✨ Appointments and Postal Rates




DIEU
SOIT QUI MALY.
PENSE
DROIT

NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1857. [No. 8.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, March 27th, 1857.

His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

CHARLES SHARP,

Tide Surveyor at Wellington, to be Landing
Surveyor at that Port also.

By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, March 27th, 1857.

His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

THOMAS WING,

to be Pilot for the Port of Manukau.

By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, March 27th, 1857.

POST OFFICE.

IN conformity with arrangements made
with the Imperial Government, by au-
thority of the General Assembly the following

charges will be made at the several General
Government Post Offices in New Zealand after
the receipt thereat respectively of a copy of
the Government Gazette containing this
notice, viz:-

On all Letters for the United Kingdom via
Southampton, or by a long sea route,

s. d.
Not exceeding 1/2 an ounce in
weight ...................................... 0 6

Exceeding 1/2 an ounce, but not
exceeding 1 ounce ...................... 1 0

Exceeding 1 ounce, but not ex-
ceeding 2 ounces ...................... 2 0

And 1s. additional for every ounce or frac-
tion of an ounce.

On all Letters for the United Kingdom via
Marseilles an additional rate will be charged,
viz.:-

Under 1/4 of an ounce.................... 0 3

Weighing 1/4 of an ounce, and
under 1/2 an ounce ..................... 0 6

Weighing 1/2 an ounce, and under
3/4 of an ounce....................... 0 9

Weighing 3/4 of an ounce, and
under 1 ounce ........................... 1 0

And one additional rate of 3 pence for each
1/4 of an ounce, or fraction of a quarter of an
ounce.



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πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Tide Surveyor and Landing Surveyor at Wellington

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
27 March 1857
Appointment, Tide Surveyor, Landing Surveyor, Wellington
  • CHARLES SHARP, Appointed Landing Surveyor at that Port

  • E. W. STAFFORD, Colonial Secretary

πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Pilot for the Port of Manukau

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
27 March 1857
Appointment, Pilot, Manukau Port
  • THOMAS WING, Appointed Pilot for the Port of Manukau

  • E. W. STAFFORD, Colonial Secretary

πŸš‚ New Post Office Charges for Letters to the United Kingdom

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
27 March 1857
Post Office, Postal Rates, United Kingdom, Southampton, Marseilles
  • E. W. STAFFORD, Colonial Secretary