January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858," it is provided that there shall be within the Colony Courts of Record to be called District Courts, and the Governor is empowered by proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the Colony, or in any part thereof, districts within which such Courts shall be respectively held, and from time to time, by notification in the New Zealand Gazette, to fix the times and places within the district at which every such Court shall be held:

And whereas by a proclamation bearing date the eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, a district was constituted in the Province of Otago within which a District Court should be held under the said "District Courts Act, 1858," to be designated "The District Court of the Otago Gold Fields." And whereas it is expedient that there should be sittings of the said Court within the said Province:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, fix that the said District Court shall be held as follows:

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Lawrence: On the second Tuesday in February, and the second Tuesday in April;

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Naseby: On the second Wednesday in March, and the second Wednesday in May;

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Clyde: On the Monday next after the second Wednesday in March, and the Monday next after the second Wednesday in May;

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Queenstown: On the Monday second after the second Wednesday in March, and the Monday second after the second Wednesday in May;

in the said Province, in every year, or as soon as conveniently may be after such days respectively.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the tenth day of January, 1867.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates’ Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862," it is enacted that the limits of jurisdiction of any Resident Magistrate’s Court within the Colony may be extended in manner therein set forth; and it is further enacted that the second and third sections of the said Act shall come into force in respect of any Resident Magistrate’s Court, on a day to be determined by a proclamation in the Government Gazette, pursuant to an Order of the Governor in Council:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby order and direct that the eleventh day of February next shall be the day on and from which the second and third sections of the said "Resident Magistrates’ Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862," shall come into force, to the limit of jurisdiction of one hundred pounds, in respect of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Waikouaiti, in the Province of Otago.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the tenth day of January, 1867.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates’ Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862," it is enacted that the limits of jurisdiction of any Resident Magistrate’s Court within the Colony may be extended in manner therein set forth; and it is further enacted that the second and third sections of the said Act shall come into force in respect of any Resident Magistrate’s Court, on a day to be determined by a proclamation in the Government Gazette, pursuant to an Order of the Governor in Council:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby order and direct that the eleventh day of February next shall be the day on and from which the second and third sections of the said "Resident Magistrates’ Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862," shall come into force, to the limit of jurisdiction of one hundred pounds, in respect of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Oamaru, in the Province of Otago.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the tenth day of January, 1867.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly intituled "The Protection of certain Animals Act, 1845," it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by warrant under his hand from time to time to delegate all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the aforesaid Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit, and may from time to time rescind 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 thereof, and in exercise of the power and authority for this purpose in me vested, do hereby delegate unto Thomas Dick, Esq., as Superintendent of the Province of Otago, all the powers vested in me as Governor or as Governor in Council by the aforesaid Act, to have, hold, and exercise within the Province of Otago the said power hereby delegated to the said Thomas Dick, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province and no longer: Provided always that copies of all instruments signed or issued by the Superintendent under such delegation shall be further transmitted to the Colonial Secretary for record.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.