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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

of Normandy, Shepherd, residence Napier, in
the Province of Hawke's Bay.

HENRY LEPPIEN,

From the nineteenth day of November, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, Native
of Germany, Shoemaker, residence Welling-
ton, in the Province of Wellington.

Given under my hand at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
fifth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Authorising additional Postal Regulation.

At the Government House, at Auckland, the
first day of December, 1862.
Present:—

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the "New Zealand Post
Office Act, 1858," power is given to
the Governor in Council from time to
time to make Rules and Regulations for the
managing of the several Post Offices of the
said Colony; for the receiving, despatching,
conveying and delivering of Letters (includ-
ing the imposition of Fees for Private Boxes
and deliveries); for the detaining, opening
and return, or other disposal of irregularly
posted, unclaimed, and refused letters, or
such as from any cause whatever cannot be
delivered or forwarded, and the contents
thereof respectively, and for the publication
of the Lists of the same; for the making,
custody, and sale of Postage Lables; for the
receiving and paying of money in connection
with the said Postal Service; and for the
conduct of Post Officers; and any such Rules
and Regulations at any time in force to alter,
vary, or revoke; and, for the purpose of giv-
ing effect to the Rules and Regulations so to
be made, further power is given to the Gover-
nor in Council by the said Act to impose any
penalty not exceeding ten pounds for any one
offence against such Rules and Regulations.

Now therefore, His Excellency the Gover-
nor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth
hereby make the following additional Post
Office Regulation; and doth declare that the
same shall be in force from and after the first
day of January 1863, and that in addition
and without prejudice to the Regulations
published in the Government Gazette, No. 9,
dated the 6th February, 1862.

Regulation No. 82.

Newspapers for transmission within the
Colony or for Overland Mails shall be posted
in single numbers, so put up that the date of
publication may be readily seen. Packages
of Newspapers consisting of more than one
number, shall be treated as Book Packets.

FOSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Error in Signals at Flagstaff, Otago Heads.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th December, 1862.

THE following correspondence respecting an
important error in the signals at the
Flagstaff, Otago Heads (New Zealand Gazette
of the 4th ultimo, No. 37, page 312), is pub-
lished for general information.

ALFRED DOMETT.

Province of Otago, New Zealand.

Superintendent's Office,
Dunedin, 18th November, 1862.

SIR,—In returning the enclosed regulations
for the ports and harbors of Otago, I have the
honor to direct your attention to an error which
appears in the Signals at the Flagstaff, Otago
Heads, by which the bar is made fit to take,
whereas it should be "NOT fit to take."

This error, which is one of some magnitude,
was unfortunately repeated in the Provincial
Government Gazette of the 5th instant before
it was discovered. I have however caused
hand bills to be printed, pointing out the
mistake, and have caused them to be forwarded
to all the Custom Houses in the different Pro-
vinces of New Zealand, as well as the Austra-
lian Colonies, and I therefore trust no serious
accident may result.

I have, &c.,
J. RICHARDSON,
Superintendent.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
Auckland.

P.S.—A copy of a letter from the Harbor
Master on the subject enclosed.

Harbor Office,
Port Chalmers, 10th November, 1862.

SIR,—I do myself the honor to call your
attention to an omission in the Provineial
Government Gazette of the 5th instant, which
might lead to disastrous results, viz., the signal
at the Flagstaff, Otago Heads, reads "Blue tide
with a White St. Andrew's Cross, ebb tide,
and Bar fit to take," should read "Blue tide with a
White St. Andrew's Cross, ebb tide, and Bar
NOT fit to take."

I have, &c.,
WILLIAM THOMPSON,
Harbor Master.

The Provincial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th December, 1862.

SIR,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of
Your Honor's letter No. 688 of the 18th ulto.,