Delegation of Governor's Powers




Delegation of Powers

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like advice and consent, do hereby delegate to

HENRY LEE ROBINSON, Esq.,
Chairman of the County Council of Westland,
all the powers vested in the Governor and
the Governor in Council under "The Gold
Fields Act, 1866," and "The Gold Fields
Act Amendment Act, 1869," except the
powers conferred by sections twenty-two,
forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one
hundred and seven of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866," to have, hold, and exercise within the
said County the said powers hereby given to
the said Henry Lee Robinson, so long as he
shall continue and remain Chairman of the
said County Council and no longer: Provided
always that copies of all rules and regulations
made under the said delegation shall be forth-
with transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, in
order 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
twenty-first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.

G. M. WATERHOUSE,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.
Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 6, of the 30th January, 1873.]

Delegation of Governor’s Powers under "The
Constabulary Force Ordinance Amendment Act,
1868," to County Chairman of Westland.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

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of the Legislative Council thereof, intituled
"An Ordinance to provide for the Establishment
and Maintenance of a Constabulary
Force," and to restrict any such delegation so
as to enable the person or persons named
therein to exercise the powers aforesaid only
within any Province, County, or other division
of the Colony, to be specified and described in
such delegation:

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

HENRY LEE ROBINSON, 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 Maintenance
of a Constabulary Force;" and I do hereby
restrict this delegation so as to enable the said
Henry Lee Robinson to exercise the powers
aforesaid only within the County of Westland,
as defined in "The County of Westland
Act, 1868.\n
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, this
twenty-first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No.
6, of the 30th of January, 1873.]

Delegation of Governor’s Powers under "Gold
Mining Claims Drainage Act, 1868," to County
Chairman of Westland.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Mining
Claims Drainage Act, 1868," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor,
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

WHEREAS by "The Constabulary Force
Ordinance Amendment Act, 1868," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor,
from time to time, to delegate to any person or
persons all or any of the powers conferred on or
vested in the Governor by an Ordinance of the
Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, with the
advice and consent



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Westland Provincial Gazette 1873, No 5





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🏛️ Delegation of Governor's Powers under Gold Fields Act (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 January 1873
Delegation, Gold Fields Act, County Chairman, Westland
  • Henry Lee Robinson (Esquire), Delegated powers under Gold Fields Act

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • G. M. Waterhouse, Presiding
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏛️ Delegation of Governor’s Powers under Constabulary Force Ordinance Amendment Act

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 January 1873
Delegation, Constabulary Force Ordinance, County Chairman, Westland
  • Henry Lee Robinson (Esquire), Delegated powers under Constabulary Force Ordinance

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • G. M. Waterhouse, Presiding

🏛️ Delegation of Governor’s Powers under Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 January 1873
Delegation, Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act, County Chairman, Westland
  • Henry Lee Robinson (Esquire), Delegated powers under Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act

  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • G. M. Waterhouse, Presiding