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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 1st October, 1844.
ATTENTION is required to the following
extract from the Act of the Imperial Parlia-
ment, 6 & 6 Victoria, cap. 47-Sec. 57,58-and
it is hereby made known that the Harbor Master,
or person lawfully acting in such capacity, is the
"Proper Officer" therein referred to, who is
authorised to give certificates and clearances.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary

457. And whereas by one other of the said
     Acts intituled " An Act to regulate the Trade of
     the British Possessions abroad," it is enacted, that
     the Master of every ship bound from certain Brit-
     ish Possessions, shall before any Goods be laden
     therein, deliver to the Collector or Comptroller,
     or other proper Officer, an entry outwards, under
     his hand, of the destination of such ship, stating
     her Name, Country and Tonnage, and if British
     the Port of Registry, the name and country of
     the Master, the country of the Owner, the
     number of the crew, and how many are of the
     country of such ship; and that if any Goods
     be laden on board any ship before such entry be
     made, the Master of such ship shall forfeit the
     sum of Fifty Pounds; and that before such ship
     départ, the Master shall bring and deliver to
     the Collector or Comptroller, or other proper
     Officer, a content in writing, under his hand, of
     the goods laden and the names of the respective
     shippers and consignees of the Goods, and the
     Marks and Numbers of the Packages or Parcels
     of the same, and shall make and subscribe a
     Declaration to the truth of such content, as far
     as any of such particulars can be known to him;
     and that the Master of every ship bound from
     such Possessions, whether in ballast or laden,
     shall before departure, come before the Collector
     and Comptroller, or other proper Officer, and
     answer upon Oath all such questions concerning
     the ship and the cargo, if any, and the crew,
     and the voyage, as shall be demanded of him by
     such Officer; and that thereupon the Collector
     and Comptroller, or other proper Officer, if such
     ship be laden, shall make out and give to the
     Master a certificate of the clearance of such
     ship for her intended voyage, containing an
     account of the total quantities of the several
     sorts of goods laden therein, or a certificate of
     her clearance in ballast as the case may be;
     and that if any ship shall depart without such
     clearance, or if the Master shall deliver a false
     content, or shall not truly answer the questions
     demanded of him, he shall forfeit the sum of
     One Hundred Pounds; and whereas it is fur-
     the: enacted, that no goods shall be stated in
     such certificate of clearance of any ship from
     any such Possessions to be the produce thereof,
     unless such goods shall have been expressly
     stated so to be in the entry outwards of the
     same; and that all goods not expressly stated
     in such certificate of clearance to be the pro-
     duce of such Possessions shall, at the place of
     importation in any other such Possession, or in
     the United Kingdom, be deemed to be of Foreign
     production: And whereas it is also enacted,
     that the person entering any such goods shall
     deliver to the Collector or Comptroller, or other
     proper Officer, a Bill of Entry thereof, fairly
     written in words at length, containing the name
     of the Exporter or Importer, and of the Ship,
     and of the Master, and of the place to or from
     which bound, and of the place within the Port
     where the goods are to be laden or unladen,
     and the particulars of the quantity and quality
     of the goods, and the packages containing the
     same, and the marks and numbers on the pack-
     ages, and setting forth whether such goods be
     the produce of the said Possessions or not; and
     such person shall at the same time pay down all
     Duties due upon the goods; and the Collector
     or Comptroller, or other proper Officer, shall
     thereupon grant their warrant for the lading or
     unlading of such goods; Be it therefore enacted,
     That so much of the said Act as is herein-above
     recited shall from and after the first day of
     January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-
     three, extend to all goods entered for exporta-
     tion, and to all vessels clearing outwards in any
     of the British Possessions abroad, except the
     Territories subject to the Government of the
     Presidencies of Fort William in Bengal, Fort
     St. George, and Bombay.

"58. Provided always and be it enacted, That
where there is no Collector or Comptroller or
Officer of Customs at the Port or Place of ship-
ment of such goods, that then the Principal
Civil Officer in the service of Her Majesty at
such place, or his sufficient representative, shall
be deemed and taken to be the proper Officer
for the performance of all such duties with res-
pect to such goods as by the said Act are
required to be performed by the Collector or
other Officer or Officers of Customs,"

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 1st October, 1844.
THE GOVERNOR has appointed the fol-
lowing Officers to act as Harbor Masters,
and to carry out the provisions of 5 & 6 Victo-
ria, cap. 47, ss. 57-58-
At Auckland.... Mr. DAVID ROUGH.
At Wellington... Mr. JOHN M'CARTHY.
At Russell...... Mr. THOMAS PRINGLE.
At Nelson...... Mr. STEPHEN CARKEEK.
At New Plymouth Mr. JAMES WEBSTER.
At Hokianga.... ROBERT ST. AUBYN, Esq:
At Akaroa......CHARLES B. ROBINSON, Esq.
At Wanganui.... SAMUEL KING, Esq.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary,

CROWN GRANTS.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 1st October, 1844.
THE undermentioned Deeds of Grant are
now lying at this Office, and will be de-
livered to the Grantees, on or after Monday,
the 7th instant.