Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

II.—Driving Fees.

For Horses and Cattle, any distance under five miles, per head ... 1 0
For Horses and Cattle, any distance beyond five miles, per head ... 2 0
For Sheep, under five miles, per head ... 0 0½
For Sheep, beyond five miles, per head ... 0 1

III.—Charges for Food.

For every Entire Horse or Bull, aged six months and over ... 1 6
For every Gelding, Mare, Colt, Filly, Foal, Mule, or Ass (excepting Foals and Fillies under six months old) ... 1 0
For every Cow, Ox, Steer, or Heifer (excepting Calves under six months old) ... 1 0
For every Sheep (excepting Lambs under six months old) ... 0 0½
For every Ram, aged six months and over ... 0 3
For every Goat or Kid ... 1 0
For every Boar, Sow, or other Pig ... 1 0
For every Foal, Filly, Calf, or Lamb, under six months old ... Nil.

The above charges to be paid for each day, or part of a day after the first twenty-four hours, during which the animal is supplied with food and water by the Poundkeeper; but the owner may supply food and water, in which cases these charges are not to be made. No charge to be made during the first twenty-four hours.

III.—Charges for giving Notice of Impounding.

The charge for giving notice of the Impounding of cattle to the owner thereof, or his agent, shall be computed at the rate of one shilling for every mile or part of a mile of the distance between the Public Pound and the usual place of residence of such owner or agent, as the case may be, up to five miles, and at the rate of sixpence for every additional mile or part of a mile.

IV.—Charges for giving Public Notice under the 20th Section of the said Act.

For posting notice of Impounding on Pound ... 0 6
For posting Notice of Impounding on the nearest Post-office or Police-station ... 2 6
For inserting Notice of Impounding in the Provincial Gazette, or any other local paper: The usual charges for such advertisements.

Superintendent’s Office,

Auckland, 10th May, 1876.

THE following Letter is published by direction of His Honour the Superintendent.

Reader Wood,
Provincial Secretary.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 10th May, 1876.

GENTLEMEN,—

I understand from Mr. Wood, with whom you had an interview yesterday, upon the subject of your mission here, that you propose to obtain from the Provincial Auditor information upon the following points:

1. The names of Provincial officers employed, with statement of salaries, duties, &c.
2. Amounts expended on Public Works during the last Provincial financial year, and amount of unexpended balances at the end.

The information you thus desire is of a very simple and very ordinary nature, and would have been furnished with pleasure by me to the Honourable Colonial Secretary if he had asked for it by letter in the usual way, as information upon the finances of the Province has been supplied by me from time to time during the last few months upon the request of Ministers to me to do so. I cannot understand why it should be thought necessary to send three gentlemen at great expense from Wellington to obtain that which could have been had with much greater ease and rapidity by the ordinary course of post. I cannot refrain from expressing my opinion that so costly a proceeding is entirely unnecessary. I object to it as entailing serious expense upon the country, its proportion of which this Province must bear, at a time when the revenue is falling largely below the estimate of the late Colonial Treasurer, made in the last session of the Assembly, and when the people are threatened by the present Colonial Treasurer with an Income and Property tax in addition to all the other taxes they have to bear; and I protest against it as substituting a cumbrous and expensive machinery in the place of the simple and well understood means of ordinary official communication with the Provincial authorities as constituted by law.

I have, &c.,
G. GREY.

Messrs. Wm. Gisborne,
Wm. Seed,
John Knowles.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 9th May, 1876.

IN pursuance of the 6th clause of “The Slaughter-house Act, 1866,” it is hereby notified, for general information, that application has been made to His Honour the Superintendent by

Messrs. Fisher & Co.,
of Queen and Durham-streets, Auckland, for a Private Slaughter-house License for their premises known as “Banks’ Farm,” and situated between St. Ann’s Bridge and Otahuhu.

Objections against the granting of such License must be lodged at this Office within one calendar month from the date of publication hereof.

Reader Wood,
Provincial Secretary.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 4th May, 1876.

THE following Correspondence is published by direction of His Honour the Superintendent.

Reader Wood,
Provincial Secretary.

General Government Offices,
Auckland, 31st March, 1876.

SIR,—

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, this morning, of your letter of yesterday’s date.

The proposals for the authorization of the expenditure of the sum of £800 for the erection of a