THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
which have been seriously deranged during the late
war in the United States of America), it is agreed
that if the average prices of the year 1865 be taken
as a basis of value, either Contracting Party may
claim a revision of such valuation after the 1st of
January, 1868.

4. The British Plenipotentiary then declared that :
   Her Britannic Majesty engages to recommend to
   Parliament the abolition of the duties payable on
   the importation of wood and timber into the United
   Kingdom, and also the reduction of the duties
   payable on wine in bottle to the amount of those
   payable on wine in wood upon importation into the
   United Kingdom.

5. The Imperial Austrian Plenipotentiaries on
   their part declared that :
   The duty upon the export of rags from the States
   and possessions of His Imperial and Royal Majesty
   shall, from and after the 1st of July, 1866, be re-
   duced to two florins the Zollcentner; and that :
   The duty upon the importation of salted herrings
   into the States and Possessions of His Imperial and
   Royal Majesty shall, from the 1st of February, 1866,
   be reduced to 50 kreutzers per Zollcentner, gross
   weight.

In witness whereof the undersigned Plenipoten-
tiaries have drawn up the present Protocol in
duplicate form, to which, after it had been duly read,
they affixed their signatures.

Vienna, this 16th day of December, 1865.
(L.S.) BLOOMFIELD.

Treasury, Wellington,
11th June, 1866.

NOTICE.—In order that the Accounts of the
financial year ending on the 30th June next
may comprehend and include all transactions relating
to that period, it is requested that persons having
claims on the Government will send in their Accounts
to the Sub-Treasury of the Province before the 30th
instant.

Collectors of Revenue are required to pay in their
collections promptly; and officers holding advances
under imprest must forthwith render their Accounts
and refund any balances in their hands.

E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1866.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that
from and after this date the rate of Postage from
New Zealand to Ceylon will be as follows:—

For letters not exceeding 1/2 oz.—Sixpence.
For letters not exceeding 1 oz.—One shilling.
And One shilling for every additional ounce or frac-
tional part of an ounce.

JAMES PATERSON,
Postmaster-General.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 26th May, 1866.

NOTICE is hereby given that a weather-boarded
and shingled building situated at Kohu Kohu,
Hokianga, in the occupation of Mr. John Webster,
and formerly known as

RUSHELL'S BONDED WAREHOUSE,

has been duly approved and appointed under section
eleven of "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858," for
the reception of goods under bond.

E. W. STAFFORD,
Commissioner.

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Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 6th June, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES EDWARD COOPER, Esq.,
Sub-Collector of Customs at Timaru, in the Province
of Canterbury, to be a Licensing Officer under "The
Arms Act, 1860."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:—

In the Auckland Militia.
Ensign Andrew Burns to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 7th June, 1866.

In the Royal Cavalry Volunteers—Otahuhu Troop.
Lieutenant William Thomas Bassett to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 18th May, 1866.
James Runciman to be Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 18th May, 1866.
A R Shackell to be Cornet. Date of
Commission, 18th May, 1866.

In the Auckland Rifle Volunteers—No. 3 Company.
Major Charles Heaphy to be Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 27th March, 1866.
Ensign Charles Hesketh to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 27th March, 1866.
David Verdere Hunter to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 27th March, 1866.

No. 4 Company.
Lieutenant Benjamin Tonks to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 23rd April, 1866.
Ensign Daniel Tole to be Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 23rd April, 1866.
Charles Phillip Phillips to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 23rd April, 1866.

No. 1 Company.
John Springall to be Lieutenant. Date of Commis-
sion, 24th April, 1866.
James Bruce to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
24th April, 1866.

No. 2 Company.
Ensign Seering Hall Matthews to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 10th May, 1866.
Walter Graham to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
10th May, 1866.

In the Hutt Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Thomas Mills to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 9th May, 1866.
Ensign William Fitzherbert to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 9th May, 1866.
George Farmer to be Ensign. Date of Commission,
9th May, 1866.

In the Turakina Rifle Volunteers.
John Hunt Hurst to be Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 1st June, 1866.
Robert John Knox to be Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 1st June, 1866.

In the Lyttelton Volunteer Artillery.
William Henry Hargreaves to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 30th May, 1866.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the Commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz.:—
Captain J. E. J. Boys, Greytown Rifle Volunteers.