Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, being also members of the Provincial Council thereof.

WHEREAS John Parkin Taylor, Esquire, the then Superintendent of the Province of Southland, in the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers in him vested in that behalf, did by Proclamation bearing date the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and published in the Government Gazette of the said Province of Southland, on the twelfth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, constitute and appoint to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the "Gold Fields Act 1862" under the name of the Orepuki and Longwood Gold Field, the territory in the said Proclamation particularly described: And whereas the said John Parkin Taylor, as and being such Superintendent as aforesaid, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him in that behalf, did, by another Proclamation bearing date the sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and published in the Government Gazette of the said Province, on the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, alter the limits of the Orepuki and Longwood Gold Field, and did, under the provisions of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," constitute and appoint to be a Gold Field, and to form part of the Orepuki and Longwood Gold Field, all that territory heretofore known as Run No. 393, in the said Proclamation particularly described: And whereas the said John Parkin Taylor, as and being such Superintendent as aforesaid, did, in pursuance and in exercise of the power in him vested in that behalf, by Proclamation bearing date the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and published in the Government Gazette of the said Province, on the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, constitute and appoint to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," under the name of the Bushy Point Gold Field, the territory in the said Proclamation particularly described: And whereas the said John Parkin Taylor, as and being such Superintendent as aforesaid, did, in pursuance and exercise of the power in that behalf vested in him did, by Proclamation bearing date the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and published in the Government Gazette of the said Province on the twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, constitute and appoint to be a Gold Field, under the provisions of "The Gold Fields Act 1866," under the name of the Campbelltown Gold Field, the territory in the said proclamation particularly described: And whereas the said Province of Southland now forms part of the Province of Otago; as constituted by the "Otago and Southland Union Act 1870": 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 Executive 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 and by virtue of the 109th 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 Province of Otago, intituled "The Executive Council Ordinance 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 Government 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 the thirty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act 1866" it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to make regulations prescribing the mode in which applications may be made for leases of land for agricultural purposes, the quantity of land not exceeding fifty acres, which shall and may be granted in a lease in any particular block, the amount of deposit to be paid by any applicant therefor, and by any objector thereto, the terms and conditions upon which such leases may be held, occupied, assigned, transferred, forfeited and cancelled, the amount of rent payable therefor, and the times and places of payment, the conditions upon and the manner in which entry to search for gold, or for any metal or mineral upon any land so leased may be authorised; and the terms and conditions upon which holders of miners' rights may be permitted to mine upon land, the lease for which shall have been determined on account of its auriferous character, and such regulations from time to time to amend, alter and revoke: And whereas by an Order in Council, dated eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and published in the Otago Provincial Government Gazette, No. 646, on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, certain regulations for the purposes specified in the said thirty-ninth section of the said Act; and whereas by another Order in Council, dated the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and published in the Provincial Government Gazette of the said Province of Otago (No. 651), on the ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, Regulation No. 23 of the said Regulations was revoked; and by another Order in Council, dated the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and published in the said Gazette, No. 701, on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, Regulation No. 4 of the said Regulations was revoked, and another Regulation was substituted in lieu thereof: And whereas it is expedient to extend to the said Orepuki and Longwood Gold Field, Bushy Point Gold Field, and Campbelltown Gold Field the regulations so made for the purposes specified in said section thirty-nine of the said Act, for the said Otago Gold Field, and published in the said Government Gazette, No. 646, of the Province of Otago, on the said fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy as aforesaid, as the same are altered and amended by the said Orders in Council of the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy:

Now therefore, His Honor James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, and by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to the Executive Government of the said Province in this behalf by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand in Council, under the authority of "The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act 1867," by a delegation dated the fourteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and of any and every other power in anywise enabling,