From the New Zealand Gazette, March 3rd, 1866, No. 15.

GREY, Governor.—In exercise of the power vested in me by "The Savings Bank Act, 1858," I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint the persons hereinafter named to be Trustees of the Dunedin Savings Bank, namely:

• Christopher Caldwell,
• George Turnbull,
• Richard Oliver,
• James Evans,
• Robert Gillies, and
• John Thomas Wright.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.—E. W. Stafford.

GREY, Governor.—ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the twenty-third day of February, 1866. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council.

Whereas by the thirty-second section of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Gold Fields Act, 1862," the Governor is empowered to grant, in the manner therein mentioned, leases of auriferous land for mining purposes; and it is by the thirty-third section of the said Act provided, that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to make such regulations, not being contrary to the provisions of this 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 or abolish.

And whereas by a certain other Act of the said General Assembly, intituled "The Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865," the said thirty-second section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1862" is repealed, and it is amongst other things enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, to demise for mining purposes to any person, for any term not exceeding fifteen years from the making of the lease, any auriferous Crown Lands, not exceeding ten acres in the whole of alluvial ground, or an area of four hundred yards by two hundred yards on a quartz reef, and also to grant water rights and other easements for the purposes aforesaid, and to fix the amount to be paid by way of rent or royalty for the same respectively; provided always that no such lease shall be granted until two months after notice of the intention to grant the same shall have been published in the New Zealand Gazette and at least one of the local newspapers best calculated, in the opinion of the Governor, to give publicity to the same amongst the persons specially interested.

And whereas by three several Orders in Council, made respectively on the fifteenth day of September, 1863, the 14th day of September, 1864, and the 28th day of October, 1864, certain regulations were made under and in pursuance of the said thirty-third section of the said first-mentioned Act for regulating the granting of leases for mining purposes, and the terms and conditions on which such leases should be granted.

And whereas it is expedient to make certain other regulations relating to the granting of leases for mining purposes.

Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him in this behalf, doth make the additional regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, for regulating the granting of leases for mining purposes within the Province of Otago:

And the Governor aforesaid, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby abolish the nineteenth regulation contained in the Order in Council made on the 15th day of September, 1863, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation numbered five in the Schedule hereto:

And doth also, with the like advice and consent, hereby abolish the twentieth regulation contained in the said last-mentioned order, so far as the same relates to rents and royalties.

SCHEDULE.

1. The applicant shall state on his application the amount, by way of rent or royalty, he is willing to pay for the lease.

2. The surveyor directed to make the official survey shall, in his report to the Warden, state the amount which in his judgment the lessee ought to be required to pay as rent or royalty, together with the grounds upon which he has formed his opinion.

3. If in the opinion of the Warden the amount as rent or royalty proposed to be paid by the lessee is less than in his opinion ought to be required, he, at or after the inquiry held into the truth of the particulars alleged by the applicant, shall pronounce to the applicant his opinion of the amount which ought to be paid by the lessee as rent or royalty, and shall ascertain from the applicant what sum he is willing to pay as rent or royalty, and shall forward to the Provincial Secretary with the application a statement of his opinion on the matter, and shall report what sum as rent or royalty the applicant is willing to pay.

4. The Superintendent shall, if he recommends the grant of any lease, state the amount which he recommends the Governor to require as a rent or royalty.

5. The rent shall be made payable half-yearly in advance.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, March 13, 1866, No. 15.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1866.)

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registration Officers under the "Registration of Electors Act, 1858," for the respective Electoral Districts set opposite their names for the election of Members of the House of Representatives.

E. W. Stafford.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Daniel Campbell, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Printer to said Provincial Government for the time being.