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1877," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth revoke the several appointments so made by the hereinbefore-in-part recited Orders in Council, aud doth hereby appoint Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and a Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath; Sir Julius Vogel, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Agent-General of the Colony of New Zealand ; and William Charles Sargeaunt, Esquire, a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, to be ilgents in England for the purposes of the said Act, with full power and authority to such Agents to exercise all the powers by the said Act exercisable by the Governor in Council: And it is hereby expressly declared that the said Agents may from time to time delegate the power and authority vested in them as such Agents as aforesaid to any other person or persons in England as Agent or Agents, and that every such delegation shall be made in tho manner by the said Act prescribed. Foestee Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Warrant appointing Sir P. G. Julyan, Sir J. Vogel, and Mr. Sargeaunt, Agents, under the Imperial Act. Hercules Robinson, Governor. In pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the fortieth and forty-first years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and which it is therein declared may be cited as "The Colonial Stock Act, 1877," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of every power and authority enabling him in this behalf, and by and with the advice aud consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth, by this instrument, issued under the Seal of the said Colony, revoke every previous appointment made for the purposes hereinafter set forth, aud doth authorize and empower Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath ; Sir Julius Vogel, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Agent-General of the Colony of New Zealand ; and William Charles Sargeaunt, Esquire, a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, to be the persons from time to time to make any declaration or statement required by the provisions of the hereinbefore-mentioned Act, and, in and about such declaration, and the record thereof wdth the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, to do all such necessary acts as ought to be done by or on behalf of the Government of the said colony, to give effect to the provisions of the said Act: Aud in further exercise of every such power and authority as aforesaid, and by and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth declare that the powers hereby given to the said Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Sir Julius Vogel, and William Charles Sargeaunt, may from time to time be exercised by any one or more of them in such manner aud form as may be required or allowed by or under the said Act. Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hercules George Eobert Eobinson, Knight Grand ross 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 thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty. Made and issued in Council, this 31st day of January, 1880. Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ordee in Council notifying to the Bank of England the Appointments made. Hercules Eobinson, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of January, 1880. Present: His Excellency the Goveenoe in Council. Wheeeas by an Order in Council bearing even date herewith, and made and issued [under the authority of "The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," after reciting as is therein recited, the Governor in Council revoked certain appointments of Agents theretofore made under the said Act, and did appoint Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished^Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and a Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath; Sir Julius Vogel, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Agent-General of the Colony of New Zealand; and William Charles Sargeaunt, Esquire, a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, to be Agents in England for the purposes of the said Act, as stated in the said reciting Order in Council, a true copy whereof is hereto annexed : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of tbe Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the requirements of "The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby notify to the Bank of England that the said Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Sir Julius Vogel, and William Charles Sargeaunt have been appointed to be Agents for the purposes and in the manner in the hereinbefore-in-part recited Order in Council particularly mentioned. Forster Goeing, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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