they attend to their duties. She shall keep

a list of the property of the Hospital, such as
furniture, &c., so that the stock may be
ascertained at any moment.

NURSES AND SERVANTS.

Nurses and servants shall be employed
from time to time upon the requisition of
the Physician or Surgeon.

PATIENTS.

Patients shall be admitted by order of the
Superintendent, and they shall pay towards
the support of the Hospital a sum not
exceeding Thirty Shillings a week, such pay-
ment being guaranteed by the written under-
taking from the patient, accompanied, where
possible, with the name of some respectable
householder, as a security. They
shall obey the directions of the medical
officers, and shall behave themselves in a
quiet and orderly manner. They may re-
ceive visits from friends between the hours
of 2 and 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays, and at no other time, except by
order from one of the medical officers.

TIMES OF ADMISSION.

Tuesday and Friday in every week shall
be the regular days of admission, except in
cases of emergency. No admission, except
in cases of emergency, shall be made without
previous application to the office of the Pro-
vincial Secretary, and the hours of admission
shall be from 10 a.m. to 12 at noon, and
from 5 to 6 p.m.

VISITORS.

Two visitors (one lady and one gentle-
man) shall be requested to inspect the Hos-
pital once a week, and write their observa-
tions in a book kept for the purpose.
They shall be appointed by the Super-
intendent, with the advice of the Executive
Council from time to time, for a period not
exceeding three months.

MINISTERS OF RELIGION.

Officiating Ministers of Religion may be
admitted at all reasonable times, on appli-
cation to the Steward.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, in accordance with clause
19 of the "Municipal Council Ordi-
nance, Sess. XIV., No. 14," the Municipal
Council of Christchurch have made certain
by-laws for the regulation of their own pro-
ceedings, and for the general good rule and
good government of the said Municipal Dis-
trict of Christchurch, and whereas those
by-laws have been, by and with the advice of
my Executive Council, assented to by me in
accordance with the provisions of clause 28
of the said Ordinance: Now, therefore, I,
William Sefton Moorhouse, Superintendent
of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance
of the powers vested in me in that behalf,
do hereby declare such by-laws to be in
force within the said district from and after
the 28th day of April last.

Given under my hand, at the Government
Buildings in Christchurch aforesaid,
this Twenty-second day of May, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-
two.

W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

BY-LAWS for REGULATING the PROCEEDINGS of the MUNICIPAL COUNCIL of CHRISTCHURCH.

1. Adjournment, if no Quorum.—If, at the
   expiration of a quarter of an hour from the
   time appointed for meeting, there be not
   present a quorum of members, the Council
   shall stand adjourned to the next sitting day.

2. Adjournment, if Members reduced below
   Quorum.—At any time after the commence-
   ment of business it be noticed that there is
   not a quorum of members present, the
   Chairman shall adjourn the Council to the
   next sitting day.

3. Time of Meeting.—Unless otherwise
   ordered by resolution of the Council, the
   Council shall sit on every Monday evening,
   at seven o’clock.

4. Special Meetings.—The Clerk of the
   Council shall, by circular notes, call a special
   meeting of the Council, on a requisition from
   the Chairman, or from any three members.
   The notice convening such meeting shall
   state the business proposed to be transacted
   thereat.

5. Chairman.—The Chairman may address
   the Council on any business before it, but
   may not move or second a resolution.

6. Questions of Order, and cases unpro-
   vided for.—All questions of order or form
   shall be decided by the Chairman. He shall
   also decide in all cases not provided for by
   these by-laws, taking for his guide the usage
   of the Provincial Council so far as the same
   is applicable to the proceedings of this
   Council. In the event of any appeal against
   the decision of the Chairman, the same shall
   be decided at the next sitting of the Council,
   in the same manner as any other question
   brought before such Council.

7. Chairman to provide for Custody of
   Books, &c.—The Chairman shall make all
   necessary regulations for the convenience of
   members of the Council, and the custody of
   books and records.

8. Minutes.—The Clerk shall at each
   sitting of the Council keep draft minutes of
   the proceedings at such sitting. Such minutes
   shall afterwards be fairly entered in a minute
   book, and shall be submitted for approval at
   the next sitting of the Council; when
   approved, they shall be signed by the Chair-
   man of the sitting of which they are on
   record.

9. Notice Book.—The Clerk shall keep a
   Notice Book, in which he shall enter all the
   notices of motion given by members of the