THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 163

Scale of Allowances to Witnesses.
The like allowances as are or may be payable
to witnesses in civil cases in the Supreme
Court.
GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY, Chief Justice,
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON, Judge,
H. B. GRESSON, Judge,
C. W. RICHMOND, Judge.
Approved in Council.
G. GREY.
New Plymouth, 2nd May, 1863.

COURT OF APPEAL.

Fees to be taken under "The Court of Appeal
Act, 1862."

UNTIL further notice, the Fees to be taken
by the Registrar of the Court of Appeal
shall be the same as those in the Supreme
Court in respect to similar proceedings.
GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY, Chief Justice,
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON, Judge,
H. B. GRESSON, Judge,
C. W. RICHMOND, Judge.
Approved in Council.
G. GREY.
New Plymouth, 2nd May, 1863.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW
ZEALAND.

REGULÆ GENERALES.—March, 1863.

BY virtue of the powers vested by law in
the Judges of the Supreme Court, it is
ordered by us, the Judges of the said Court, that
the following General Rules shall come into and
be in force on and after the first day of June,
1863:—

JUDGMENTS FOR DEFAULT OF PLEA, &c.

1. Applications and orders under Rule 307
   of the General Rules of Procedure on default
   of plea or demurrer may be made at the expira-
   tion of seven days after the time limited for
   pleading or demurring has elapsed, instead of
   at the expiration of fourteen days as in the
   said Rule mentioned; and for the words "four-
   teen days" in Rules 317 and 319, the words
   "seven days" shall be substituted.

2. On Judgments for default of plea or
   demurrer, execution may be issued on the ex-
   piration of seven days after such judgment has
   been entered up, unless a Judge shall direct
   that it may be issued either at an earlier, or at
   a later time.

3. When there is no Judge of the Supreme
   Court actually present at any place at which
   there is a Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the
   Supreme Court, such Registrar or Deputy
   Registrar shall have power to grant leave to
   enter up Judgment on default of plea or demur-
   rer; and the same may be entered up accord-
   ingly : Provided that execution shall not issue
   thereupon until the expiration of seven days
   after notice given to the Defendant that such
   judgment has been entered up pursuant to the
   leave granted by such Registrar or Deputy
   Registrar ; and if the Defendant shall within

such seven days find security for the amount
for which execution is to be issued, to the satis-
faction of the Registrar, execution shall be stayed
until an application can be made by the defen-
dant to a Judge to set aside the Judgment,
and also that in such last mentioned case
the plaintiff may after notice to the defendant,
apply to the Judge for leave to issue execu-
tion.

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE.

The inventories and accounts to be filed
by Executors and Administrators shall be filed
within such periods as the Judge granting
Administration or Probate shall direct at the
time of the granting thereof, or within such
period as a Judge on application may
direct; and the conditions of Administration
Bonds shall be framed accordingly.

Those portions of the affidavits contained
in the Schedule of forms annexed to the "Rules
for the Administration of Estates and
effects of persons deceased 1844," which
relate to the filing of inventories and accounts
shall be henceforth omitted from such affidavits.

CONVEYANCING.

On taxation of the costs of conveyances
or assurances no fee for the drawing,
or preparation of such instruments
shall be allowed unless the name and address
of the Barrister or Solicitor who prepared the
same shall be endorsed or shall appear upon
the same.

GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY, Chief Justice,
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON, Judge,
H. B. GRESSON, Judge,
C. W. RICHMOND, Judge.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th May, 1863.

THE following Notice to Mariners respect-
ing Lighthouses at Port Phillip Heads, is
published for general information.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

PORT PHILLIP HEADS LIGHTHOUSES.

Navigators are hereby informed that in ac-
cordance with a Notice to Mariners dated the
27th of December, 1862, the alterations in
the Port Phillip Heads Lighthouses at Point
Nepean's Bluff and Swan Spit Lights, and the
exhibition for the first time of a light on
Point Lonsdale, as notified on the 3rd February,
1863, were carried into effect on the respective
dates mentioned in such notices.

Consequent upon these changes, the follow-
ing Sailing Directions are published for the
guidance of vessels navigating the entrance to
Port Phillip at night:—

Vessels from the southward and eastward will
see the high light (fixed white) on a N. W.
bearing, and the white low light (fixed white
on a N. E. bearing; as they proceed
W. to bring the two lights in one, the
light will change its color from white
to red on a N.N.E. E. bearing.