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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
operations for estimating the allowance for of each such compartment shall be measured,
the propelling power of Steamers. severally, in like manner, according to the above
Given under my hand, at Auckland, rules, and the sum of their results shall be
this Twenty second day of deemed to be the tonnage of the said space.
March, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one.
T. GORE BROWNE.

No. 98, 1860.
(Copy of Board's Minute, dated the 23rd
October, 1860.)

In pursuance of the powers granted by the
29th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act,
1854," the Board, with the approval of the
Board of Trade, direct, with a view to the
more accurate and uniform application of the
principle of granting a certain allowance to
Steamers for their propelling power, that, in
lieu of the rules set forth in the sec. 23 of the
Merchant Shipping Act, and in paragraphs 4,
5, 6, 18, and 20 of Instructions to Measuring
Surveyors of 1855, the following Rule be
adopted in future, viz. :-
RULE.-In every ship propelled by steam,
or other power, requiring engine-room, an al-
lowance of space or tonnage shall be made for
the space occupied by the propelling power,
and the amount so allowed shall be deducted
from the gross tonnage of the ship; and such
deduction shall be estimated as follows, that is
to say:-

1. Measure the mean length of the engine-
   room between the foremast and aftermast
   bulkheads, or limits of its length, excluding
   such parts, if any, as are not actually occupied
   by, or required for, the proper working of the
   machinery; -then measure the depth of the
   ship at the middle point of this length, from
   the ceiling at the limber strake to the upper
   deck in ships of three decks and under, and to
   the third deck, or deck above the tonnage
   deck, in all other ships; -also the inside
   breadth of the ship clear of sponsing, if any, at
   the middle of the depth; -multiply together
   these dimensions of length, depth, and breadth
   for the cubical contents; -divide this product
   by 100, and the quotient shall be deemed to be
   the tonnage of the engine-room, or allowance
   to be deducted from the gross tonnage on ac-
   count of the propelling power.
2. In the case of ships having more than
   three decks, the tonnage of the space or spaces
   betwixt decks, if any, above the third deck,
   which are framed in for the machinery, or for
   the admission of light and air, found by multi-
   plying together the length, breadth, and depth
   thereof, and dividing the product by a 100,
   shall be added to the tonnage of such space.
3. In the case of Screw Steamers, the
   tonnage of the shaft trunk shall be deemed to
   form part of, and added to, such space, and
   shall be ascertained by multiplying together
   the length, breadth, and depth of the trunk,
   and dividing the product by a 100.
4. In any ship in which the machinery may
   be fitted in separate compartments, the tonnage
   of each such compartment shall be measured,
   severally, in like manner, according to the above
   rules, and the sum of their results shall be
   deemed to be the tonnage of the said space.

A PROCLAMATION,

For exempting Book Packets containing Votes
and Proceedings from Postage under certain
Regulations.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of the
Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand,
and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the "Post Office Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor from time to time, by
Proclamation to be published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the
Rates of Postage at any time payable within
the Colony for the transmission of Letters and
Newspapers by Post, either between places
within New Zealand or to or from places be-
yond seas, and at what time the same shall be
paid, and that the postage so made payable
shall be charged and paid accordingly: And
whereas by a Proclamation dated the twenty-
ninth day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty, made in pursuance of the
said recited power, certain Rates of Postage
have been fixed for the transmission of letters
in manner aforesaid, and it is expedient that
the Votes and Proceedings of the Houses of
the General Assembly should be exempt from
the operation of the said Proclamation:

Now therefore I, the Governor, in further
pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, do here-
by proclaim and declare that no postage shall
be paid or payable for the transmission by
Post of the Votes and Proceedings of the
Houses of the General Assembly and other
Parliamentary printed Papers if the same shall
be and shall bear upon the face or cover of
them that they are posted by His Excellency
the Governor of New Zealand or by the Co-
lonial Secretary for the time being:

And I do appoint and delare that this Pro-
clamation shall take effect on and after the
thirty-first day of March next ensuing.

Given under my hand, at Government
House, at Auckland, and issued
under the Seal of the Colony of
New Zealand, this twenty-fifth
day of March, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one.

T. GORE BROWNE.

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

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!