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and it appears expedient to make the order hereinafter contained:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the Waimate Borough Council shall, as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be subject to the provisions of the said Act.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Granting Jurisdiction under “The Mining Companies Act, 1886,” to the Nelson District Court.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Mining Companies Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may appoint any District Court to exercise the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under the said Act, except so much thereof as relates to the registration and incorporation of companies:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby appoint

The NELSON DISTRICT COURT

to exercise the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under the said Act, except so much thereof as relates to the registration and incorporation of companies.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for First Elections, Otago Heads Road Board, County of Peninsula.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Proclamation made under section ten of “The Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1884,” and dated the ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, Saturday, the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, was proclaimed as the day for the first election of the members of the Road Board of the Otago Heads Road District: And whereas, owing to unavoidable causes, it has been found impossible to hold the said election on the day so proclaimed: And whereas by the one hundred and fifty-seventh section of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” it is enacted, among other things, that the Governor, by Order in Council, may extend the time within which anything is required to be done: And whereas it is expedient that the said first election should be held:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the one hundred and fifty-seventh section of the last mentioned Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for holding the first election of members of the Road Board of the Otago Heads Road District to the thirty-first day of March instant; and it is further ordered that the said election shall be held at the same hour and place, and by the same Returning Officer, as were appointed by the said Proclamation of the ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Shooting Season for Native Game.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that native game, excepting tuis, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the said colony, except in the Borough of Greymouth, and in the Wairau lagoons in the County of Marlborough, from the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

G. F. RICHARDSON,

In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.

Powers delegated under “The Mining Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1887.”

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the seventh section of “The Mining Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1887,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby delegate unto

Stephenson Percy Smith, of Auckland,
Thomas Humphreys, of Taranaki,
John William Allman Marchant, of Wellington,
George Watkin Williams, of Napier,
Alfred Greenfield, of Nelson,
Henry Gostling Clarke, of Marlborough,
John Holland Baker, of Canterbury,
Gerhard Mueller, of Westland,
James Pillans Maitland, of Otago, and
John Spence, of Southland,

Commissioners of Crown Lands, all the powers vested in the Governor under sections one hundred and thirty-one and one hundred and thirty-two of “The Mining Act, 1886:” And I do hereby order and declare that the powers hereby delegated shall be exercised and performed by each of the said Stephenson Percy Smith, Thomas Humphreys, John William Allman Marchant, George Watkin Williams, Alfred Greenfield, Henry Gostling Clarke, John Holland Baker, Gerhard Mueller, James Pillans Maitland, and John Spence, in his respective land district, and so long only as he shall hold the office of Commissioner of Crown Lands as aforesaid; and that all such powers shall be exercised in accordance with the said Acts, and any regulations for the time being in force thereunder, so far as the same relate to the powers hereby delegated, and subject; the consent and approval of the Land Boards of the respective land districts in which such powers are exercised.

As witness my hand, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

G. F. RICHARDSON.

Medical Superintendent, Wellington and Porirua Lunatic Asylums, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GRAY HASSELL, Esq., M.B., C.M.,

to be the Medical Superintendent, under “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” of the Lunatic Asylums at Wellington and Porirua, vice Dr. King, transferred. Appointment to date from the 5th March, 1888.

T. W. HISLOP.

Ranger under Animals Protection Acts, Hawke’s Bay, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN IRELAND, Jun.,

to be a Ranger, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Hawke’s Bay District.

T. W. HISLOP.

Registrar of Electors for Manawatu and Foxton Districts appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM LUPTON DEAN

to be Registrar of Electors, under “The Registration of Electors Act, 1879,” for the Electoral Districts of Manawatu and Foxton, vice A. D. Thomson, transferred. Appointment to date from 6th March, 1888.

T. W. HISLOP.