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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official
Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made
to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

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

VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1854. [No. 15.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland.
14th June, 1854.

WHEREAS, by the Royal Instructions
bearing date the 13th day of Sept.,
1852, certain persons therein expressly de-
signated are nominated and appointed to
be Members of the Executive Council, and
such other persons as the Governor may
deem to be qualified and capable to advise
him, subject to the proviso that any ap-
pointment to be made by the Governor
shall be provisional only, and subject to be
confirmed or disallowed by Her Majesty.
Now Notice is hereby given, that pursuant
to the authority vested in him by such in-
structions as aforesaid, His Excellency the
Officer Administering the Government has
been pleased to appoint

JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Esq.,
HENRY SEWELL, Esq.,
FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD, Esq.,
to be Members of the Executive Council of
New Zealand.

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

JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Esq.,
HENRY SEWELL, Esq.
FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD, Esq.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
14th June, 1854.

HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government directs it to be notified
for general information, that the under-
mentioned gentlemen have this day taken
and subscribed the proper Oath as Members
of the Executive Council:

JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Esq.,
HENRY SEWELL, Esq.
FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD, Esq.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
12th June, 1854.

HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to
direct that the 38th Clause of "An Act to
amend various Laws relating to Merchant
Shipping," 16 and 17 Vict., should be pub-
lished for general information.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

"XXXVIII. If any seaman or apprentice
is imprisoned in any part of Her Majesty's
dominions, on the ground of his having neg-
lected or refused to join any ship in which he
is engaged to serve, or of having deserted or
otherwise absented himself therefrom, with-
out leave, or of his having committed any
other breach of discipline; and if during
such imprisonment, and before his engage-
ment is at an end, his services are required
on board his ship, any Justice may, at the
request of the master, or of the owner, or his
agent, cause such seaman or apprentice to be
conveyed on board his said ship, for the
purpose of proceeding on the voyage, or to
be delivered to the master or any mate-of the
ship, or the owner or his agent, to be by them
so conveyed, notwithstanding that the termi-
nation of the period for which he was sen-
tenced to imprisonment has not arrived."

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