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the 20th instant, respecting the payment of the
Income Tax on all Salaries, Civil Pensions,
and Allowances, chargeable on grants of the
Imperial Parliament, which may be issued by
the Commissariat abroad, or otherwise, and I
have to instruct you to give such directions
as may be necessary, in order that any such
Salaries, Civil Pensions, and Allowances,
which may be payable in the Colony under
your Government may be subjected to the
payment of the increased Income Duty, accord-
ing to the regulations laid down in that letter.

I have the honour to be, &c,
G GREY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand,
&c., &c., &c.

CIRCULAR.

                            Treasury Chambers,
                            20th June, 1854.

SIR,

I am commanded by the Lords Com-
missioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to ac-
quaint you, that in accordance with the Acts
passed in the present Session of Parliament,
Act 17, Vic. Cap. 10. as quoted in the Margin,
Act 17, Vic. Cap. 24. the following Rates of In-
come Duty are to be charged and collected
by you from and after the 5th day of April,
1854, viz:-

Upon Incomes of £150 per) 1s. 2d.
annum and upwards. ) in the Pound.
Upon Incomes of £100 per) 10d.
annum and less than £150) in the Pound.

These rates are to be collected in lieu of
those set forth in the Circular Letter of this
Board, of the 3rd August last, No. 15,979-53
and are to continue in force during the pre-
sent War, and until the 6th day of April next
after the ratification of a definitive Treaty of
Peace.

Should, however, the ratification of such
Treaty take place at any time before the 6th
April, 1859, the increased Rates of Duty
above specified will cease, and you will revert
to the Rates quoted in the Circular No.
15 979-53 for such terms as shall then re-
main unexpired.

My Lords will request the Secretary of
State for the Colonies to issue the requisite
directions to the respective Governors of Her
Majesty's Colonies and Possessions abroad,
with a view to provide for the payment of the
before-mentioned increased Rates of Income
Duty, by all Colonial Officers and others
chargeable with the same.

I am, &c., &c.,
(Signed) C. E. TREVELYAN.

To the Commissariat Officer in charge.

P.S. The periodical Statements of Income
Duty a d other Returns heretofore transmit-
ted to Mr. Hughes, are in future to be ad-
dressed (under cover to this Board), to Mr.
Thomas J. Crafer, of the Commissariat De-
partment of this Office, who has been made
Assessor, vice Mr. Hughes, appointed one of
the Commissioners of Income Duty for the
Treasury, Commissariat, &c., &c.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
October 26th, 1854.

H IS Excellency the Officer Administering
the Government has been pleased to

direct that the following Notice to Mariners
should be published for general information.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
DEVAAR LIGHTHOUSE.

The Commissioners of Northern Light-
houses hereby give notice that a Lighthouse
has been built upon the Island of Devaar, at
the entrance to the Bay of Campbeltown, in
the County of Argyll, the Light of which
will be exhibited on the night of Monday,
10th July, 1854, and every night thereafter,
from the going away of daylight in the even-
ing, till the return of daylight in the morn-
ing.

The following is a specification of the Light-
house, and the appearance of the light, by
Mr. David Stevenson, Engineer to the Com-
missioners.

The Lighthouse is in N. lat. 55° 25' 45",
and W. long. 5° 32′ 16".

The Devaar Light will be known to Mari-
ners as a REVOLVING LIGHT, which shews a
bright white light once every half-minute.

The Light is elevated about 120 feet above
the level of high water of ordinary spring
tides, and may be seen at the distance of
about 15 nautic miles, and at lesser distances
according to the state of the atmosphere; to
a nearer observer, in favourable circumstances,
the Light will not wholly disappear between
the intervals of the greatest brightness. The
arc illuminated by this Light extends from
about S. E. by compass, to about W. b N.
and faces northwards.

And the Commissioners hereby further
give notice, that Her Majesty by Order in
Council, dated 29th December, 1853, was
pleased to order and direct that, upon the
erection and lighting of the said Light upon
the Island of Devaar, there should be paid,
in respect thereof, for every vessel belonging
to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland (the same not belonging to Her Ma-
jesty, or being navigated wholly in ballast),
and for every Foreign Vessel which by any
Act of Parliament, Order in Council, Conven-
tion or Treaty, shall be privileged to enter
the Ports of the United Kingdom, upon pya-
ing the same Duties of Tonnage as are paid
by British vessels, the same not being navi-
gated wholly in ballast, which shall pass or
derive benefit from the said Light, that is,
which shall arrive at or depart from any Port
or Place in the Bay or Loch of Campbel-
town, if the burthen of the same shall not ex-
ceed fifty tons, sixpence, and if the same
shall exceed fifty tons, for each additional
fifty tons, or part of fifty tons, sixpence.

And Her Majesty was further pleased to
order and direct by the said Order in Council,
that in respect of the said Light on Devaar,
and in respect of another Light in Loch
Ryan, on the south side of the Basin of the
Clyde erected by the said Commissioners,
there shall be paid by every Vessel before de-
scribed, and under the exemptions aforesaid,
which shall navigate on a distinct voyage
within the Great Basin of the Clyde, bound-