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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1st. Of the Universal Series of Flags contained in
the Commercial Code of Signals;
2nd. Of the Black Balls used in signalling at a
great distance.
Art. 5. The details of the telegraphic transmission
of commercial despatches received from vessels, or
transmitted by the semaphores, will be regulated by
ulterior arrangements concerted by our Ministers,
Secretaries of the State of the Interior, and of the
Marine.
Art. 6. An order of our Minister, the Secretary of
State, shall determine the day from the date of which
the Commercial Code of Signals shall be exclusively
employed.
Art. 7. All rules contrary to the present decree
are and remain abrogated.
Tuileries, June 25th, 1864.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1864.
THE following extract from The London Gazette
is published for general information.
FRED. A. WELD.

Extract from The London Gazette of Friday, the 9th
September, 1864.
Foreign Office, September 8, 1864.
It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has been
pleased to order, that for the future, no ship of war
belonging to either of the belligerent powers of
North America shall be allowed to enter, or to remain,
or be, in any of Her Majesty's ports for the purpose
of being dismantled or sold; and Her Majesty has
been pleased to give directions to the Commissioners
of Her Majesty's Customs, and to the Governors of
Her Majesty's Colonies and Foreign possessions, to
see that this Order is properly carried into effect.

J. G. Miles, Esq., elected to House of Representatives.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1864.
It is hereby notified that a Writ, issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Electoral District of Waimea, has
been returned, with a certificate to the effect that
JOHN GEORGE MILES, Esq.,
has been duly elected.
FRED. A. WELD.

Harris, J. H., accepting his resignation of Seat in
Legislative Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 16th December, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that
JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Esq.,
has resigned his Seat in the Legislative Council of
New Zealand, and that his Excellency accepted such
resignation on the 1st instant.
FRED. A. WELD.

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Acts left to their operation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1864.
THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Canterbury, intituled
"The Cathedral Square Ordinance, 1864,"
"The Volunteer Service Ordinance, 1864,"
"The Education Ordinance, 1864,"
"The Sheep Ordinance, 1864,"

"The Hackney Carriages Ordinance, 1864,"
"The Appropriation Ordinance, 1864."
"The Roads Ordinance, 1864,"
"The Sheep Rating Ordinance, 1864,"
"The Fire Ordinance, 1864,"
"The Hospital and Charitable Aid Ordinance,
1864,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.
FRED. A. WELD.

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Bill assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1864.
THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Canterbury, inti-
tuled
"The Beswick Wharf Ordinance, 1864,"
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.
FRED. A. WELD.

PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.
Bills Assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1864.
THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Marlborough, inti-
tuled
"The Provincial Council Enlargement Act
Amendment Act, 1864,"
"The Picton Institute Act, 1864,"
"The Vagrant Act, 1864,"
"Licensing Act, 1864."
which Bills were 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.
FRED. A. WELD.

PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.
Members of Provincial Council Elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 16th December, 1864.
IT is hereby notified that Writs, issued for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council of
Southland, have been returned, with certificates to
the effect that
For the District of Longwood, Edmund Gillow, Esq.
For the District of Riverton, Messrs. Samuel
Hodgkinson, and John Crerar.
For the District of Aparima, Messrs. John Howell,
and William Hugh Nurse.
For the District of Waianawa, James Francis Collins,
Esq.
For the District of Waiau, Robert Ferguson Cuth-
bertson, Esq.
For the District of Oreti, Peter McKellar, Esq.
For the District of Oteramika, Matthew Holmes, Esq.
For the District of Waikiwi, William Stuart, Esq.
For the District of Campbelltown, Alexander McNab,
Esq.
For the District of Invercargill, Messrs. James Alex-
ander Robertson Menzies, Thomas Morell Mac-
donal, William Henderson Calder, and James
Richard Davies.