THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 86

tered any Letters forwarded in the direct Mail
to France.

In bringing this matter under your notice,
with the request that you will give instructions
to your officers not to send Registered Letters
in the direct Mails for France, I am instructed
by the Postmaster-General to observe that
Letters for France, and for Countries beyond
France, may still be sent through the United
Kingdom as paid to destination, and that, when
so sent, they may be Registered; and I am to
suggest, therefore that all Letters so addressed,
and which the senders desire to have Regis-
tered, may be forwarded in the Mails to this
Country, the postage to destination being of
course collected in advance. The Letters thus
forwarded will be subjected to some little delay
in arriving at their destination, but they will
obtain the security of Registration throughout
their conveyance by Post.

The annexed Table shows the Rates of Post-
age, (including the British and Foreign charges)
which must be accounted for to this Office upon
Registered Letters sent to the United Kingdom
for transmission to France, or to those Coun-
tries the correspondence of which is sent for the
most part through France.

I am, &c.,
F. HILL.

P. S.—The rates given in the annexed Table
comprise only the postage and registration fee
from the United Kingdom to the respective
Foreign Countries mentioned; and in addition
to such rates, therefore, the Post Office of New
Zealand must account to this Department for
half the registration fee from New Zealand to
this Country.

The Postmaster-General,
of New Zealand.

Treasury,
Auckland, 14th June, 1858.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication of the following Instructions
regarding relief to be afforded to shipwrecked
foreigners; and the attention of the Collectors
of Customs is called to the same.

C. W. RICHMOND.

(Circular No. 53)
20th February 1857.
Board of Trade.
Instructions to Officers in the British Posses-
sions abroad concerning their Duties with
respect to the Masters and Crews of
British Merchant Ships.

As a correction of Paragraphs 24 and 28.
Foreigners who have served in British Ships,
and who in the course of such service are, by
reason of shipwreck or otherwise, left in distress
at Ports situate in British Possessions abroad,
may be relieved and sent back either to their
own country or to the country in which they
were shipped, whichever may be the cheapest
or most convenient, in the same manner as
British Seamen, provided that they cannot ob-
tain relief from their own Consuls, to whom
application should always be made.

H.R.W.
T. H. FARRER,
Assistant Secretary,
Marine Department.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 14th June, 1858.

THE following Notice, respecting a New
Light House, on the Inner South Head, at
the entrance of Port Jackson, together
with sailing directions for the Harbour, is pub-
lished for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

NEW LIGHT HOUSE ON THE INNER
SOUTH HEAD, AT THE ENTRANCE
OF PORT JACKSON.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on and after the
1st day of June, 1858, a bright, fixed catop-
tric light, will be exhibited between sunset and
sunrise, from the Lighthouse recently erected
on the Inner South Head, at the entrance of
Port Jackson.

The Lighthouse stands on the edge of the
cliff forming the Inner South Head, at an
elevation of 60 feet above the sea level. It
consists of a tower 30 feet in height, which is
painted in vertical stripes of red and white.
The light is of the first order, and will be
visible within the arc of its range from an 18
feet elevation, at a distance of 15 miles.

On and after the same date, a fixed red Har-
bour light will be exhibited from the Tower
on Fort Denison, formerly known as "Pinchgut
Island."

The following sailing directions are also
published for general information, copies of