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Fields Act, 1866," aforesaid, except the powers conferred by sections eleven, twenty-two, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-nine, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the said powers hereby delegated to the said Conrad Hoos within the County of Westland: 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, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

[Extracted from New Zealand Gazette, No. 5, February 8, 1869.]

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," it is enacted that the Governor in Council may, by warrant under his hand, from time to time, delegate to the Superintendent of any Province within the Colony all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the said Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit: And whereas, by the fourth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that 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 "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865:" And whereas, by the fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that the power of annulling, making void, or altering, or varying and making anew, any such regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations, vested in the Governor by "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," may from time to time be delegated by the Governor in Council, by warrant under his hand, to the Superintendent of any Province:

And whereas, by "The County of Westland Act, 1868," it is enacted that in any Act of the General Assembly, except such as relate to the election of Superintendents and Provincial Councils, and to appointments of Deputy Superintendents, and to audit of Provincial Accounts, and issue of Provincial Revenue, and matters of a like kind, the word "Province" shall include "County of Westland," and the word "Superintendent" shall include, with regard to such County, any person whom the Governor may from time to time appoint to perform within such County those duties and exercise those powers under any such Act which might, if such duties and powers had to be performed or exercised within a Province, be exercised or performed by the Superintendent of such Province:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, do hereby delegate to

CONRAD HOOS, ESQ.,

the Chairman of the County Council for the said County of Westland within the said County, so long as he shall remain Chairman of the County Council, the several powers vested in the Governor by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," aforesaid, and all the powers which, by the fifth section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," the Governor in Council is authorized so to delegate, subject to be rescinded as in the said Acts provided, and subject to the regulations contained in an Order in Council of the fourth day of November, 1868, and published in the New Zealand Gazette.