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upon the duties of the said office; and in case there shall be no such person then holding the said office, then you shall enter upon the duties thereof as soon as conveniently may be after your arrival as aforesaid, and in either of such cases this appointment shall take effect accordingly. And I do also require you to enter upon and discharge the duties of the said office in person, except only in case of sickness or other incapacity, and leave of absence first duly granted. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey ; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; 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, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. J. Baleance. Approved in Council—R. Walrond, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Mr. Perceval's appointment as a Commissioneb under the Public Revenues Act. Onslow, Governor. In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the fifty-seventh section of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891," His Excellency William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint Westby Brook Perceval, of Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, in England, Esquire, the Agent-General of the said colony there, to be a Commissioner under the said Act, and who, together with Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan and Walter Kennaway, Esquire, the other two Commissioners now in office under the said Act, shall have full power, as and in manner provided by the said Act, to do in Great Britain on behalf of the Governor everything which the Governor is empowered to do under the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth sections of the said Act. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop ; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon, in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; 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, at Wellington, this first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. J. Ballance. Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointment of Sir P. G. Julyan and Mr. Perceval as Stock Agents. Onslow, Governor. In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by " The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," and "The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1881," His Excellency William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, of London, in England, a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Westby Brook Perceval, of Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, in England, Esquire, the Agent-General of the said colony, there to be Agents for the purposes of "The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," and in that capacity to exercise all the powers by such Act exercisable by the Governor in Council, such appointment to take effect on and after the first day of April now next ensuing. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop ; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey ; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey ; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; 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, at Wellington, this first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. J. Ballance. Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council.