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prepared to give its concurrence, my Lords com-
mand me to acquaint you, for the information of
the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade, that the abolition of the Manning Clauses
of the Merchant Seamen's Act renders it expe-
dient, in the opinion of my Lords, that the pro-
duction of Register Tickets should no longer be
required of British seamen, and they therefore
entirely concur in the proposition of the Board of
Trade, and in the desirableness of the change
taking place on the 1st of October next, and I am
further commanded to request, that at the earliest
convenience of the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade, and when the Register
Ticket shall have been abolished, their Lordships
would state to the Board of Admiralty whether
they or the Registrar of Seamen have any propo-
sition to make or anything to suggest as a substi-
tute for the Registry Ticket.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON,
Sir J. Emerson Tennent, Bart.,
&c., &c., &c.
Board of Trade.

CIRCULAR. Downing-street,
21st October, 1853.

SIR, —
I transmit to you, for your information and
guidance, the copy of a letter from the Secre-
tary to the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade, desiring that certain penal-
ties, Fines, and Forfeitures which have either
to been payable to that Department, may, in
future, be accounted for and paid to Mr. John
Wilkin, of No. 10, Spring Gardens, who holds
the appointment of Receiver of Fines and For-
feitures for the Crown.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) NEWCASTLE.
Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.

Office of Committee of Privy Council for
Trade,
6th October, 1853.

SIR, — I am directed by the Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council for Trade to re-
quest you to call the attention of the Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies to the 26th
Section of the Act, 15th and 16th Vict., cap.
131, according to which certain Penalties,
Fines, and Forfeitures heretofore payable to
the Board of Trade under the Acts 13th and
14th Vict., cap. 93., 14th and 15th Vict., cap.
96., 14th and 15th Vict., cap. 79., and 14th
and 15th Vict., cap. 102, are, from the 1st in-
stant, to be paid into the Exchequer, in such
manner as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury may direct. In pursuance of this
Enactment, my Lords have communicated
with the Lords Commissioners, who have in-
formed them that the most convenient plan
will be, that the Penalties, Fines, and For-
feitures in question should be accounted for,
and paid to Mr. Wilkin, of No. 10,
Spring Gardens, who holds the appointment
of Receiver of Fines and Forfeitures for the
Crown, to be by him paid into the Exchequer
periodically with other Fines.

I am, therefore, to request you to move the
Duke of Newcastle to take such steps as may
be necessary, in order to instruct the authori-
ties in the British Colonies to remit the Penal-
ties, Fines, and Forfeitures imposed there under
the Acts above referred to, to Mr. Wilkin, in
accordance with the instructions of the Trea-
sury.

I am to add, that the Penalties, &c.,
referred to in Section 26, of 16th and 17th
Vict., cap. 131, include Penalties and For-
feitures under 7th and 8th Vict., cap. 112,
and 8th and 9th Vict., cap. 116, as these
Penalties, &c., have hitherto, under 13th and
14th Vict., cap. 93., sect. 111, been payable
to the Board of Trade.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) JAMES BOOTH,
H. Merivale, Esq.,
&c., &c., &c.
Colonial Office.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
10th February, 1854.

HIS Excellency the Officer Administering
the Government, has directed that the
following Returns should be published for
general information.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

RETURN of BIRTHS, DEATHS, and
MARRIAGES, (so far as ascertained,) in
the District and Province of Auckland,
for the Quarter ending the 31st of De-
cember, 1853.

BIRTHS.
(Being the number registered at the office of
the Deputy Registrar in Auckland.)
Males . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Females . . . . . . . . . . 42
Total...................... 82

DEATHS.
(Being the number registered at the same
office. 35, viz.,—twenty Males, and fifteen
Females.
Of these there were,
Under 2 years of age . . . . 13
From 2 to 5 . . . . . . . . 9
From 5 to 20 . . . . . . . . none
From 20 to 30 . . . . . . . . 2
From 30 to 40 . . . . . . . . 2
From 40 to 50 . . . . . . . . 2
From 50 to 60 . . . . . . . . 4
From 60 to 70 . . . . . . . . none
From 70 to 80 . . . . . . . . 1
--- 35

The following were the reported Causes of
Death:—
Cancer in face . . . . . . . . 1
Consumption . . . . . . . . . 1
Convulsions . . . . . . . . . 3
Croup . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Delirium Tremens . . . . . . . 2
Disease of the Bladder . . . . 1
Dropsy . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General breaking up of Con-
stitution . . . . . . . . . . 1
General Debility . . . . . . . 3
Hooping Cough . . . . . . . . 12
Inflammation of Throat . . . . 1
Influenza . . . . . . . . . . 1
Paralysis . . . . . . . . . . 1
Scrofulous Disease . . . . . . . 1
Water on the Brain . . . . . . 2
Worms . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MARRIAGES.
In the City of Auckland . . . . 9
In other parts of the District,
so far as Returns have been
received . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Total . . . . . . . . . . . 16
JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar General,
Registrar General's Office,
Chapel-street, Auckland, Feb. 22, 1854.