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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

always that every such Proclamation shall contain | transmitting a Bill entitled "An Act to prevent the
the description, occupation, or calling of every person
therein named, and his place of residence at the date
of such Proclamation:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and
authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the person hereinafter
mentioned shall come within the operation of the
said Act from the date hereinafter specified, viz :-

JEAN ANTOINE JOSEPH SEON,
from the first day of January, One thousand Eight
hundred and Sixty-four, Native of France, Catholic
Priest, residence, Hutt, Province of Wellington:

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Auckland, and issued under the
Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this
third day of August, One thousand
Eight hundred and Sixty-four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Note.—This Proclamation is issued in consequence
of the name, as forwarded by the Applicant for
Naturalization, having been mis-spelt "Leon," in a
Proclamation, dated 26th May last, and published in
New Zealand Gazette, No. 21, of the 6th June
ultimo.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 2nd August, 1864.
THE following Despatches from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
are published for general information.
WM. Fox.

Downing Street, 26th May, 1864.
SIR,—I have had under my consideration the fol-
lowing Act passed by the General Assembly of New
Zealand in their last Session :—
No. 10. "An Act to enable Provincial Legislatures
"to pass Laws authorizing the compulsory taking of
"Land for Works of a Public nature."
I observe that this Act applies to all Land within
the Province, without excepting those to which the
Native Title has not been extinguished. This ap-
pears to me open to grave objection in point of
policy. The Home Government has, I think, under
present circumstances a right to require that laws
calculated to affect so seriously the relations between
the European and Native Races should be enacted
on the responsibility, and by the authority, not of a
Local Council, who, from the nature of the case can
only represent local interests, but of the General
Assembly, whose decisions are adopted with reference
to the interests of the whole Colony, and are brought
under the cognizance of the Home Government.
I shall be unable, therefore, to advise that the
Act No. 10 should be confirmed by the Queen in
its present shape. If Native Lands were excepted
from its operation, it would be unobjectionable.
I have, &c.,
EDWARD CARDWELL.
Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c. &c., &c.

As Her Majesty's Government did not advise the
disallowance of the Act passed to prevent the en-
trance into Victoria of persons formerly sentenced to
transportation in the United Kingdom but whose
sentences had expired, so neither would they now
advise the disallowance of a similar Act if psssed by
the New Zealand Legislature. They would, however,
see the passing of such an Act with much regret, and
they certainly could not advise that Parliament
should be invited to pass a law for the express
purpose of enabling a Colonial Legislature to enact
a provision so little in accordance with Imperial
policy, and which, in the opinion of their own judges,
is not called for by any proved necessity.
I have, &c.,
EDWARD CARDWELL.
Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.

Accepted Tender.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd August, 1864.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following Tender
has been accepted by the General Government.
W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

FOR COAL.
THOMAS G. ALLEN, for such quantity as may be
required for the public offices up to 31st October
next, at per ton, for
Best Newcastle (N.S.W.) Coal screened
and delivered at the public offices in
1 cwt bags £2 15 0
And best English Coal (if obtainable) £3 3 0
ditto, ditto

Despatch notifying increase of Postage on Correspond-
ence between Great Britain and New Zealand.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 3rd August, 1864.
THE following Despatch from Her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies, noti-
fying an increase in the rate of Postage on Letters
despatched from Great Britain to New Zealand, is
published for general information.
No alteration is made in the postage on letters
from New Zealand to Great Britain, which remains
as formerly, viz.: 6d. for ½ oz. vid Southampton, and
10d. vid Marseilles.
THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.

Downing Street,
26th January, 1864.
SIR,—I have the honor to transmit to you a copy
of a letter from the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, stating that on and after the 1st July
next, the postage on letters despatched from this
country to the Australian Colonies and New Zealand,
vid Southampton, will be raised to one shilling the
half-ounce letter, and vid Marseilles, to one shilling
and fourpence, together with some other minor
changes.
You will be good enough to lay this communica-
tion before your Responsible Advisers for their con-