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Body, which now is or hereafter may be established within the
Dominion, and in respect of the appointment of Members thereto.!
XI. In the event of the death, incapacity, or removal of the
Governor, or of his departure from the Dominion, Our Lieutenant-
(Rovernor, or, if there be no such Officer in the Dominion, then such
person or persons as We may appoint under Our Sign Manual and
Signet, shall, during Our pleasure, administer the Government of the
Dominion, first taking the Oaths herein-before directed to be taken
by the Governor, and in the manner herein prescribed ; which being
done, We do hereby authorize, empower, and command Our Lieu
tenant-Governor, and every other such Administrator as aforesaid,
to do and execute during Our pleasure all things that belong to the
Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief according to the tenor
of these Our Letters Patent, and according to Our Instructions as
aforesaid, and the Laws of the Dominion.
XII. In the event of the Governor having occasion to be temporarily
absent for a short period from the seat of Government or from the
Dominion, he may in every such case, by an Instrument under the
Public Seal of the Dominion, constitute and appoint Our Lieutenant-
Governor, or if there be no such Officer, then any other person to be
his Deputy during such temporary absence, and in that capacity
to exercise, perform, and execute for and on behalf of the Governor
during such absence, but no longer, ail such powers and authorities
vested in the Governor by these Our Letters Patent, as shall in and by
such Instrument be specified and limited, but no others. Provided,
nevertheless, that, by the appointment of a Deputy as aforesaid, the
power and authority of the Governor shall not be abridged, altered,
or in any way affected, otherwise than We may at any time hereafter
think proper to direct.
XIII. And We do hereby require and command all Our Officers
and Ministers, Civil and Military, and all other the inhabitants of the
Dominion, to be obedient, aiding, and assisting unto the Governor
or such person or persons as may from time to time, under the pro-
visions of these Our Letters Patent, administer the Government of
she Dominion.
XIV. And We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and
successors, full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter,
or amend these Our Letters Patent as to Us or them shall seem meet.
XV. And We do direct and enjoin that these Our Letters Patent
shall be read and proclaimed at such place or places within Our
Dominion as the Governor shall think fit.
In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made
Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Eighteenth dav of
November, in the Seventh year of Our Reign.
By Warrant under the King’s Sign Manual.
MUIR MACKENZIE.
* This power is statutory, being given by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 72, s. 44, and the
New Zealand Legislature Act, ss. 2, 13.
* This power first appears in the Governor's commission in 1861 (clause ix).
