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the following regulation on the subject should be published for general information.

By His Excellency\'s command,

ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.

At any Warehousing Port within the Islands of New Zealand, the Collector, or Sub-Collector, of Customs is authorized to issue certain quantities of Tobacco free of duty, for Sheep washing, upon the application of any Sheepowner, or his known agent, who shall first have taken a declaration in the manner hereafter set forth. The Collector may then issue a warrant to the Locker to damage the Tobacco, by having it thoroughly saturated with Spirits of Tar or Turpentine, and then deliver it from the warehouse free of duty.

FORM OF DECLARATION.

I, A. B., do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have (or C. D. has) sheep at
which require washing for the scab, and for which purpose I require (or he requires) lbs. of Tobacco: and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me at the
Custom House,
this day of 18
(Signed) A.B.
(Signed) E.F., Collector.

FORM OF ENTRY.

F. Damaged Tobacco from Warehouse.
Port of day of 18
Ex the a ship, I. K., master, from L.M., warehoused by O. P., the day of 18 , in Q.R.\'s warehouse.
To the Locker.

Allow the above quantity to be damaged by being saturated with Spirits of Tar or Turpentine for twelve hours, and then deliver to A.B.
(Signed) E. F., Collector.

Civil Secretary\'s Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1853.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF has been pleased to authorize, by commissions under the Seal of the Colony, the following gentlemen:—

WILLIAM YOUNG, Esquire,
STEPHEN CARKEEK, Esquire,
THOMAS BATEMAN, Esquire,
CHARLES LOGIE, Esquire,
ARCHIBALD WATSON SHAND, Esquire,
WILLIAM BERTRAM WHITE, Esquire,
HARCOURT AUBREY, Esquire,
HENRY GODFREY GOULAND, Esquire,
WILLIAM LEECH, Esquire,
WILLIAM JOHN WARBURTON HAMILTON, Esquire,
DAVID STARK DURIE, Esquire,
DAVID ROUGH, Esquire,
CHARLES SHARP, Esquire,
JOHN PARSONS, Esquire,

to sue for penalties and forfeitures under the provisions of \"the Passengers\' Act, 1852.\"

ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.

Resident Magistrate\'s Court,
Wellington, 20th November, 1852.

I HEREBY certify that \"I have seen\" and examined the Diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons of London granted to

HENRY JOHN PHILLIPS, Esquire,
late Assistant-Surgeon in Her Majesty\'s Navy, now of the River Hutt, in the district of Wellington, and do find the same to be correct, and in due form.

HENRY ST. HILL, R.M.

AMOUNT of Notes in Circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue at Wellington, on the 8th day of January, 1853:—

Amount of Notes in Circulation on the 8th day of January, 1853, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:—

£5 and upwards ... £3,845
Under £5 ... 9,399

£13,244

Total amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day:—

Gold ... £3,281
Silver ... 1,963

Total ... £5,244

I, Henry W. Petre, Colonial Treasurer, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance 16, Session 8.

HENRY W. PETRE,
Col. Treas.

Colonial Treasury,
Wellington, 10th January, 1853.

The sum of eight thousand pounds sterling has been invested, under the warrant of His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief, in the public Funds in England, through the Commissariat Department, by arrangements made through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty\'s Treasury.

HENRY W. PETRE.

LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1852.

Anderson, Mrs.
Allen, Samuel
Adley, Mr.
Arnett, Mrs.
Baker, J.
Benton, T. L.
Brown, William
Brinvena, N.
Borrie, D.
Branely, T. H.
Bertram, T. R. 2
Baynton, John Henry
Bayton, John
Buckland, Alfred
Bowsher, William (late 65)
Bowtell, John
Bills, Mrs. Frederick
Cooper, James 3
Cook, George
Cameron, Charles
Clark, Samuel
Craig, William (late 65)
Campbell, A. J.
Cole, Mr.
Church, Israel
Culling, David
Collin, John
Crerney, Mr.
Challis, Henry
Campion, C.
Cable, W. P.
Corr, John