THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 147

Henry Bacon Quin,
Esq.
Cheviot
Kaiapoi
Avon
Heathcote
Ellesmere
City Christchurch
Town of Lyttelton
Akaroa
Timaru.
Malcom Graham,
Esq.
Hampden
Bruce
City of Dunedin
Wallace.
WILLIAM Fox.

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages,
and of the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the District of Oamaru.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES REDDY CLENDON,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Hokianga.
This appointment to bear date from the 1st
May, 1862.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the following per-
sons to be Registrars under the "Marriage
Act, 1854," and the "Marriage Act Amend-
ment Act, 1858," for the Districts set opposite
their respective names, as those districts are
severally described in a Proclamation, bearing
date the fifth day of April, 1862.
District of Kaikoras—CHARLES RUCK
KEENE.
District of Amuri—GEORGE LESLIE LEE.
These appointments are to take effect on
the second day of June next.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the following per-
sons to be Registrars under "The Registra-
tion Act, 1858," for the Districts set opposite
their respective names, as those Districts are
severally described in a Proclamation, bearing
date the 5th day of April, 1862.
District of Kaikoras—CHARLES RUCK
KEENE.
District of Amuri—GEORGE LESLIE LEE.
These appointments are to take effect on
the second day of June next.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
THOMAS WINDLE PARKER,

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
THE following Act, passed by the General
Assembly of the Colony of New Zealand,
intituled—
"THE PICTON RAILWAY ACT, 1861,"
which Act was reserved for the signification of
Her Majesty's pleasure thereon, having been
laid before the Queen, Her Majesty has been
graciously pleased to withhold her assent to
the same.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
THE following Bill passed by the Provin-
cial Council of the Province of South-
land, intituled—
"Police Ordinance, 1862,"
which Bill was reserved for the signification of
the Governor's pleasure thereon, having been
laid before the Governor, His Excellency has
been pleased to assent to the same.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication of the following Despatches
received from Her Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies.
WILLIAM Fox.

(Circular.)
Downing-street,
10th December, 1861.
SIR,—I transmit to you herewith for your
information a copy of a Proclamation which
has been issued by Her Majesty bearing date
the 30th of November, 1861, prohibiting Gun-
powder, Saltpetre, Nitrate of Soda, and Brim-
stone, from being exported from the United
Kingdom, or from being carried Coastwise,
and also a copy of an Order in Council of the
same date prohibiting the exportation of the
like articles from the Islands of Jersey,
Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, and the Isle of
Man.

I also enclose a copy of a further Proclama-
tion issued by Her Majesty on the 5th Decem-
ber instant, prohibiting Arms, Ammunition,
and Military Stores (including Percussion Caps
and Tubes), and also Lead, from being exported
from the United Kingdom, or from being
carried coastwise, together with a copy of an
Order in Council of the same date, prohibiting
the exportation of the like articles from the
Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

If in the Colony under your government
there shall be no law in force to the effect of