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(From the New Zealand Gazette Sept. 18, 1863.)

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Delegating Governor’s Powers under Native Reserves Act, 1856, to George Frederick Swainson.

Approved in Council this twelfth day of September, 1863.

Present—

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

G. GREY.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled, "The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856," certain powers therein specified are vested in the Commissioners under the said Act, and whereas by another Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled, "The Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862," all the powers and authorities which, by the "Native Reserves Act, 1856," are given to or vested in, or which may be exercised by Commissioners appointed, or to be appointed under that Act, shall vest in and may be exercised by the Governor, and it is by the said Act further enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time delegate all or any of the powers competent to the Commissioners under the said Act, unto any person or persons, for any period, and subject to any regulations and restrictions or stipulations as may be specified in such order.

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Grey, in exercise of the power and authority so vested in him as Governor aforesaid, doth, by this Order in Council, delegate, until this Order shall be revoked, to George Frederick Swainson all the powers competent to Commissioners under the said first recited Act, without any restrictions or stipulations whatever.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Embodying Alterations in and Additions to the Regulations under the "Land Registry Amendment Act, 1861."

G. Grey,
Governor.

At the Government House at Auckland, the fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

Present—

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the "Land Registry Amendment Act, 1861," it was enacted that certain Regulations contained in the Schedule thereto should be the Regulations according to which the practice and procedure under the "Land Registry Act, 1860," should be regulated and conducted; and it was further provided that it should be lawful for the Registrar-General from time to time to rescind, add to, amend, or alter all or any of such Regulations which related to matters respecting which, by the said Act, he was empowered to make Regulations; and it was further provided, that it should be lawful for the Governor in Council to rescind, add to, amend, or alter all or any of the said Regulations which related to matters other than those respecting which the Registrar-General of Land was empowered to make Regulations. Now I, the said Sir George Grey, the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, by virtue of the power so vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby rescind, add to, amend, and alter the said Regulations in manner following, that is to say—

The following Regulations are hereby rescinded:—

Nos. 21, 22, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 47, 55, 56, 57,
58, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68, 69, 78, 80,
82, 86, 98, 99, 100, 104, 105, 106,
107, 108, 109, 110, 112, and 114.

The following Regulations are hereby added to the said Regulations, and are respectively numbered as hereinafter mentioned; that is to say—

9A. Pending the construction of Registration Maps, Maps on original Crown Grants may be referred to as and for the purposes of Registration Maps, and the same need not be signed by the Registrar-General.

14A. Maps or Plans attached to applications may, in the discretion of the District-Registrar, be referred to as and for the purposes of sub-divisional Registration Maps.

53A. In the case of every application to Register Title for the first time, no person shall be registered as proprietor without the approval of the Registrar-General, or of such other Barrister or Solicitor as may from time to time be designated by him in that behalf, with the approval of the Governor.

68. Subjoined or attached to every Certificate of Charge shall be a Memorandum of the Inhibition affecting such charge, referring to their respective registered numbers.

73A. No transfer of Proprietorship of Land or Charge shall be registered without delivery up of the existing Certificate, except in case of sale or transfer under Order or Decree of the Supreme Court.

75A. A proprietor intending to subdivide his land by consecutive transactions may deposit with the District-Registrar his Land Certificate pending such transactions, and may by writing request that such Land Certificate may be retained pending such transactions, and the same shall be retained accordingly.