And I do hereby give and grant you the said Commission, and each of you power and authority by all lawful means and ways whatsoever to carry out all matters and things tending to the completion of the object of this Commission.

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

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,

J. C. RICHMOND.

DELEGATION

Of the Governor’s powers under “The Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865,” to the Superintendent of Taranaki.

Approved in Council November 18, 1865.

G. GREY,

Governor.

FORSTER GORING,

Clerk of Executive Council.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865,” it is enacted 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 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 Act now in recital, or by “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” or by “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” except the powers conferred by sections 19, 31, 33, and 61, of the said Gold Fields Act, 1862, and sections 19 and 29 of the Act now in recital, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to revoke and annul any proclamation or regulation made by the Superintendent of any Province in exercise of any power delegated to him by the Governor under the provisions of the Act now in recital, and from and after the publication of such proclamation by the Governor, any such proclamation or regulation made by such Superintendent shall become absolutely void and of no effect: Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, 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

HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND, Esquire,

as Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, all the powers vested in me, under or by virtue of the said “Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865,” the said “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” and the said “Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1863,” except the powers conferred by sections 19, 31, 33, and 61 of the said “Gold Fields Act, 1862,” and sections 19 and 29 of the said “Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865,” to have, hold and exercise, within the Province of Taranaki, the said powers hereby given to the said HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province and no longer.

Provided always that copies of all rules and regulations made under the delegation aforesaid 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 the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

E. W. STAFFORD.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

Delegating Governor’s powers under the “Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,” to Henry Robert Richmond, Esquire.

G. GREY,

Governor.

Approved in Council this 18th day of December, 1865.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,” section 4, the Governor may