giving effect to this proviso, but not further or
otherwise.
4. No ship of war or privateer of either
belligerent shall hereafter be permitted, while
in any port, roadstead, or waters subject to the
territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty, to take
in any supplies except provisions and such other
things as may be requisite for the subsistence
of her crew; and except so much coal only as
may be sufficient to carry such vessel to the
nearest port of her own country, or to some
nearer destination; and no coal shall be again
supplied to any such ship of war or privateer,
in the same or any other port, roadstead, or
waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of
Her Majesty, without special permission, until
after the expiration of three months from the
time when such coal may have been last sup-
plied to her within British waters as afore-
said.

I have, &c.,
(Signed) RUSSELL.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle,
&c., &c., &c.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd May, 1862.
THE following despatch from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies is published for general information.
WILLIAM FOX.

Downing-street, 2nd Feb., 1862.
SIR,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your despatch of the 20th October, "Separate,"
with the accompanying documents, in which
you report the dismissal of Majer Cooper and
Mr. Broughton, from Her Majesty's Ser-
vice.
The conduct of Major Cooper, in his
seduction of a young native girl, and in his
subsequent attempts to regain possession of
her, is so flagrant, and the importance of
checking such scandals on the part of the
colonists in authority is so great, that—
although I am generally much averse to re-
opening charges which have been once disposed
of,—I find it impossible to arrive at any other
conclusion than that both Major Cooper
himself, and Mr. Broughton who assisted him
in this matter, were properly dismissed from
Her Majesty's Service.
I have, &c., NEWCASTLE.
Governor
Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.

POSTAL.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 3rd May, 1862.
THE Honorable the Deputy Governor has
been pleased to authorize the under-
tioned Officer to frank Official Letters and
Packets, and to receive the same free of Post-

age, in terms of the Proclamations of the 4th
and 13th February last,—
The CHIEF CLERK of the Colonial Secretary's
Office.
CROSBIE WARD,
Postmaster-General.

POSTAL.
Despatch from General Post Office, London,
respecting Mails to and from France.
General Post Office,
Auckland, 3rd May, 1862.
THE following despatch is published for
general information, and the attention of
the several Chief Postmasters in the Colony
is specially directed to it. CROSBIE WARD.

General Post Office, London,
February 10th, 1862.
SIR,—I am directed by the Postmaster
General to acquaint you that, in consequence
of the numerous complaints which have been
made to the French Post Office of errors in
sorting on the part of the Travelling Office
between Lyons and Marseilles, the Director
General has made a proposal, to which His
Lordship has agreed, to revert, to a certain
extent, to the former arrangement under which
Local Post Office at Marseilles made up
all the mails forwarded from France by the
British packets, to the British Post Offices
exchanging mails with France.
Commencing with the present despatch,
therefore, no mail will be made up by the
Travelling Office between Lyons and Marseilles
for your office.
With regard to the homeward mails, there
will be no alteration of the present system so
far as your office is concerned. You will con-
tinue to make up two mails,—one for the
Local Post Office at Marseilles, the other for
the Travelling Office between Marseilles and
Lyons; but, when time permits between the
arrival at Marseilles of the packets and the
departure of the train, the latter mail will,
with the view of correcting any mistake in
sorting, be opened and disposed of at the
Marseilles Post Office; the Letter Bill, when
verified, being sent to the Travelling Office,
which will, as heretofore, make out the ac-
knowledgment for your office.
I have, &c., &c., F. HILL.
The Postmaster General, &c.,
Auckland.
P.S.—This arrangement will not make any
alteration in the regulations laid down in my
letter of the 20th ultimo, excepting that your
office will receive only one mail from France
instead of two mails.