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ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Delegating Governor’s powers under Native Reserves Act, 1856, to George Frederick Swainson.

Approved in Council this twelfth day of September, 1863.

Present:—

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

G. GREY.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856," certain powers therein specified are vested in the commissioners under the said Act, and whereas by another Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862," all the powers and authorities which by the "Native Reserves Act, 1856," are given to or vested in or which may be exercised by Commissioners appointed, or to be appointed under that Act shall vest in and may be exercised by the Governor, and it is by the said Amendment enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time delegate all or any of the powers competent to the Commissioners under the said Act, unto any person or persons for any period, and subject to any regulations and restrictions or stipulations as may be specified in such order.

Now, therefore, his Excellency Sir George Grey, in exercise of the power and authority so vested in him as Governor as aforesaid, doth by this Order in Council delegate, until this Order shall be revoked, to George Frederick Swainson, all the powers competent to Commissioners under the said first recited Act without any restrictions or stipulations whatsoever.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 4th September, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments viz:—

In the "Rangitikei Rangers" Volunteers.

Cornelius Campion, to be Captain. Date of Commission, 4th September, 1863.

A. Xander Winks, to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 4th September, 1863.

George Wheeler, to be Ensign. Date of Commission, 4th September, 1863.

In the "Royal Rangitikei Volunteers."

Frederick Ross, to be Captain. Date of Commission, 5th September, 1863.

John Lambert, to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 5th September, 1863.

John Rokei, to be Ensign. Date of Commission, 5th September, 1863.

In the "Victoria Troop, Rangitikei Cavalry Volunteers."

Hugh Alexander George Ross, to be Captain. Date of Commission, 7th September, 1863.

Arthur William Follett Halcombe, to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 7th September, 1863.

Herbert St. George Southey, to be Cornet. Date of Commission, 7th September, 1863.

T. RUSSELL.

Justices of the Peace.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith and so forth. To our trusty and loving subjects:

Acland, John Barton Arundel, Rangitata

Adams, William, Wairau

Alexander, Alexander, Napier

Allen, John, Oamaru

Allen, John, Picton, Marlborough

Allison, James, Wanganui

Allom, Albert James, Great Barrier Island

Anderson, James, Mohaka

Antrobus, Edward Crawford, Auckland

Archibald, Thomas Baston, Mount Benger Gold-field, Otago

Aynsley, Hugh Percy Murray, Lyttelton

Aubrey, Harcourt Richard, Wanganui

Aylmer, Justin, Wairaki

Baber, James, Auckland

Back, Alexander, Christchurch

Baker, William Bailey, (R.M.), East Cape

Baillie, William Douglas Hall, Wairau

Bain, John Watson, Auckland

Baldwin, William, (R.M.), Waitahuna

Balneavis, Henry Colin, Auckland

Bannatyne, William McLeod, Wellington

Barnicoat, John Wallis, Richmond

Barstow, Robert Clapham, (R.M.), Russell

Bartley, Hon. Thomas Houghton, Auckland

Barton, Richard, Upper Hutt

Bates, Henry Stratton, (Lt. 65th Regt.), Pokeno

Battersbee, Edward, Porirua, Wellington

Bealey, Samuel, Christchurch

Beamish, Nathaniel, Turakina

Beckham, Thomas, (R.M.), Auckland

Bedlington, William, Auckland

Beetham, Richmond, Wakatipu, Otago