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and to do and minister justice according to the right order and courseof the Law, summarily and plainly looking only into the truth of the fact and to fine, correct, punish, chastise, and lefoim and imprison, and cause and command to be imprisoned in any Gaols within Our Colony of New Zealand aforesaid and Territories thereunto belonging, the parties guilty and the contemners of the Law and Jurisdiction of Our Admiralty aforesaid and \iolaters, Usurpers, Delinquents, and Contumacious Absenters, Masters of Ships, Mariners, Rowers, fishermen, Shipwrights, and other Workmen and Artificers whatsoever exercising any kind of Maritime affairs according to the Rights, Statutes. Laws, Ordinances, and Customs anciently observed and to deliver and absolutely discharge and cause, and command to be discharged whatsoever persons imprisoned in such cases who are to be delivered and to preserve and cause to be preserved the public Streams, 1 orts, Rivers, Fresh Waters, and Creeks, whatsoever within our Maritime jurisdiction aforesaid in what place soever they be in Our said Colony of New Zealand, and Territories thereunto belonging, and Maritime parts of"the same and thereto adjacent whatsoever as well for the preservation of Our Navy Royal and of the Fleets and Vessels of Our said United Kingdom and Dominions aforesaid as of whatsoever Fishes increasing in the Rivers and Places aforesaid and also to keep and cause to be executed and kept in Our said Colony of New Zealand and Territories thereunto belonging and Maritime parts thereof and thereto adjacent whatsoever the Rights, statutes, Laws, Ordinances and Customs anciently observed, and to do, exercise, expedite and execute all and singular other things in the Premises and every of them as they by right and according to the Laws and Statutes, Ordinances and Customs aforesaid should be done, Ana moreover to reform nets too close and other unlawful engines or instruments whatsoever for the catching of Fishes, wheresoever by Sea or Public Streams, Ports, Rivers, Fresh Waters or Creeks whatsoever throughout Our Colony of New Zealand aforesaid and Territories dependent thereon and Maritime parts of the same and thereto adjacent used or exercised by Water within Our Maritime jurisdiction aforesaid whatsoever and to punish and correct the exercisers and occupiers thereof according to the Statutes, Laws, Ordinances, and Customs aforesaid and to pronounce, promulge, and interpose all manner of Sentences and Decrees and to put the same in execution with cognizance and jurisdiction of whatsoever other causes Civil and Maritime which relate to the sea or which in any manner of ways respect or concern the sea or passage over the same or Naval or Maritime voyages or our said Maritime jurisdiction or the places or limits of our said Admiralty and cognizance aforementioned and all other things done or to be done, with power also to proceed in the same according to the Statutes, Laws, Ordinances, and Customs aforesaid anciently used as well of mere office mixed or promoted as at the instance of any part 3' as the case shall require and seem convenient, And likewise with cognizance and decision of wreck of the sea, great or small, and of the death drowning and view of dead bodies of all persons howsoever killed or drowned or murdered, or which by any other means come to their deaths in the Sea or Public Streams, Ports. Fresh Waters or Creeks whatsoever within the flowing of the Sea pnd high water mark throughout Our aforesaid Colony of New Zealand and Territories thereunto belonging and Maritime parts of the same and thereto adjacent or elsewhere within our Maritime jurisdiction aforesaid together with the Cognizance of Mayhem in the aforesaid places within our Maritime jurisdiction aforesaid and flowing of the Sea and Water there happening, with power also of punishing all Delinquents in that kind according to the exigencies of the Law and Customs aforesaid And to do, exercise, expedite, and execute all and singular other things which in and about the Premises only shall be necessary or thought meet according to the rights, Statutes, Laws, Ordinances and Customs aforesaid with power of deputing and Surrogating in your place for the Premises, one or more Deputy or Deputies as often as you shall think fit and also with power from time to time of naming, appointing, ordaining, assigning, making and constituting whatsoever other necessary fit and convenient Officers and Ministers under you for the said office and execution thereof in Our said Colony of New Zealand and Territories thereunto belonging and Maritime parts of the same and thereto adjacent whatsoever (saving always the right of our High Court of Admiralty of England and also of tiie Judge and Registrar of the said Court from whom or either of whom it is not our intention in anything to derogate by these Presents and saving to every one who shall be wronged or aggrieved by any Definitive Sentence or Interlocutory Decree which shall be given in the Vice Admiralty Court of Our Colony of New Zealand aforesaid and Territories thereunto belonging the right of appealing to us in Council) Provided Nevertheless and under this express condition that if you the aforesaid Thomas Gore Browne Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief aforesaid and the Governor and Conmiander-in Chief of the said Colony for the time being and the person executing the duties of that office shall not yearly to wit at the end of every year between the Feasts of St. Michael the Archangel and all Saints, duly certify and cause to be effectually certified (ifyou shall be thereunto required) to L's and Our Lieutenant Official, Principal and Commissary General, and Special and Judge and President of the High Court of Our Admiralty of England aforesaid, all that which from time to time by virtue of these Presents you shall do, execute, collect, or receive in the Premises or any of them together with your full and faithful account thereupon to be made in an Authentic form and Sealed with the Seal of Our office remaining in your Custody, that from thence and after default therein these Our Letters Patent of the office of Vice Admiral aforesaid as above granted shall be null and void, of no force or effect, Further We do in Our name command all and Singular Our Governors, Justices, Mayors, Sheriffs, Captains, Mars halls, Bailiffs, Keepers of all our Goals and Prisons, Constables, and all other Our Officers and Faithful and Liege subjects whatsoever and every of them as well within Libei ties and Franchises as without that in and about the execution of the Premises and every of the.n they be aiding, favouring, assisting, and yield obedi-