THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 387

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of October, 1866.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Coupons Act, 1864," it is
provided that the powers created by that Act
shall not be exercised until the Governor in Council
shall have approved of the stamps to be used for the
purpose of the said Act, nor until regulations as to
the manner in which the same may be used shall
have been issued by the Governor in Council, or
except in conformity with such regulations:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor in
Council, in exercise of the power vested in him by
the said recited Act, doth hereby approve of certain
stamps, the description of which is hereunto annexed,
and are deposited in the office of the Colonial
Secretary, to be used for the purposes of the said
Act by the Superintendent of the Province of
Wellington, and doth hereby issue the following
regulations in conformity with which such stamps are
to be so used.

Regulations.

There shall be only one copy of such stamps for
stamping coupons under "The Coupons Act, 1864,"
in the Province of Wellington, which stamps shall be
kept in the custody of the Provincial Treasurer of
the Province of Wellington in a strong box having
two distinct locks and two keys, one thereof to be in
the keeping of the Colonial Treasurer or of the
Colonial Sub-Treasurer at Wellington, and the other
in the keeping of the Superintendent of the Province
of Wellington. The stamps shall only be delivered
out to the Superintendent upon his requisition in
writing, for the purpose of stamping a certain number
of coupons mentioned in such requisition, and shall
be returned by the Superintendent to the above
custody immediately after having been so used. No
debentures or coupons shall be stamped with such
stamps, nor shall they be in any way used except
in the presence of the Superintendent or the Pro-
vincial Secretary or some person or persons to be
appointed in writing for that purpose by the
Superintendent.

Such appointed person shall keep an account of
the number of debentures and coupons stamped, and
shall not suffer the stamps to be used after the
number or amount of debentures from time to time
authorized by law shall have been stamped, nor
otherwise than for the purpose of stamping such
coupons.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Description of Stamps referred to in above Order in
Council, viz.:-

The impressions of the signatures of
I. E. FEATHERSTON, Superintendent;
W. HICKSON, Provincial Treasurer.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Regis-
trars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the districts, in the Province of Wel-
lington, set opposite their names respectively as
defined in proclamation published in this Gazette:-

JOHN BATTEN SMITH, Esq. ... Manawatu.
JAMES FREEMAN FLETCHER, Esq. Rangitikei.
JOHN ELISHA SMITH, Esq. ... Wellington.
DAVID STARK DURIE, Esq. ... Wanganui.

These appointments to to take effect on and from
the first day of November, 1866.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1866.

THE following notification issued by the Govern-
ment of St. Helena is published for general
information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Government Notification.

INFORMATION having reached this Government that
erroneous impressions exist in several ports in
India, China, and elsewhere, to the effect that
charges on Shipping calling at St. Helena have been
increased: Notice is hereby given that there is no
foundation for such reports, and that all port charges
at St. Helena have been abolished, save and except
the penny per ton heretofore charged for the gra-
tuitous medical treatment and maintenance of sick
seamen (British or Foreign) left behind at the
Colonial Hospital.

Notice is further given, that a monthly mail is
made up at the General Post Office in London direct
for St. Helena, usually performing the passage in
twenty-two days. Return mails from St. Helena to
England by steam, are likewise made up in every
month; and once a month to the Cape of Good Hope
and all ports eastward thereof.

Owners, consignees, masters of vessels, and others
interested are informed that every facility will be
afforded at the Post Office at St. Helena for the due
care and transmission of their letters.

By command,

R. C. PENNELL, Colonial Secretary.
St. Helena, 18th April, 1866.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 9th October, 1866.

THE following Certificates and Declarations are
published in conformity with the provisions of
"The Execution of Criminals Act, 1858."

E. W. STAFFORD.

CERTIFICATE.

I, F. L. VICKERMAN, the Medical Officer in attendance
at the execution of Richard Burgess, Thomas Kelly,
and Phillip Levy, at the gaol of Nelson, do hereby
certify and declare that I have this day witnessed
the execution of Richard Burgess, Thomas Kelly, and
Phillip Levy, at the said gaol; and I do further
certify and declare that the said Richard Burgess,
Thomas Kelly, and Phillip Levy, were, in pursuance
of the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the
neck until their bodies were dead.

Given under my hand this fifth day of October,
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, at the gaol of Nelson.

FRAS. L. VICKERMAN,
Surgeon, &c.

DECLARATION.

WE do hereby testify and declare, that we have this
day been present when the extreme penalty of the
law was carried into execution on the bodies of
Richard Burgess, Thomas Kelly, and Phillip Levy,
convicted at the Criminal Session of the Supreme
Court held at Nelson, on the twelfth day of Sep-
tember last, and sentenced to death; and the said
Richard Burgess, Thomas Kelly, and Phillip Levy,
were, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by
the neck until their bodies were dead.