THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 201

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, May 1st, 1863.

IT is hereby notified that a Registry of
Deeds under the Ordinance of the Gover-
nor and Legislative Council, Session 2, No. 9,
has been established at Invercargill, for the
District comprised in the Province of South-
land.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

J. S. Johnston, Esq., appointed a Registrar
of the Supreme Court.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 25th May, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

JOHN SMITH JOHNSTON, ESQ.,
at Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, to
be a Registrar of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Resignation by W. Wells, Esq., of the office
of Sheriff for Nelson, accepted.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
New Plymouth, 27th May, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation by

WILLIAM WELLS, Esq.,
of his office as Sheriff for the District of
Nelson.

ALFRED DOMETT.

Benjamin Walsmsly, Esq., appointed Sheriff
for District of Nelson.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
• New Plymouth, 27th May, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

BENJAMIN WALMSLY,
to be Sheriff for the District of Nelson.

ALFRED DOMETT.

POSTAL.

Alteration in Rates of Postage between the
United Kingdom and the West Indies,
and between the United Kingdom and the
Cape of Good Hope.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1863.

THE following Despatch received from the
General Post Office at London, is pub-
lished for general information,

READER WOOD,
For the Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
London, 19 March, 1863.

SIR,-I am directed by the Postmaster-
General to inform you that, as the Postage
revenue derived from the correspondence convey-
ed by the Mail Packets between this Country
and the West Indies, and between this Country
and the Cape of Good Hope falls far short of
the cost of maintaining those Packets, Her
Majesty's Government have decided to revert
to the former rate of postage of one shilling for
letters not exceeding 1/2 ounce in weight; and a
Treasury Warrant has been issued directing that
this increased rate shall be charged on the 1st
April, next, and thenceforward, upon letters
conveyed by Packet between the United King-
dom and the British Colonies in the West
Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St.
Helena, and Ascension, as well as upon letters
to the following Foreign Possessions in the
West Indies, viz. :-

St. Thomas Cayenne
St. Croix Martinique
St. Eustalius Guadeloupe
St. Martin Surinam
Guatemala Curaçoa
and the Mosquito Territory.

At the same time the rate by British Packet
to Mexico, Cuba and Porto Rico will be reduced
to one shilling the half ounce.

You will be good enough therefore to cause
credit to be given to this Department in future
for all Letters transmitted via the United King-
dom, addressed to any of the Colonies and Fo-
reign Possessions above referred to at the rate
of 11d. per half ounce, instead of at the pre-
sent rates.

I beg to enclose for the use of your office, a
few copies of an amended Table of Rates,
which embodies all the alterations which have
taken place since the last Table was prepared
up to the present time, and also the alterations
to take place on the 1st April as mentioned in
this letter.

I am, &c.,
(Signed) F. HILL

The Postmaster General,
&c., &c.,
Auckland.

POSTAL.

Appointment of an Engineer Surveyor under
the "Steam Navigation Act, 1862."

General Post Office,
Auckland, 28th May, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

E. BENEZER HAMILTON, Esq.,
to be an Engineer Surveyor.

READER WOOD,
For the Postmaster General.