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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and thence calling at Picton, Wellington,
Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and the Bluff,
carrying the homeward Mail from the
Colony, to Melbourne. To be ready to
leave Port Chalmers at 2 p.m., on the
18th of each month, except February, and
then on the 16th.

The Steamers to be employed must be
subject to the approval of the Government,
and must be able to maintain an average
speed of not less than 8 knots an hour on
each voyage.

All Post Office Mails must be received
on board and delivered to destination free
of charge.

Mails to be taken from and delivered
on board of the European Mail Contract
Steamer in Hobson's Bay at the expense
of the Contractor.

A free chief cabin passage must be at
the service of a clerk or agent of the Post
Office, on the requisition of the Govern-
ment.

The tender to state the amount of
penalty recoverable for general non-per-
formance of contract: a penalty of £100
per diem will be required for delay, in
departure after the time fixed on each
voyage, and an additional penalty of
£300 for failure, after such delay in
delivering the homeward Mail in Mel-
bourne prior to the departure of the Euro-
pean Mail Contract Boat from that Port.

The tenders may state the sum for
which the whole or any portion of the
forementioned Services will be undertaken

The Contract to commence on the 1st
January, 1863, or on any earlier date
that may be agreed upon, to continue for
the term of twelve successive trips each
way, and to be determinable after that
time by six months notice on either side.

Tenders, marked—"Tenders for New
Zealand Mail Services," to be addressed
to the Postmaster-General of New Zea-
land, and to be posted in New Zealand
not later than 15th October next.

CROSBIE WARD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1862.

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Compa-
nies, Wellington, September 3, 1862.

I, JOHN ELISHA SMITH, Registrar
of Joint Stock Companies within the
Province of Wellington, do hereby notify
that I have registered a memorandum of
Association, with Articles of Association
annexed, establishing a Company (with
limited liability of the Shareholders there-
in) entitled the "New Zealand Steam Navi-
gation Company, Limited," the objects of
which are, the conveyance of passengers
and goods in ships or boats between such
places as the Company may from time to
time determine, and the doing all such other
things as are incidental or conducive to the
attainment of those objects; and that in
pursuance of the provisions of "The Joint
Stock Companies Act, 1860," I have issued
a certificate of Incorporation of the said
Company, bearing date this third day of
September, 1862.

JOHN ELISHA SMITH,

Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.

CUSTOMS.
Nelson.

NOTICE. The undermentioned person
has been Liceused to act as Custom
House Agent at the Port of Nelson.

WILLIAM AKERSTEN, Ilaven Road.

D. ROUGH,
Deputy Commissioner.

Custom House, Nelson,
14th August, 1862.

READER WOOD.
Treasury, Wellington, August, 1865.

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD Exported from NEW ZEALAND, from the 1st April 1857 to 30th June 1862.

During the Quarter ended 30th June, 1862.
From 1st April 1857, to
31st March 1862.

Port of Export.
Produce of Gold
in the Province of
To Great
Britain.
To New
South Wales.
To Victoria. To Tasmania.
To other
places
Total.
Total Exported from New
Zealand, to 30th June, 1862.

OZS.
OZS.
OZS.
OZS.
OZS.
£
OZS.
£
Auckland
Nelson
Auckland
354
1,600
6,200
46,591
180,541
48,191
186,741
Nelson
1,372
1,372
Lyttelton
Otago
Dunedin
Ditto
57
221
57
12.761
54,773
42
24
81.205
314,670
359,639
13,605
14.361
54,773
42
24
82.862
321.091
£
1,372
180,541
1,393,600
{
440,901
1,708,491
13,662
406,584
1,575,513
489,446
1,896,604

Treasury, Auckland, 23rd August, 1862.
R. F. PORTER, Assistant Treasurer.

The following Return is published for general information.

Printed and Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by ROBERT STOKES,
of the City of Wellington, Government Printer for the time being.