[From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 66, December 23, 1863.]

Thomas Robertson, Esq.,

to be the Treasurer of the said Marine Board.

And doth further appoint and declare that this Order shall take effect on and after this fourteenth day of December, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

Foster Goring,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegation of the Governor’s powers under “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” to the Superintendent of Otago.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey,
Knight, Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,

Constituting Wardens Courts within the Otago Gold-fields.

G. Grey,
Governor.

At the Government House, at Auckland, the fourteenth day of December, 1863.

Present,—

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to constitute for any Gold-field or for any part thereof, Wardens Courts for the administration of Justice therein, and to appoint Wardens as Judges of such Courts with power to act alone or with Assessors or Juries, and in such manner or to exercise all or any of the powers therein-after mentioned as the Governor shall think fit to direct:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute for the respective parts or districts aforementioned of the Gold-fields of the Province of Otago Wardens Courts for the administration of Justice within the said Districts respectively, that is to say—

For the District known as the Nokomai Extension Gold-field.

For the District known as the West Taieri Gold-field.

For the District known as the Wakatipu Gold-field.

For the District known as the Mount Ida Gold-field.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 66, December 23, 1863.]

WARRANT

Giving effect to the Foreign Seaman’s Act, 1860, in respect of Ships of Sweden and Norway, Portugal, Chili, and Denmark.

In exercise of the powers vested in me in that behalf by “The Foreign Seaman’s Act, 1860,” I, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby notify that from and after the day of February, 1864, the provisions of the above-mentioned Act will be enforced in respect of the Masters and Crews of Ships belonging to Sweden and Norway, Portugal, Chili, and Denmark.

Given under my hand, at Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-second day of December, 1863.

By His Excellency’s command,

G. Grey.

William Fox.

WHEREAS by Section 14 of an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the provision of that Act, to make Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miner’s Rights shall be granted, and the forms of such Miner’s Rights, and of Licenses and Leases to be issued under that Act, and the modes, terms, and places of the issue thereof, and also touching the extent and condition of any claim, and the conditions under which it shall be worked, held, assigned, or forfeited, the application and use of machinery, and all such other Rules and Regulations relating to mining under Miner’s Rights or otherwise, in any Gold Field, as he may deem most beneficial. And Whereas by Section 4 of an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to alter, amend, or revoke all or any Rules and Regulations made or to be made under the said Section 14 of the said first recited Act. And Whereas by Section 5 of the said last recited Act, it is further enacted 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, and under such restrictions as he shall think fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the said last recited Act, and to alter or revoke any such Delegation. Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, 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 fourth Section of “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” to have, hold, and exercise, within the Province of Otago, the said powers hereby given the said John Hyde Harris, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province and no longer.

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

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this fourteenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

By His Excellency’s command,

G. Grey.

William Fox.