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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 the Executive Government of the Province of Otago have determined to make, proclaim, and declare the Regulations hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, do hereby 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," and of any and every power in anywise enabling me in this behalf, make, proclaim, and declare the Regulations hereinafter mentioned for the depasturing of stock on that part of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Otago Gold Field known as the "Cromwell Commonage," that is to say—

Regulations.

1. No sheep or goats shall be depastured on the Commonage unless a portion of it be set aside for that purpose.

2. No bull over the age of six months, or entire horse over the age of twelve months, shall be depastured on the Commonage without the consent in writing of the Wardens.

3. Any person or persons removing cattle from the Common shall drive the cattle which he or they shall collect to the nearest stockyard, and separate from the others his or their cattle, and drive the others back from whence they came.

4. It shall be lawful for the Board of Wardens to authorise a partial or general muster of the stock on the Commonage; and the owner or owners of stock being illegally depastured shall be liable for the expenses incurred in mustering.

Given under my hand and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago in presence of Donald Reid and James Green, Esquires, two of the members of the Executive Council of the said Province, being also members of the Provincial Council thereof, this fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

(L.S.)

JAMES MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

By-laws, Rules, and Regulations to be in force on the following Lines of Railway—viz., Invercargill to Mataura Railway—Invercargill to Mataura; Winton to Kingston Railway—Winton to Elbow; Moeraki to Waitaki Railway—Oamaru to Waitaki.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of January, 1876.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," and the several Acts amending the same, and other Acts, certain lines of railway have been constructed by the Government in the Province of Otago:

And whereas by "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1875," the Governor in Council is authorised to make regulations and by-laws applicable to all railways constructed by him under the authority of the said hereinbefore mentioned Acts, and actually open for traffic, whether the whole of such railway shall have been completed or not; and whenever it shall be necessary to extend the operation of such regulations and by-laws to any particular railway, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by a notification published in the New Zealand Gazette, to extend the operation of such by-laws to the railway or railways named therein, and that, from and after a day to be fixed in such notification, the regulations and by-laws so made as aforesaid shall for all purposes be, and be deemed to be, the regulations and by-laws in force for the railway or railways named therein:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby extend the operation of the By-laws, Rules, and Regulations published or to be published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 4, dated 27th January, 1876, to the lines of railway mentioned in the Schedule hereto; said By-laws, Rules, and Regulations to be from that date deemed to be the regulations and by-laws in force for the railways named in the Schedule aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

• Invercargill to Mataura Railway—Invercargill to Mataura.
• Winton to Kingston Railway—Winton to Elbow.
• Moeraki to Waitaki Railway—Oamaru to Waitaki.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making and confirming By-laws, Rules, and Regulations on Railways applicable to all Railways constructed by the Government, under the authority of the Immigration and Public Works Acts.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of January, 1876.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," and the several Acts amending the same, and other Acts, certain lines of railways have been constructed by the Government:

And whereas under the provisions of the said hereinbefore mentioned Acts and the enactments incorporated therewith, the Governor in Council is empowered to make regulations and by-laws for the following purposes, that is to say—

For regulating the mode by which, and the speed at which, carriages using the said railways are to be moved or propelled;

For regulating the times of the arrival and departure of any such carriage;

For regulating the loading and unloading of such carriages, and the weights which they are respectively to carry.