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Mr. DAVID NATHAN, Shortland-street, Auck-
land.
Mr. WILLIAM CONNELL, Lower Queen-street,
Auckland.
Mr. JAMES WOOLLY, Shortland-street, Auck-
land.

A. SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 18th May, 1847.
HIS Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor
directs that the following Notice be
published for general information.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 18th May, 1847.

NOTICE is hereby given, that in future Letters
from New Zealand to the United Kingdom,
via Sydney, will be made up for transmission
from that Port by the following different
routes, namely—

By Private Ship, direct.
By Packet Ship, via India and Southampton.
By do. do. and Marseilles.

The following table shews the number of
British and French rates to which letters
forwarded via Marseilles, are liable on arrival
in the United Kingdom, according to their
weight.

British. French.
A letter under ¼ of an ounce is liable to 1 and 1 rate.
Do. weighing ¼ and not exceed. ½ oz. 1 2 "
Do. exceeding ¼ and under ½ oz. 2 3 "
Do. weighing ½ and not exceed. 1 oz. 2 4 "
Do. exceeding 1 oz. and under 1¼ oz. 4 5 "

It must be observed, however, that the
English and French modes of charging by
weight are dissimilar: a letter not being liable
to an increased British rate, unless it exceed
the half ounce or ounce—while an additional
Foreign rate is chargeable if it actually attain,
though it do not exceed, the quarter, half,
three-quarters of an ounce, or ounce, respec-
tively.

The single rate of postage, therefore, for a
letter from New Zealand, weighing under a
quarter of an ounce, forwarded via Marseilles,
will be—

s. d.
British ........................ 1 5
Foreign ....................... 0 5.
Indian Ship letter rate .... 0 4

2 2

When forwarded via Southampton, it will
be under half an ounce—

s. d.
British rate..................... 1 0
Indian Ship letter rate .... 0 4

1 4

When letters are forwarded to Ceylon, for
despatch to the United Kingdom, the Indian
Ship letter rate is not chargeable.

The single rate for a letter under half an
ounce, forwarded from Sydney by Private
Ship, will be eight pence. Newspapers sent
by Private Ship are liable to a charge of 1d.
each; if sent via Marseilles, 3d. each.

on delivery in the United Kingdom, and do
not affect the New Zealand rates payable in
this Colony.

The Contractors for the conveyance of the
Sydney Mails have the option, under their
contract, of landing the Homeward Mails at
either Calcutta, Madras, Singapore, or Ceylon;
and the various officers in India, entrusted
with the despatch of the British Mails, have
orders to send all letters for England by the
route of Marseilles, that being the quickest
route, unless specially addressed to be for-
warded via Southampton.

The days of the month on which the Con-
tract Packets usually leave the Indian Ports
with the Homeward Mails, are as follows:

Calcutta on the ....... 10th of each month.
Madras.............. 15th
Singapore........... 10th
Point de Galle (Ceylon) 19th

And the Mails, via Marseilles, generally
arrive in London four or five days earlier
than those forwarded via Southampton.

N. B. Letters to be sent via Marseilles, or
via Southampton, should be specially so ad-
dressed.

HENRY D'ARCH,
Acting Deputy Postmaster-General.

IN pursuance of the 20th clause of the
"Resident Magistrates' Ordinance," I
do hereby Select and Appoint the following
Persons of the native race to be Assessors
along with the Resident Magistrate, for set-
tling disputes between persons of the native
race; that is to say:—

Te Iti, of Motueka, a chief of the Ngatitoa
and Ngatirarua tribes.

Te Tana, of Motueka, a chief of the Ngati-
rarua tribe.

Ngapiko, of Motueka, a chief of the Ngati-
tama tribe.

Te Foa, of Motueka, a chief of the Ngatirarua
and Ngatiawa tribes.

Paora Taukina, of Motueka, a chief of the
Ngatirahiri tribe.

Tare te Ahi Manawe, of Motueka, a chief of
the Ngatirarua tribe.

Te Manu, of Wakapuaka, a chief of the Nga-
titama tribe.

Te Aupouri, of Takaka and Motupipi, a chief
of the Ngatirarua tribe.