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Admiral of the same at the
Government House at Auckland,
in New Zealand aforesaid, the
Fifth day of September, in the
year of Our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three,
and in the Twenty-seventh Year
of our Reign.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s Command,
Alfred Domett.

[Re-published from the New Zealand Gazette,
September 16, 1863.]

Delegation of the Governor’s powers, under
“The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” to the
Superintendent of the Province of Southland.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey,
Knight Commander of the
Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over
Her Majesty’s Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, in-tituled, “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” it
is provided that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council 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 deem fit, all or any
of the powers vested in the Governor or
the Governor in Council, by the said Act,
except the powers conferred by sections
Nineteen, Thirty-one, Thirty-two,
Thirty-three, and Sixty-one thereof,
subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as
he may think fit, and in like manner
to alter or revoke any such powers;

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey,
the Governor as aforesaid with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council thereof, and in
exercise of the power and authority for
this purpose in me vested, Do hereby
Delegate unto
James Alexander Robertson Menzies,
Esquire,
as Superintendent of the Province of
Southland, all the powers vested in me
under or by virtue of the “Gold Fields
Act, 1862,” except the powers
contained in Sections Nineteen, Thirty-one, Thirty-
two, Thirty-three, and Sixty-one of the
said Act, to have, hold, and exercise
within the Province of Southland the
said powers hereby given the said James
Alexander Robertson Menzies so long as
he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no
longer:

Provided always that copies of all
delegations and revocations made under the
said Act shall be forthwith
transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, in
order that the same may be laid before
the General Assembly in accordance with
the provisions of the Sixty-third clause of
the “Gold Fields Act, 1862.”

Given under my hand at the
Government House, at
Auckland, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of
New Zealand, this fifteenth
day of September, in the
year of our Lord, One
thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s Command,
Alfred Domett.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 15th September, 1863.

His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, has been pleased to
delegate under the “Diseased Cattle
Act, 1861,” to the Superintendents
respectively of the Provinces of
Auckland, Nelson,
Wellington, Marlborough,
Canterbury, Hawke’s Bay,
Otago, and Southland,

the several powers in the Governor
by the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th
Sections of the said Act, subject to be
rescinded as in the said Act provided; and
subject to the Regulations contained
in the Order in Council of even date
herewith.