Regulations and Orders

Leases for Mining Purposes

Regulations, not being contrary to the provisions of the said Act, as he shall think fit, for regulating the granting of Leases for mining purposes, and the terms and conditions on which such Leases shall be granted, and such Regulations from time to time to alter and abolish:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the fifteenth day of September, 1863, certain Regulations were made for Gold Mining within the Otago Gold Fields, and it was thereby provided that applications might be made for Gold Mining Leases on the payment of Twenty Pounds (£20), and on the performance of certain things in the said Order set forth, such Leases might be granted as therein mentioned:

And whereas much inconvenience has arisen in consequence of persons making applications for leases and subsequently abandoning the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the said recited power and authority, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, make the following additional Rule for the granting of Leases for Gold Mining within the District of the Otago Gold Fields:

Out of the sum of Twenty Pounds (£20) deposited by any person making application for a Gold Mining Lease, shall be deducted the sum of Five Pounds (£5) in addition to the previously authorised costs and expenses, in case such person shall withdraw his application, or forfeit or abandon his claim, or not accept the lease, within one month after notice by the Warden.

And doth further declare that this Order shall take effect from the day of date hereof.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

Regulations respecting Delegation of powers to Superintendents under “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

G. Grey, Governor.
At the Government House, at Auckland, the fourteenth day of September, 1864.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

Whereas by Warrants under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, bearing date this fourteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, the Governor has, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, delegated to the Superintendents respectively of the Provinces of Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, certain powers conferred on him by the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” subject to certain Regulations to be made by the Governor in Council under the said recited Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, by virtue of the authority given to him by the 14th Section of the above recited Act, doth hereby make and ordain the following Regulations:

1. The delegation of powers under the said warrants shall continue to be in force for the period of one year from this date, subject to be rescinded according to the provisions of the above recited Act.

2. Each Superintendent shall, immediately after exercising any of the delegated powers, notify the same to the Governor, and he shall transmit to the Governor particulars of all appointments and copies of all Regulations made by him.

3. He shall, so soon as conveniently can be, notify all Regulations made by him to the Colonial Secretary or Chief Secretary of each of the Australian Colonies, and cause the same to be published in England in the Times Newspaper.

4. In the exercise of powers delegated under the 9th section of the said Act, the Superintendent of any Province may, either in the first instance or afterwards, from time to time, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, except out of any district proclaimed as infected under the said Act, any Port or Place within the limits of such district, and every such excepted Port and Place shall be deemed not to be within the proclaimed district, and the Superintendent may also from time to time by Proclamation as aforesaid, rescind any Proclamation of an infected district, wholly or as to any part thereof, and also the Proclamation of any such exception as aforesaid.

5. In the exercise of powers delegated under the 10th section of the Act, the Superintendent of any Province may prohibit the importation, either by land or by sea, of cattle into such Province from any other Province, or any particular Port or Place in any Province, or across the borders of a Province or any particular part thereof.

6. In all such last-mentioned cases such Superintendent shall cause notice as speedily as possible of such prohibition to be given to the Superintendent of the Province from which the importation shall be prohibited, and also to the Governor.

7. The Superintendent of any Province may in his discretion suspend or forbear to exercise all or any of the powers delegated to him under the said Act.

8. The Superintendent of each Province shall, as soon as can be after the commencement of each sitting of the Provincial Council of such Province, lay before such Council copies and particulars of all the Appointments, Regulations, Acts and Proceedings whatever, issued, made, or done by him under the delegated powers of the said Act.

9. If the Provincial Council of any Province shall by resolution declare their dissent from all or any of such Appointments, Regulations, Acts and Proceedings, such Resolution shall be forthwith transmitted by the Speaker to the Governor for his consideration.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Resignation of Office of Coroner Accepted

Attorney General’s Office,
Auckland, 14th September, 1864.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of Henry Williams, Esquire, of Hawksbury, in the Province of Otago, of his appointment of Coroner within the said Province.

Fredk. Whitaker.

Coroners Appointed

Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 14th September, 1864.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

John Wallace Murdoch, Esquire, of Hawksbury, in the Province of Otago, and

Henry Williams, Esquire, of Havelock, in the Province of Marlborough, to be Coroners having jurisdiction within the said Provinces respectively.

Frederick Whitaker.

Notice of Persons applying for Naturalization

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 16th September, 1864.

It is hereby notified for general information that no application from an alien for naturalization can be entertained by the Government unless it specifies...