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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

belong to the Office of Governor and Commander-
in-Chief according to the tenor of these Our Letters
Patent, and according to Our Instructions as afore-
said, and the Laws of the Colony.
XIII. In the event of the Governor having occa-
sion to be temporarily absent for a short period from
the seat of Government or from the Colony, he may
in every such case, by an Instrument under the
Public Seal of the Colony, constitute and appoint
Our Lieutenant Governor, or if there be no such
Officer, then any other person to be his Deputy
during such temporary absence, and in that capacity
to exercise, perform, and execute for and on behalf
of the Governor during such absence, but no longer,
all such powers and authorities vested in the
Governor, by these Our Letters Patent, as shall in
and by such Instrument be specified and limited,
but no others: Provided, nevertheless, that, by
the appointment of a Deputy as aforesaid, the
power and authority of the Governor shall not be
abridged, altered, or in any way affected, otherwise
than We may at any time hereafter think proper to
direct.
XIV. And We do hereby require and command
all Our Officers and Ministers, Civil and Military,
and all other the inhabitants of the Colony, to be
obedient, aiding, and assisting unto the Governor, or
to such person or persons as may from time to time,
under the provisions of these Our Letters Patent,
administer the Government of the Colony.
XV. And We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our
heirs and Successors, full power and authority from
time to time to revoke, alter, or amend these Our
Letters Patent as to Us or Them shall seem meet.
XVI. And We do direct and enjoin that these
Our Letters Patent shall be read and proclaimed at
such place or places within Our said Colony as the
Governor shall think fit.
In Witness whereof We have caused these Our
Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at
Westminster, the Twenty-first day of February, in
the Forty-second year of Our Reign.
By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual.
C. ROMILLY.

DRAFT of a Commission passed under the Royal
Sign Manual and Signet, appointing Sir Hercules
George Robert Robinson, G.C.M.G., to be Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependencies.

VICTORIA R.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen,
Defender of the Faith, Empress of India: To Our
Trusty and Well-beloved Sir HERCULES GEORGE
ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight Grand Cross of Our
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George: Greeting:

WE do by this Our Commission under our Sign
Manual and Signet appoint you the said Sir Hercules
George Robert Robinson, until Our further pleasure
shall be signified, to be Our Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies during Our will and
pleasure, with all and singular the powers and autho-
rities granted to the Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of Our said Colony in Our Letters Patent
under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at West-
minster, the twenty-first day of February, 1879, in
the forty-second year of Our reign, which said powers
and authorities We do hereby authorize you to exer-
cise and perform, according to such orders and in-
structions as Our Governor and Commander-in-
Chief for the time being hath already received or as
you may hereafter receive from Us. And for so
doing this shall be your Warrant.
II. And We do hereby command all and singular
Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our
said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others
whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and
to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Twenty-
second day of February, 1879, in the
Forty-second year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's command.
M. E. HICKS BEACH.

Executive Council.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 17th April, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
reappoint and administer the oaths of office to
The Honorable Sir GEORGE GREY, K.C.B.,
Premier and Commissioner of Customs;
The Honorable GEORGE STODDART WHITMORE,
C.M.G., Colonial Secretary;
The Honorable JAMES MACANDREW, Minister
for Public Works;
The Honorable JOHN SHEEHAN, Native Minister
and Minister of Justice;
The Honorable JAMES TEMPLE FISHER, Post-
master-General and Commissioner of Tele-
graphs;
The Honorable JOHN BALLANCE, Colonial
Treasurer and Minister of Education.
They are sworn members of the Executive Council
of New Zealand.

And His Excellency has been pleased to reappoint
The Honorable ROBERT STOUT, Attorney-General
and Minister of Lands and Immigration;
The Honorable HOANI NAHE;
The Honorable JOHN NATHANIEL WILSON; and
The Honorable WILLIAM SWAINSON;
to be members of the Executive Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.