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pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities in that behalf vested in me, do
hereby delegate to

JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Esq.,
Chairman of the County Council of the
County of Westland, all the powers conferred
on or vested in the Governor by virtue of the
said Ordinance, intituled “An Ordinance to
provide for the Establishment and Main-
tenance of a Constabulary Force,” and I do
hereby restrict this delegation so as to enable
the said James Alexander Bonar to exercise
the powers aforesaid only within the County
of Westland, as defined in “The County of
Westland Act, 1868.”

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, at
the Government House at Welling-
ton, this nineteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette,
of the 28rd November, 1868, No. 66.]

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Gold Mining
Claims Drainage Act, 1868,” it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Go-
vernor, from time to time, to delegate to the
Superintendent of any Province, or to such
other person as the Governor may deem fit,
within any Province, County, District, or
Division of the Colony, and subject or not to
any limitations or restrictions as the Governor
may think fit, all or any of the powers by the
said Act vested in the Governor, except such
powers as are therein directed to be exercised
by the Governor in Council; and that when-
ever the Governor shall have delegated the
powers thereby conferred on him, or any of
them, the Governor shall also appoint a
Gazette or Newspaper in which such Dele-
gate shall cause to be published such Pro-
clamations and instruments and other matters
made or done by him, which would, if made
or done by the Governor, be required to be
published in the New Zealand Gazette.

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in
exercise and pursuance of the power and
authority in that behalf vested in me, do
hereby delegate to

JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Esq.,
the Chairman of the County Council, within
the County of Westland, so long as he shall
continue to hold the office of Chairman as
aforesaid, all the powers by “The Gold
Mining Claims Drainage Act, 1868,” vested
in the Governor, except such powers as are
by the said Act directed to be exercised by
the Governor in Council; and in further
pursuance and in exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me, I do hereby appoint
The County of Westland Gazette to be the
Gazette in which the said James Alexander
Bonar, as such Delegate, shall cause to be
published such Proclamations and instru-
ments and other matters made or done by
him, which would, if made or done by the
Governor, be required to be published in the
New Zealand Gazette.

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, at
the Government House at Welling-
ton, this nineteenth day of Novem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette,
of the 7th December, 1868, No. 70.]

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington,
this second day of December, 1868.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Lunatics
Act, 1868,” it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, from
time to time, to order and direct that all or
any of the powers, functions, duties, and
authorities vested in or required to be per-
formed by the Governor, or the Governor in
Council, or Colonial Secretary, by the said
Act, within any Province or other District
of the Colony, shall be exercised or performed
by the Superintendent of any such Province,
or by any other person the Governor may
think fit; and thereupon such functions,
powers, duties, and authorities may, by such
Superintendent or other person, be exercised
or performed within the Province or other
District of the Colony specified:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zea-
land, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Colony, in
pursuance and in exercise of the power and
authority for that purpose vested in him,
doth hereby order and direct that all the
powers, functions, duties, and authorities
vested in or required to be performed by the
Governor in Council, or the Colonial Secre-
tary, by “The Lunatics Act, 1868,” within
the County of Westland, shall be exercised
by the Chairman of the Council of the said
County.

FOSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.