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the quantity of pure water required by the said
Act to be carried for the use of the passengers,
provided the following conditions be observed;
that is to say:

1. That there be on board such ship an
   efficient apparatus for distilling fresh water from
   salt water, of the description commonly known
   either as Normandy's Patent or Winchester and
   Gravely's Patent.

2. That the owners, charterers, or master of
   such ship, before clearance, lodge with such
   emigration officer a certificate from the engineer
   or surveyor of the Board of Trade, or from
   some other competent person to be named by
   such emigration officer, declaring that within
   seven days immediately preceding the date of
   such certificate, the apparatus has been examin-
   ed by him and is then in good working
   condition, and stating the number of imperial
   gallons of pure fresh water which it is capable
   of producing in every twenty-four hours, and
   further, declaring that the apparatus on board
   is either Normandy's or Winchester and
   Gravely's Patent, as the case my be.

3. That in every case such emigration
   officer thall be satisfied that the number of
   gallons of pure water which the apparatus is so
   certified to be capable of producing, is not less
   than the whole number of persons about to
   proceed on the intended voyage of such ship,
   that is to say, the whole number of cabin-
   passengers, passengers, and crew.

4. That there is rated on the ship's articles,
   and that there is on board the ship, some person
   or persons who, to the satisfaction of the said
   emigration officer, shall be competent for the
   proper management and repair of such distilling
   apparatus.

And, to prevent all doubts on the construc-
tion of this Order in Council, it is hereby further
ordered, that the terms "passenger ship,"
"emigration officer," "statute adult," and
"master," shall herein have the same significa-
tions as are assigned to them respectively in the
said "Passengers Act, 1855."

And the most Noble the Duke of Newcastle,
one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State, is to give the necessary directions herein
accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, April 20th, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the following gentle-
men to be Revising Officers for the Electoral
Districts specified opposite their names :-

Laughlin O'Brien,
Esq.

Mongonui
Bay of Islands
Marsden
Northern Division
City of Auckland East
City of Auckland West
Parnell
Newton
Pensioner Settlements
Town of Onehunga
Franklin
Raglan

William Halse,
Esq.,

Robert Hart, Esq.,

George A. Oliver,
Esq.

Thomas Connell,
Esq.

Henry Bacon
Quinn, Esq.,

James Prender-
gast, Esq.

Grey and B
Town of Nell Plymouth
Omata
Wanganui
Rangitiki
Porirua
City of Wellington
Hutt
Wairarapa
Napier
Clive
Collingwood
Motueka
City of Nelson
Suburbs of Nelson
Waimea
Picton
Wairau
Cheviot
Kaiapoi
Avon
Heathcote
Ellesmere
City of Christchurch
Town of Lyttelton
Akaroa
Timaru
Dunedin and Suburbs
North
Dunedin and Suburbs
South
Hampden
Bruce
Wallace

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

J. L. C. Richardson, Esq., elected to House
of Representatives.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th April, 1863.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ, issued for
the election of a Member of the House of
Representatives for the Electoral District of
Dunedin and Suburbs North, has been returned
with a certificate to the effect that
JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON, ESq.,
has been duly elected.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Auckland Loan Bill assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th April, 1863.

THE following Bill passed by the
Provincial Council of Auckland, inti-
tuled,-

"The Auckland Loan Act, 1863,"
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.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.