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NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VOL. XV. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1871. No. 768.

James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Exempting from Mining Operations a certain area in Arrowtown, in the Province of Otago, within the "Otago Gold Field."

At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the eighth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

Present:
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT,
DONALD REID, Esquire, Provincial Secretary,
JAMES BENN BRADSHAW, Esquire, Provincial Treasurer, and
JOHN BATHGATE, Esquire, Provincial Solicitor,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS Thomas Dick Esquire then Superintendent 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 territory therein described 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 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 or by virtue of the one hundred and ninth section of the said Act may be delegated to 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 Clause X of the "Gold Fields Act 1866" it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council at any time either by a particular or general description to exempt from occupation for mining purposes or for residence or for business under any miner's right or business license any specific portion of Crown Lands within a gold field: And whereas it is deemed necessary to exempt from occupation for mining purposes or for