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to the said Act, and in cases where no provision shall have been made in such behalf, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, to constitute such Officers and Boards and appoint such Officers as may be necessary for the management and administration of the Waste Lands of the Crown, and for the survey thereof within the several Provinces of the Colony, and from time to time to make such changes and alterations and remove such Officers as he may think fit: And it is further provided by the said Act that it shall be lawful for the Governor, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or to such other person as the Governor may think fit (amongst other powers and authorities), the before recited power and authority, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to revoke such powers.

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid, in virtue of the said recited powers, in the first place, do hereby revoke the delegation issued by me in favour of James Alexander Robertson Menzies, Esquire, upon the second day of January, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; and in the second place, do hereby delegate to James Alexander Robertson Menzies, Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Southland, in the said Colony, (but so long only as he shall continue to hold the said office of Superintendent), all the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, subject to the following limitation, that is to say, that the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province of Southland shall be appointed only by the Governor. To have, hold and exercise such powers and authority subject to the limitation above set forth during the said period.

Given under my hand at the Government House at Wellington, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,

ALFRED DOMETT.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th Sept., 1862.

THE following Despatch and letter, relative to the disposal of articles contributed by New Zealand to the International Exhibition, are published for general information; and the several Commissions appointed by his Excellency the Governor in August, 1861, on behalf of the Provinces, are invited to communicate to the Government for transmission to the Home Authorities, their views respecting such disposal.

ALFRED DOMETT.

Office of the New Zealand Government Agency, 3, Adelaide Place, King William Street, London, 19th May, 1862.

Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 60, of 15th February last, informing me my proposal for the continuance of this office would be submitted to the General Assembly at its next Session.

Should the Governor decide in favour of it, I beg to direct your attention to a matter that if carried out would, I believe, greatly tend to promote the interest of the Colony.

As the specimens forwarded by the Provinces to the International Exhibition are for the first time brought together and show so distinctly the large resources of the Colony, I venture to submit for the consideration of the Government the propriety of securing them after the Exhibition is over, and of arranging them in one collection. Such a step would enable manufacturers and others to have access to specimens at all times, the want of which is at present a great drawback. The expense of so doing would be nominal, should the Government retain these rooms, the one at present used for the Government maps, official documents, papers and use of colonists being upwards of 35 feet long could be arranged to contain all, without interfering with its present use. The cases now in service at the Exhibition, which must be paid for, would serve without further cost, for the preservation of the various articles; under these circumstances I believe I am justified in stating the expense would be trifling, while the opinion that it would be of an advantage to the Colony, is based on the remarks made to me by practical men who have seen the various articles at the Exhibition.

Learning that other parties were desirous to rent the present rooms upon my relinquishing them on the 30th proximo, I have thought it advisable to retain them until informed of the decision of the General Assembly and of the Government, respecting the present suggestion. If it is practicable and convenient to let me have this by return mail it would be of service.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your very obedient servant,

JOHN MORRISON.

September 1, 1862.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power vested in me in that behalf, I have appointed

THEOPHILUS HEALE, Esquire, and

THOMAS MORELL MACDONALD, Esquire,

to be Commissioners of the Waste Land Board of the Province of Southland.

J. A. R. MENZIES,
Superintendent of the Province of Southland.

31st July 1862.

IT is hereby notified that

Mr PETER DALRYMPLE

has been appointed to be an Inspector of Cattle in the Province of Southland, under the provisions of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

J. A. R. MENZIES,
Superintendent.