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OTAGO
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY)
Vol. XIX. Wednesday : September 22, 1875. No. 986
PROCLAMATION.
Cancellation of Lease to Depasture Stock on certain Crown Lands in the Province of Otago.
By his Honor George Turnbull, Esq., Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in Council.
WHEREAS by the 16th section of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," it is enacted that when any Gold Mine or Gold Field shall be discovered and proclaimed upon any Crown Lands, which at the date of the passing of the Act shall have been held under license or lease for depasturing purposes, it should be lawful for the Governor, at his discretion, to cancel the license or lease under which land shall have been held in occupation, as regards the whole or any part of the lands so held under such license or lease, or with the concurrence of the licensee, or lessee, to suspend such lease or license as regards the whole or any part of such lands: And 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, including amongst other lands the lands hereinafter described to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," to be called "Otago Gold Field:" And whereas by the "Gold Fields Act Amendment Act 1867," it is enacted that within any Province in which 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 to not any restrictions or limitations as he may 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 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, 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 109th section of the said last-mentioned Act may be
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1875, No 986
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🗺️ Proclamation regarding cancellation of lease to depasture stock on Crown lands
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyProclamation, Crown Lands, Gold Fields, Otago, Depasturing Lease, Cancellation
- Thomas Dick (Esquire), Former Superintendent of the Province of Otago
- George Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago