James Macandrew,

Superintendent of
the Province of
Otago.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Honor The Superintendent,
Donald Reid,
James Benn Bradshaw, and
John Bathgate, Esquires :

Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago.

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 Govern-
ment Gazette of the said Province bearing date the
twenty-ninth day of January one thousand eight hun-
dred 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
"Otago Gold Field." And whereas the limits of the
said Gold Field have from time to time been altered :
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
hundred and ninth section of the said Act may be dele-
gated 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 ad-
ministration 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 pur-
surance of the power and authority for that purpose
vested in him by the "Gold Fields Act 1866" and sub-
ject 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
Section XI of the "Gold Fields Act 1866" it is en-
acted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Coun-
cil subject to the provisions of the said Act from time
to time to make Regulations for any Gold Field and to
alter amend or revoke the same : And whereas by an
Order in Council bearing date the eleventh day of
January one thousand eight hundred and seventy and
published in the Provincial Government Gazette of the
Province of Otago aforesaid (Number 646) of the
fourteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred
and seventy certain regulations were made under said
Sec. XI of the said Act for the said Otago Gold Field :
And whereas it is expedient to revoke Section 22 of
Regulation 12 of the said Regulations so made by the
said Order in Council of the said eleventh day of
January one thousand eight hundred and seventy :
Now therefore His Honor James Macandrew Super-
intendent 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 of Otago in this behalf doth hereby order
that the said Regulation being Regulation No. 22 of Regu-
lation 12 of the said Regulations so made by the said
Order in Council of the said eleventh day of January
one thousand eight hundred and seventy shall from and
after the day of the date hereof be revoked.

Alex. Willis,
Clerk to the Executive Council
of the Province of Otago.

James Macandrew, Super-
intendent of the Pro-
vince of Otago.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Honor THE SUPERINTENDENT,
Donald Reid, Esquire,
James Benn Bradshaw, Esquire, and
John Bathgate, Esquire,

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 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
the limits of the said Gold Field have from time to
time been altered : 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 limita-
tions 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 dele-
gated 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 Superin-
tendent 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;