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1878. NEW ZEALAND. "THE NEW ZEALAND CONSOLIDATED STOCK ACT, 1877" (PAPERS RELATIVE TO).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency. No. 1. Proclamation bringing "The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," into operation. Normanby, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas by "The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," it is, among other things, enacted that the said Act shall not come into operation nor be of any force or effect whatever until it shall be declared to be so in operation by a Proclamation issued by the Governor in Council and published in the New Zealand Government Gazette : Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Coustantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the advice and. consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that " The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," shall be and come into operation on and after the ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Coustantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgravc, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgravc of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New lloss, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; 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 Seal of the said colony, this ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. J. Ballance. Approved in Council. Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council. Gon save the Queen ! No. 2. _ Order in Council appointing Agents. Normanby, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-seventh day of February, 1878. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. Whereas by " The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," it is, among other things, enacted that the said Act shall not come into operation or be of any force or effect whatever until it shall be declared to be so in operation by a Proclamation issued by the Governor in Council and published in the New Zealand Government Gazette : And whereas by a Proclamation issued by the Governor in Council under the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the ninth day of February instant, it was declared that the said Act should be and come into operation on and after the ninth day of February instant: And ' I—B. 6.