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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Gover-
nor, by and with the advice and consent of his
Executive Council, doth by this present Order,
in pursuance and further exercise of the said
recited power and authority, make the following
additional Rules and Regulations.

1. Any Postmaster to whom the aforesaid
   Regulations refer, may set apart and allot
   a Private Box in his Post Office, to any
   person who may apply for the same ; and
   any such person shall hold such box, sub-
   ject to the following Rules.

2. Every Private Box shall be so arranged
   that access may be had to it both from
   the outside and from the inside of the
   Post Office, and shall have an opening at
   either end.

3. The outside end of each Box shall be
   provided with a door and lock, and the
   person to whom such box shall be allotted
   shall be furnished with a key to the same.

4. All letters received at any Post Office at
   which Private Boxes have been established,
   addressed to any person to whom a Private
   Box has been allotted, shall, at the sorting
   of the Mail in which such letters arrived,
   be deposited in such box.

5. The fees payable in respect of each Pri-
   vate Box, shall be as follows:-
   For the first year, or portion £ s. d.
   of a year.....
   2 0 0
   For every subsequent year, or
   portion of a year...... 1 0 0
   payable in advance on the first day of
   January in each year. And, for the pur-
   poses of this rule a year shall be held to
   commence on the first day of January.

6. A separate account for postages shall be
   kept by the Postmaster on all letters so
   deposited in any box; which account shall
   be due and payable quarterly, on the first
   day of April, the first day of July, the
   first day of Octooer, and the first day of
   January, by the holder of such Box; and
   such account shall not be questioned by
   such holder, but shall be conclusive as to
   the charges therein.

7. The Revenue arising from such fees shall
   be deemed Ordinary Revenue of the Post
   Office, and paid over as such to the Co-
   lonial Treasurer.

8. This Order shall take effect from and
   after the first day of January, one thou-
   sand eight hundred and sixty.

F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd December, 1859.

THE following Acts passed by the General
Assembly in the Session held in the twenty-first and twenty-second
years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Vic-
toria, intituled:-

No. 1. An Act for the Interpretation
Acts of the General Assembly of
New Zealand.

No. 33. An Act to declare what shall be
deemed the Ordinary Revenue of the
Colony, and to provide for the Regu-
lation by the General Assembly of
the costs of collecting the same.

No. 40. An Act to regulate the Collec-
tion and Management of the Revenue
of Customs.

No. 66. An Act to provide for the dis-
tribution of the Surplus Ordinary
Revenue amongst the several Pro-
vinces of New Zealand,

having been laid before the Queen in conform-
ity with the provisions of the "Constitution
Act," Her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to leave the same to their operation.

E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 1st December, 1859.

TENDERS will be received at this Office,
until the 30th April, 1860, from persons
desirous of contracting for the performance of
the Overland Mail Service between Wellington
and New Plymouth, for the twelve months
commencing the 1st July, 1860, and ending
the 30th June, 1861, subject to the following
terms and conditions:-

1st. The Contractor to take the Mails from
the Post-office in Wellington at Two p.m.,
every Monday, and deliver them at the Post-
office, New Plymouth by One, p.m., on the
following Saturday.

2nd. to take the Mails from the Post Office,
in New Plymouth, at Two, p.m., every Mon-
day, and deliver them at the Post-Office, Wel-
lington, by Eleven, a.m., on the following
Saturday.

3rd. To take up and deliver Mails at the
Post-offices at the following intermediate
places, viz.: Wanganui, Turakina, Rangitiki,
Manawatu, Otaki, Waikanae, Tauhatanui and
Porirua.

4th. To deliver the Wellington Mail in Wan-
ganui every Wednesday, by Three, p.m.

5th. To start from Wanganui for Welling-
ton, at Twelve o'clock, noon, on every Thurs-
day.

6th. The Contractor not to be bound to
carry any weight exceeding 100 lbs.

HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 2nd December, 1859.

THE following Despatch with its enclosure,
received from Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published
for general information, and the attention of
the several Registrars of Shipping is directed
to the Supplemental Instruction.

C. W. RICHMOND.

Downing Street,
August 18th, 1859.

Sir, At the instance of the Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council for Trade I trans-