this purpose in me vested, do hereby delegate unto

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of
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 Wellington, 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 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 one hundred and
tenth clause of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866."

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished
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 twelfth day of
February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand
eight
hundred and seventy-three.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

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

Delegation of the Governor’s Powers under
" The Gold Fields Act, 1868," to the
Superintendent of the Province of Wellington.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Wellington, this twelfth day of
February, 1873.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Fields Act 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, obtained 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.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegation of the Governor’s Powers under
"The Diseased Cattle Act, 1865," to the
Superintendent of the Province of Wellington.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Wellington, this twelfth day of
February, 1873.
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, by any Order in Council, from time
to time annul, make void, or alter or vary
and make anew, any Orders in Council,
regulations, appointments, or prohibitory
or other declarations made and published
by the Governor under the authority of
"The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or of
this Act, or by the Superintendent of any
Province under or in pursuance of any
power delegated to him under any of the
powers of delegation contained in the said