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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
to 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 said Act, except the powers con-
ferred by sections nineteen, thirty-one,
thirty-two, thirty-three, and sixty-one
thereof, subject or not to any limitations or res-
tictions as he may think fit, and in like man-
ner to alter or revoke any such powers:

Now therefore I, Sir GEORGE GREY,
the Governor aforesaid of the said Col-
onry, 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

John Hyde Harris, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of Otago,
all the powers vested in me under or by
virtue of the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” ex-
cept the powers contained in sections
nineteen, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-
three, and sixty-one of the said Act, to
have, hold, and exercise within the Pro-
vince of Otago, the said powers hereby
given the said John Hyde Harris, so long
as he shall continue and remain Superin-
tendent of the said Province, and no
longer:

Provided always, that copies of all Rules
and Regulations, made under the Delega-
tion aforesaid, shall be forthwith transmitted
to the Colonial Secretary, in order that the
same may be laid before the General As-
sembly, in accordance with the provisions
of the sixty-third clause of the “Gold
Fields Act, 1862.”

Given under my hand at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the Col-
onry of New Zealand, this fifteenth
day of September, in the Year of
our Lord, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three.

G. Grey,
By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Costs of management of Otago Gold Fields
to be regulated by Acts of Provincial
Council.

G. Grey,
Governor.

At the Government House, at Auckland, the
fifteenth day of September, 1863.

Present:—His Excellency the Governor
in Council.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
“The Gold Fields Act, 1862” it is provided

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 dele-
gate 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, or the Governor in
Council, by the said Act, except the powers
conferred by sections nineteen, thirty-one,
thirty-two, thirty-three, and sixty-one
thereof, subject or not to any limitations or
restrictions as he may think fit, and in like
manner to alter or revoke any such powers:

And whereas it is further provided that
whenever the Governor shall have dele-
gated to the Superintendent of any Pro-
vince all or any of the aforesaid powers,
it shall be lawful for the Governor, by
Order in Council, to appoint and declare
that all the costs, charges, and expenses
incident to the management and adminis-
tration of the Gold Fields within such Pro-
vince shall be regulated by Acts or Ordi-
nances to be passed by the Superintendent
and Provincial Council of such Province.

And whereas by an instrument in writing
of even date herewith, issued under the Seal
of the Colony, the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony, and in exercise of the before
recited power, hath delegated unto John
Hyde Harris, Esquire, as Superintendent
of the Province of Otago, in the said Col-
onry, all the aforesaid powers, excepting
those before recited to be excepted, to hold
and exercise the said powers within the
Province of Otago aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Go-
vernor, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority for this purpose by the
said Act conferred, Doth hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony, appoint and declare that all
the costs, charges, and expenses incident to
the management and administration of the
Gold Fields within the Province of Otago
shall be regulated by Acts to be passed by
the Superintendent and Provincial Council
of the said Province.

G. Grey,
Governor.

At the Government House, at Auckland,
15th day of September, 1863.

Present:—
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
in Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Constituting Wardens’ Courts within the
Otago Gold Fields.

G. Grey,
Governor.

At the Government House, at Auckland,
15th day of September, 1863.

Present:—
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
in Council.

WHEREAS by the “Gold Fields Act,
1862,” it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council from