262. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

recited Act, and especially the powers conferred by
sections two and three thereof, should be exercised to
the limit of jurisdiction of one hundred pounds in
the Resident Magistrate's Court at Dunedin, in the
Province of Otago; And I did further proclaim
and declare that the said Proclamation should take
effect on and from the first day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

And whereas it is expedient to postpone the
operation of the said Proclamation:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said recited
Act, and of the said Order in Council, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the said recited Proclama-
tion, except the clause relating to the date of the
taking effect thereof, shall take effect on and from
the first day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five, instead of on and from the
first day of September, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five, as therein specified.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony, this twenty-third
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
H. SEWELL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Acts of the Assembly which Her Majesty will not be
advised to dissallow.

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

THE following Acts passed by the General
Assembly of New Zealand in the session held
in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, intituled—

"An Act to alter the duties of Customs;"

"An Act for enabling the Governor to carry into
effect a Postal Service with Great Britain by
way of Panama; "

having been laid before the Queen in conformity with
the provisions of "The Constitution Act," His
Excellency the Governor has been informed by the
Secretary of State that Her Majesty will not be
advised to exercise Her power of disallowance with
respect to those Acts.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Governor's assent withheld to Ordinance (Hawke's Bay.)

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

THE following Bill passed by the Provincial
Council of Hawke's Bay, intituled—

"Publicans' Licensing Amendment Ordinance;"

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 withhold his assent to the same.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Bills Assented to (Southland.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1865.

THE following Bills passed the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland, intituled—

"The Provincial Auditor and Deputy Auditor's
salaries Ordinance, 1865;"

"Appropriation Ordinance, No. 4, 1865;"

"Licensing Ordinance 1865;"

J. C. RICHMOND.
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
to assent to the same.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Governor's Assent withheld from Bills (Southland.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1865.

THE following Bills passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland, intituled
"Police Ordinance, 1865;
"Church of England Cemetery 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.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Thomas Dick, Esq., elected Superintendent of the
Province of Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1865.

IT is hereby notified that a writ issued for the
election of a Superintendent for the Province of
Otago, has been returned with an endorsement to
the effect that

THOMAS DICK, Esq.,

has been duly elected.

J. C. RICHMOND.

John Barleyman, Esq., appointed Deputy to Returning
Officer for Wairau.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN BARLEYMAN, Esq.,

to be Deputy to the Returning Officer for the election
of Members of the House of Representatives, for the
Electoral District of Wairau.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Letters of Registration granted in favour of John
Dauglish.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, dated the
eighteenth day of August, 1865, under "The Patents
Act, 1860," in favor of

JOHN DAUGLISH,

of Reading, England, Doctor of Medicine (who has
previously obtained Letters Patent in the Colony of
Victoria, dated the third day of February, 1865)
for an invention entitled "Improvements in the
manufacture of Aerated Bread, and in apparatus to
be used in this manufacture;" with all the privileges
thereto belonging. J. C. RICHMOND.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1865.

THE following report from Captain Fraser is
published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Waiapu Pa, 3rd August, 1865.

SIR,—I have the honor to continue, for the informa-
tion of the Hon. the Minister for Colonial Defence,