NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. VIII. DUNEDIN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1864. No. 329.

ORDER

Revoking certain Rules and Regulations of the Otago Gold Fields, and making others in lieu thereof.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” and in the 14th section thereof, it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the provisions of the said Act, to make Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miners’ Rights should be granted, and the forms of such Miners’ Rights, and of Licences and Leases, to be issued under this Act, and the modes, times, and places of the issue thereof; and also touching the extent and condition of any claim, and the conditions under which it should be worked, held, assigned, or forfeited; the application of machinery; and all such other rules and regulations relating to mining, under Miners’ Rights or otherwise, in any Gold Field, as he may deem most beneficial.

And whereas, by the said Act it is also 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 delegate to the Superintendent of any Province 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 to such limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers.

And whereas, by the “Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to alter, amend, and revoke all or any Rules and Regulations made or to be made under Section 14 of the said “Gold Fields Act, 1862;” and it is also 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 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 “Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863.”

And whereas, by warrant under the hand of Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Governor in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, dated the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, at Auckland, and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise of the power and authority for that purpose in him vested, did thereby delegate absolutely and without restriction, unto me as Superintendent of the Province of Otago, all the powers vested in him the said Governor, or in him the said Governor in Council, under or by virtue of the “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” except the powers contained in Sections nineteen, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, and sixty-one of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the powers within the Province of Otago.

And whereas by the “Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” it is provided that the Governor in Council may delegate powers as aforesaid.

And whereas, I, John Hyde Harris, as Superintendent of the said Province, under and by virtue of the powers delegated to me as aforesaid, did on the 15th day of September, 1863, make Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miners’ Rights should be granted, and the forms of such Miners’ Rights, and of Licences and Leases to be issued under the said Act; and the modes, times, and places of the issue thereof; and also touching the extent and condition of claims, and the conditions...