Wellington, all the powers vested in me
under or by virtue of the said "Gold
Fields Act, 1866," except the powers
conferred by sections twenty-two, forty,
forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one
hundred and seven, to have hold, and
exercise, within the Province of Welling-
ton, the said powers hereby given to the
said William Fitzherbert, 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 delega-
tion aforesaid shall be forthwith trans-
mitted to the Colonial Secretary, in order
that the same may be laid before the
General Assembly, in accordance with
the provisions of the one hundred and
tenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866."

Given under the hand of His
Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the most distin-
guished order of Saint
Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty’s Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; and issued under the
Public Seal of the said Colony,
at Wellington, this eleventh
day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Prisoners Removal Act, 1858

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, that the Governor
has delegated to their Honors the
Superintendents of the Provinces of
Wellington and Hawke’s Bay, within
those Provinces, His Excellency’s powers
under "The Prisoners Removal Act,
1865."

W. GISBORNE.

The Waste Lands Act, 1858.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to delegate, under "The
Waste Lands Act, 1858," to the Superintendents of the Provinces of Wellington and Hawke’s Bay, the powers vested
in the Governor by section 14 of the said
Act, subject to be rescinded as in the
said Act provided.

W. GISBORNE.

Regulations for the introduction
of Immigrants into the Pro-
vince of Wellington on the
nomination of persons resident
therein.

WHEREAS by "The Immigration
and Public Works Act, 1870," it
is among other things enacted that the
Governor may, at the request of the
Superintendent of any Province from
time to time, make regulations (as
herein mentioned) for the conduct of
immigration under the said Act into such
Province, and for the nomination of Immigrants by persons resident therein, and
for the distribution of funds provided by
the said Act for immigration purposes,
and for the introduction into and settle-
ment in such Province of Immigrants,
and for selling as special settlements for
any such Immigrants any lands which
he may acquire from any Province under
the provisions therein contained, or any
lands acquired under "The New Zealand
Settlements Act, 1863," or the Acts
amending the same, and for laying out
and allotting any lands so acquired
amongst any such Immigrants: And
whereas William Fitzherbert, Esq., the
Superintendent of the Province of Welling-
ton, hath requested me, Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New
Zealand, to make regulations under the
provisions of the said Act as and in
manner hereinafter set forth:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand,
by virtue and in exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon me by the
forty-first section of "The Immigration
and Public Works Act, 1870," and of all
other powers and authorities enabling
me in that behalf, and in compliance with
the request of the said Superintendent,
do hereby make the following regulations,
that is to say:—

Regulations for the Introduction
of Immigrants into the Pro-
vince of Wellington, on the
Nomination of Persons Resident
therein.

1. Each applicant will be required to
   pay the sum of £5 for each adult at the
   time of making the application, and
   £2 10s for each child between the ages
   of one and twelve years. Infants in arms,
   under one year, free. This rate being
   from London to Wellington only: the
   cost of reaching London and proceeding
   up the country after arrival in Welling-
   ton will have to be defrayed by the emi-
   grants themselves.

2. As a rule, no unmarried females can
   be provided with passages under these
   regulations, excepting they accompany
   and are under the care of some specified
   relative or friend. Passages for unmar-
   ried females not so accompanied can
   only be granted subject to the Agent-
   General in England being able to make