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from whence Gold may be exported from this Colony
under the Regulations contained in the Proclamation
of Colonel T. G. Browne, C.B., late Governor of the
said Colony, bearing date the 26th January, 1860.
Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eighth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

CUSTOMS.
Governor's Order, No. 56,
Establishing the Port of Hokitika.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint, that, on and from
the day of the date hereof, there shall be within the
Province of Canterbury a Port, to be called the Port
of Hokitika, the limits whereof shall be as follows:---
All such portion of the River Hokitika and of its
banks as is comprised within an area which shall
include one mile of the River from its mouth, and a
space on each bank respectively of not less than
forty chains in width.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eighth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

CUSTOMS.
Governor's Order, No. 57,
Appointing Legal Quay for the Port of Hokitika.
By His Excellency SIR GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

IN exercise of the powers in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint, that, on and from
the day of the date hereof, the Beach within one
hundred yards of the Custom House on either side
shall be deemed and taken to be the legal Landing-
place for the lading and unlading of goods at the
Port of Hokitika, under "The Customs Regulation
Act, 1858."

Given under my hand, at Government House,
at Wellington, this eighth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

CUSTOMS.
Governor's Order, No. 58,
Appointing Hokitika as a Port for the Exportation
of Gold.
By His Excellency SIR GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order

of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

IN exercise of the powers in me vested by
"The Customs Regulation Act, 1858," I, Sir George
Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the Port of
Hokitika, in the Province of Canterbury, shall be a
port from whence Gold may be exported from this
Colony, under the regulations contained in the pro-
clamation of Colonel T. G. Browne, C.B., late Governor
of the said Colony, bearing date the 26th January,
1860.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eighth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

G. GREY.

Assent withheld from Bills (Southland.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1865.

THE following Bills passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland, intitled:
"Appropriation Ordinance, No. 1, 1865"
"Appropriation Ordinance, No. 2, 1865"
"The Tolls Ordinance, 1865"
"The Dog Ordinance, 1865"
"Debentures Ordinance, 1865"
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
withhold his assent to the same.

FRED. A. WELD.

Letters Patent.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent under "The Patent Act,
1860," in favor of George Dunn, Samuel Samuel, and
William Grant, all residing in the township of Clyde,
in the Province of Otago, for an invention entitled
"Dunn's Hydraulic Rotary, Force, and Lift Engine."
Dated 21st April, 1865.

FRED. A. WELD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM FOX CHEESMAN, Esq.,

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District o
Wellington, vice Robert Rodger Strang, Esq., resigned.

HENRY SEWELL,
For the Colonial Secretary.

MISSING BANK OF ISSUE NOTES.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1865.

THE following list of Blank Forms of Bank of
Issue Notes which were abstracted from the
old Customs Store, at Auckland, and are now sup-
posed to be in circulation, is published for general
information, and the public are cautioned not to
receive them, as they are valueless.

By command,
W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.