THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 447

ton, bounded, North by Section 101; East by boun-
dary between Native and Crown Land; South by
the Aotea Stream to its source, and thence in a
straight line to the Eastern boundary; and West by
the Porirua Harbour, containing about 300 acres,
more or less.

Report adopted this 13th day of December 1864,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony.

FORSTER GORING,
G. GREY, Governor.
Clerk of the Executive Council.

We, the undersigned Aboriginal Natives of New
Zealand, living at Porirua, and being the owners of
the within described piece of land, hereby assent that
the same shall be brought under the provisions of
the Native Reserves Act of 1856.

НОНЕРА TAMAIHENGA.
WIRIMU PARATA.
NGAHUKA TUNGIA.

Translated, and explained before signature, by me
this 15th day of November, 1864, at Porirua, in the
Province of Wellington.

EBENEZER BAKER,
Government Interpreter.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1864.

THE following Despatch from Her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies is pub-
lished for general information.

FRED. A. WELD.

Downing Street,
13th September, 1864.

SIR,—I transmit to you herewith, for your in-
formation and guidance, the copy of a correspondence
with the Board of Trade, respecting the use of the
"New Commercial Code of Signals," which has been
adopted by the French Government by the accom-
panying decree.

I am confident that your advisers will see the im-
portance of co-operating cordially with Her Majesty's
Government in this matter.

I have, &c.,
EDWARD CARDWELL.

Governor Sir George Grey, K.С.В.,
&c., &c., &c.

SIR,— Downing Street, 30th April, 1864.

With reference to your letter of the 21st instant,
containing a recommendation from the Lords of the
Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, that the
"New Commercial Code of Signals" should be used
at a new Signal Station in Mauritius, in preference
to Marryat's Flags, I am directed by Mr. Secretary
Cardwell to ask, whether their Lordships would
think it advisable to recommend the Colonial Go-
vernments generally to use the Code of Signals?
and, if so, in what terms the instructions or recom-
mendations should be sent to them?

James Booth, Esq.,
&c., &c., &c.

I am, &c.,
F. ROGERS.

SIR,— Board of Trade, Whitehall,
18th July, 1864.

Referring to your letter of the 30th April last, in
which you request to be informed whether my Lords
think it advisable that the Colonial Governments
generally should be recommended to promote the
use of the New Commercial Code of Signals, and, if
so, in what terms the instructions or recommenda-
tions should be sent to them; I am to request you
to call the attention of Mr. Secretary Cardwell to
the accompanying translation of a French Imperial
Decree published in the Moniteur of the 7th instant,
whereby the adoption of the Commercial Code of
Signals is notified, and its exclusive use ordered for
the French Merchant Navy, after a date to be here-
after fixed.

The Signal Book and the Mercantile Navy List is
also to be furnished to all French vessels of war for
communicating with merchant vesrels.

Under these circumstances, and as it is probable
that the Commercial Code will, in time, become the
universal code for merchant vessels of all countries,
my Lords are of opinion that Her Majesty's Go-
vernment ought to make every endeavour to facilitate
the interchange of communications with French and
other vessels employing the Commercial Code, by
promoting the use of the Code in our Colonies and
Dependencies; and my Lords would suggest that in
drawing the attention of the Governors of Her
Majesty's possessions abroad to the Decree in ques-
tion, Mr. Cardwell should impress upon the several
Governments that it has now become a matter of
importance that all master attendants and harbour
masters, and all signal stations within their respective
jurisdictions, should be provided with sets of the
flags and balls for communicating by the Code, and
that they should also be furnished annually with the
Signal Book and Mercantile Navy List, which are
now combined in one volume.

I am to add, that if in any Colony or Possession
there should be any port, place, or signal station of
any importance, the name of which does not at
present appear in the geographical table of the
Signal Book, a representation of the fact should be
made to the Home Government, in order that the
name may be added in the next edition, if the neces-
sity is shown.

I have, &c.,
JAMES BOOTH,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

Decree of the Emperor of the French for the ex-
clusive use of The Commercial Code of Signals
for All Nations.

Napoleon, &c., have decreed, and do decree,
follows:—

Art. 1. The Commercial Code of Signals for all
Nations, such as has been adopted by the Anglo-
French Commission, shall be the only one employed
for the interchange of communication by French
vessels, either amongst themselves, and with the
semaphores, or with the vessels of other nations.

Art. 2. Every vessel of our Imperial Navy, and
every semaphore on the coast of France, should be
provided with the vocabulary of flags, and other
objects necessary for the exchange of communica-
tions with vessels belonging to the French Mercantile
Marine and foreigners, according to the system de-
termined by the said Code.

Art. 3. Our ships of wa will continue to com-
municate with each other, and with the French
semaphores, by means of signals at present in use in
the Imperial Marine.

Art. 4. Specimens of the work will be sent, under
the direction of our Secretary of State of the Marine
and Colonies, to the Chambers of Commerce at the
different ports:—

1st. The Vocabulary of the Commercial Code of
Signals, as well as the list of French and Foreign
vessels, and their official numbers in the Commercial
Code of Signals;

2nd. List of French Semaphores.
Specimens will also be sent to the Chambers of
Commerce :—