
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 to such other person as the Governor may deem
fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor
by the preceding sections of the said Act (including
the above-recited sections), subject or not to any
limitations or restrictions as the Governor may think
fit :

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir James Fergus-
son, Baronet, the Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power for
that purpose vested in him by the said Act, doth
hereby delegate to •

ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough, all
the powers vested in the Governor by the said recited
section of "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act,
1868," to have, hold, and exercise, within the Province
of Marlborough, the said powers hereby delegated to
the said Arthur Penrose Seymour, so long as he shall
continue and remain Superintendent of the said
Province, and no longer : Provided always that no
Proclamation affecting any lands shall be made by
the said Arthur Penrose Seymour under the powers
hereby delegated to him, unless the Governor shall
have obtained power to authorize entry on such lands
for mining for gold, in the manner required by the
said Act.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegation of certain of the Governor's Powers under
"The Gold Fields Act, 1866," to the Superin-
tendent of the Province of Marlborough.

(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