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By Warrant under his hand, to the Superintendent of any Province:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., in exercise of the power and authority so vested in him as Governor as aforesaid, doth by this Order in Council delegate to

William Fitzherbert, Esq.

Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, so long and so long only as he shall continue to be such Superintendent, all the powers which, by the said fifth section of the said Amendment Act, the Governor in Council is authorized so to delegate.

William Fox,
Presiding.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868.

WHEREAS by “The Gold Fields Amendment Act, 1868,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, if and whenever he shall have, by lease, agreement, or otherwise, by consent of the Native owners of any land over which the Native title has been extinguished, or the Native owners of any land over which the Native title has not been extinguished, obtain power from such Native or other owners to authorize entry on such lands for mining for gold, by Proclamation issued under the third section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” to include such land within any Gold Field, or to proclaim such land a Gold Field: And by the said Act it is further 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 to such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor by the preceding sections of the said Act (including the above-recited sections) subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as the Governor may think fit:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the power for that purpose vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby delegate to

William Fitzherbert, Esq.

Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, all the powers vested in the Governor by the said recited section of “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, 1868,” to have, hold, and exercise within the Province of Wellington, the said powers hereby delegated to the said William Fitzherbert, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer: Provided always that no Proclamation affecting any lands shall be made by the said William Fitzherbert, under the powers hereby delegated to him, unless the Governor shall have obtained power to authorize entry on such lands for mining for gold, in the manner required by the said Act.

William Fox,
Presiding.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Protection of Animals Act.

WHEREAS by “The Protection of Animals Act, 1867,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council published in the New Zealand Gazette, delegate to the Superintendent of any Province all or any of the powers by the said Act vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council, subject to such regulations as he may think fit, and may from time to time rescind such delegation:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby delegate unto

William Fitzherbert, Esq.

Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, all the powers vested by the said Act in the Governor or the Governor in Council, to be exercised only in respect of the said Province.

William Fox,
Presiding.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Gold Fields Act, 1866.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” 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, except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of the said Act, 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 Ferguson Bowen, 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

William Fitzherbert, Esq.,

as Superintendent of the Province of Wellington...