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Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
16th February, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering
the Government, has been pleased to
direct that the following Proclamation issued
by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Bruns-
wick, under the 85th clause of the Passen-
gers Act of 1852, should be published for
general information.

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

A PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Sir EDMUND
WALKER HEAD, Baronet,
Lieutenant-Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of
the Province of New
Brunswick, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial
Parliament made and passed in the
15th and 16th years of the Reign of Her pre-
sent Majesty, entitled "An Act to amend
and consolidate the Laws relating to the car-
riage of Passengers by Sea," it is provided
that it shall be lawful for the Governor of
any of Her Majesty's Possessions abroad, by
any Proclamation to be by him issued for
that purpose, to declare what shall be deemed
for the purposes of the said Act, the length
of the Voyage of any ship carrying Passen-
gers from such Possessions to any other
place whatsoever; and also what articles of
Food and Provisions may be substituted for
those named in the said Act, and what
Medicines, Medical Instruments, and other
matters shall be deemed necessary for the
medical treatment of the Passengers during
such Voyage.

Now, therefore, under the power and
authority in me vested by the said
Act of Parliament, I do hereby pro-
claim and declare that the length of
the Voyage of a "Passenger Ship" proceed-
ing from this Province to the undermentioned
places, shall be determined by the following
scale, that is to say: -

If the Ship be propelled by Sails alone-
To Western Australi, . . . 120 days.
To any other of the Aus-
tralian Colonies, . . . 140 “
To the Western Coast of
America, north of the
Equator, and the
Islands adjacent thereto 189 “

If the Ship be propelled wholly by Steam
Engines of not less power than after the rate
of twenty horses to every one hundred re-
gistered tons, or by such Steam Engines in
aid of Sails-
To Western Australia, . . . 85 days.
To any other of the Australian
Colonies . . . . . . . . . 90 “
To the Western Coast of North
America, north of the
Equator, and the Islands
adjacent thereto, . . . . 90 “

And I do hereby further proclaim and
declare, that the supply of Medicines, medical

Instruments, and other matters necessary for
the medical treatment of the Passengers
during the said several Voyages, shall be
regulated in accordance with the Fortieth
Section of the said act, and shall be provided
pursuant thereto in every respect.

Given under my hand and Seal,
at Fredericton, the first
day of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty
three, and in the sixteenth
year of Her Majesty's
Reign.

EDMUND HEAD.
By His Excellency's command,
J. P. PARTELOW.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
24th February, 1854.

HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has been pleased to
direct the publication of the following
amended and additional Bye-Laws for the
Hundred of Auckland, which have received
His Excellency's assent, and which will come
into operation on the 5th of April, 1854,
according to the provision of the Crown
Lands Ordinance.

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

AMENDMENT OF BYE-LAWS OF AUCKLAND
HUNDRED.

Bye-Law No. 2.
That each and every person who shall de-
pasture cattle on such waste lands
shall be assessed, and is and are hereby
assessed, for each and every head of
great cattle the sum of sixpence per
quarter, and for each and every head
of sheep the sum of threepence per
quarter, payable quarterly in advance,
and that cattle for any portion of time
within any quarter shall be charge-
able and paid for as if running the
entire quarter.

Bye-Law No. 3.
That the assessment hereby made shall be
paid to the Wardens of the said Hun-
dred quarterly in advance, at their
Office, the first day of every quarter,
commencing in January.

New Bye-Law 15.
That any person driving licensed cattle
from off the Waste Lands of the Hun-
dred, in order to facilitate the driving
of other cattle from the run or other-
wise, shall be fined the sum of One
Pound for each and every head so
driven off, unless notice be left in
writing at the Warden's Office, within
12 hours from the time of such driving
stating at what place such cattle had
been separated or left, for the guidance
of their owners.

Wardens' Office, Auckland Hundred,
17th February, 1854.