NEW ZEALAND.

OTAGO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. XIV. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1870. No. 672.

James Macandrew,
Superintendent of the
Province of Otago.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the
third day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.

Present:

His Honor THE SUPERINTENDENT,
DONALD REID,
JOHN MOUAT,
J. L. GILLIES, and
GEORGE DUNCAN, Esquires,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province
of Otago, being also Members of the Provincial
Council of the said Province.

WHEREAS Thomas Dick Esquire then Superin-
tendent of the Province of Otago by virtue
and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested
in him in that behalf did by Proclamation in the
Government Gazette of the said Province bearing date
the twenty-ninth day of January one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven constitute and appoint all the terri-
tory therein described (including amongst other lands
the lands described in the Schedule hereto) to be a Gold Field
under the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act 1866” to
be called the “Otago Gold Field”: And whereas by the
“Gold Fields Act Amendment Act 1867” it is enacted
that within any Province in which by any Act or Ordinance it is provided that the Superintendent shall in the
administration of the government thereof act by and with
the advice and consent of an Executive Council it shall
be lawful for the Governor in Council under his hand
and under the Public Seal of the Colony from time to
time as occasion may require to delegate to the Execu-

tive Government for the time being of such Province
subject or not to any restrictions or limitations as he
shall think fit all or any of such powers vested in the
Governor or the Governor in Council by the “Gold
Fields Act 1866” as under or by virtue of the one hun-
dred and ninth section of the said Act may be delegated
by the Governor in Council and in like manner to revoke
any such delegation: And whereas by an Ordinance of
the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Pro-
vince of Otago intituled the “Executive Council Ordi-
nance 1861” it is provided that the Superintendent of
the said Province shall in the administration of the
government thereof act by and with the advice and
consent of an Executive Council: And whereas the
Governor hath with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand and in pursuance
of the power and authority for that purpose vested in
him by the “Gold Fields Act 1866” and subject to
its provisions delegated unto the Executive Govern-
ment for the time being of the Province of Otago all
such powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in
Council by the said last mentioned Act as under or by
virtue of the one hundred and ninth section of the said
last mentioned Act may be delegated by the Governor
in Council to have hold and exercise the said powers
within the said Province of Otago: And whereas by
Clause forty-nine of the “Gold Fields Act 1866” it is
provided that if a Depasturing Lease or License shall
not at the date of the passing of the said Act have
been granted or shall have been or shall be cancelled
over any Crown Lands within a Gold Field it shall be
lawful for the Governor from time to time by proclama-
tion to declare such lands or any part thereof open
for sale or selection in sections of such size and form
as he may determine and any lands so proclaimed may
thereafter be sold at a like price and subject to the like
terms and conditions or as near thereto as may be