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cutive Council of the preceding half-year be
transmitted to us through one of our principal
Secretaries of State.
And whereas by the said recited Act of
Parliament, made and passed in the fifteenth
and sixteenth years of our reign, it is amongst
other things enacted that there shall be within
the said Colony of New Zealand a General
Assembly to consist of the Governor, Legis-
lative Council, and House of Representatives;
and it is further enacted and provided that it
shall be lawful for us, by any instrument
under our Royal Sign Manual, to authorise
you in our name to summon to the said Legis-
lative Council the number of persons therein
designated, and also to summon such other
person or persons as we shall think fit.
Now therefore, in pursuance of the said
Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby
vested in us, we do, by these Instructions
under our Sign Manual, authorise you in our
name to summon to the said Legislative
Couneil, such persons being not more than
fifteen nor less than ten, as you shall deem to
be prudent and discreet men, and likewise to
authorise you to summon to the said Legisla-
tive Council such other person or persons as
you shall deem to be prudent and discreet
men, for supplying any vacancy or vacancies
that may happen in the said Legislative
Council or otherwise, so that the whole num-
ber of members of the said Legislative
Council shall not at any one time exceed fif-
teen.
Provided, however, that no person shall be
summoned by you to the said Legislative
Council who shall not be of the full age of
twenty-one years and our natural born sub-
ject, or our subject naturalised by Act of
Parliament or by an Act of the Legislature of
New Zealand.

V. REG.

Sir GEORGE GREY, K. C. B.,
Instructions.
New Zealand.

and Peak of Rangitoto, N. 51° E. A cask
buoy, painted black, has been placed on the
north side of it.

I. J. BURGESS,
Harbour Master

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
28th February, 1854.

THERE being reason to apprehend that the
requirements of the Laws relating to the
Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
are not sufficiently known, and that the im-
portance of compliance with them is not ade-
quately appreciated, the following Summary
of certain of the provisions which relate to
cases of most usual occurrence, has been com-
piled from the Registration Ordinance, Session
8, No. 9, and the Marriage Ordinance,
Session 8, No. 7, and is published for general
information. Considering the advantages
which, in future years, and under circum-
stances likely to arise frequently-individuals
and families may derive from the existence of
a legally authenticated record of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages; and, moreover, the
benefit to statistical science which may be an-
ticipated from a regular and complete system
of registration in this and other countries, it is
earnestly hoped that not only the persons who
are bound to make the several entries and re-
turns will strictly attend to the requirements
of the Ordinances, but also that Ministers,
Magistrates, and the intelligent Settlers gene-
rally will aid in extending a knowledge of the
Law, and explaining the value of the system in
their respective neighbourhoods.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
27th March, 1854.

HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government has directed the pub-
lication of the following notice for general
information.

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

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Harbour Master's Office,
Auckland, 20th March, 1854.

A SUNKEN ROCK, half a mile N. W. by
N. of Takapuna head, which is the
first point of land outside the North head.
This Rock has one foot water on it at low
water spring tides, and three fathoms close
to on every side, and from which the fol-
lowing magnetic bearings are taken: -Flag
Staff, S. 3° E.; extreme of North head, S.
39° E.; Buoy on Rough Rock, S. 65° E.

BIRTHS.

Clause 9 of the Registration Ordinance pro-
vides that the father or mother of any child born,
or the occupier of every house or tenement in
the colony of New Zealand in which any Birth
shall happen, shall, under a penalty not exceed-
ing £10, within 42 days give notice of such Birth
to the Deputy Registrar of the district. In case
of any new-born child found exposed, a constable
of the district shall forthwith give information to
the Deputy Registrar.

After the expiration of 42 days, at any time
within six calendar months following the day of
the Birth of a child, the Birth may be registered,
provided that the father or mother, or some per-
son present at the birth of the child, shall make a
solemn declaration of the particulars required to
be known. In this case, a fee of 10s. 6d. is to be
paid. After six months from the day of birth, no
registration can be lawfully made. (Clauses 12,
13, 15, 16.)

DEATHS.

The occupier of every house or tenement in
which any Death shall happen, is required, under
a penalty not exceeding £10, to give notice within
ten days to the Deputy Registrar of the district.
In case of a dead body being found exposed, the
Coroner shall forthwith inform the Deputy Re-
gistrar; and in every case in which an inquest is
held, the Jury shall inquire into the particulars
required to be registered, and the Coroner shall