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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and perform all the duties thereof, and also all the
powers, directions, duties, and obligations given to
conferred upon or to be performed and discharged
by him under any law for the time being relating to
the said office; and shall, when thereunto required,
deliver up all books, deeds, rules of the Supreme
Court, vouchers, and other papers relating to the
said office, and also such commission, warrant, or
authority as he hath received or shall receive from
the Governor, to such person as the Governor shall
direct and appoint to receive the same, then this
obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to
remain in full force and virtue: provided always
that no more than the sum of one thousand pounds
shall be recoverable from the said his heirs,
executors, and administrators, by virtue of the above-
written obligation.

Signed, sealed and delivered by the above-named 4
in the presence of 5

1 Name and residence of officer at length.
2 Name residence and occupation of surety at length.
3 Date of first signature in words at length.
4 A seal to be affixed for each party, and the bond to be signed
in the presence of two witnesses, who must sign their names,
adding their residences and occupations.
5 An attestation must be added for each separate witnessing.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of November, 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 a certain
stamp, the description of which is hereunto annexed,
and is 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 Canterbury, and
doth hereby issue the following regulations in con-
formity with which such stamp is to be so used:

Regulations.

There shall be only one copy of such stamp for
stamping coupons under "The Coupons Act, 1864,"
in the Province of Canterbury, which stamp shall be
kept in the custody of the Provincial Treasurer of
the Province of Canterbury, 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 Canterbury, and the other
in the keeping of the Superintendent of the Province
of Canterbury. The stamp 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
stamp nor shall it be in any way used except in the
presence of the Superintendent or the Provincial
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 stamp to be used after the
number or amount of debentures from time to time
authorized by law shall have been stamped, nor other-
wise than for the purpose of stamping such coupons.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Description of Stamp referred to in above Order in
Council, viz.:-the impression of the signatures of
W. S. Moorhouse, Superintendent; A. Blakiston,
Keeper of Public Records; F. E. Stewart, Member
of Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1866.

THE following Despatch from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies is
published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 22nd December, 1865.

SIR,-With reference to my Circular Despatch of
the 19th May last, enclosing a copy of the Colonial
Naval Defence Act, 28 Vic., cap. 14, I have now the
honor to inform you that the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty have laid down the following Rules
as to the Flag to be borne by any Vessels maintained
by any Colony under the clauses of that Act :-

1. That any Vessel provided and used under the
   3rd section of the Colonial Naval Defence Act,
   should wear the Blue Ensign, with the Seal or Badge
   of the Colony in the Fly thereof, and a Blue Pennant.
2. That all Vessels belonging to, or permanently
   in the service of the Colonies, but not commissioned
   as Vessels of War under the Act above referred to,
   should wear a similar Blue Ensign, but not the
   Pennant.

You will take care that these instructions be in
future strictly complied with.

I have at the same time to request you to furnish
me with a list of any such vessels belonging to the
Colony under your government, and to send me, for
the information of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, a correct Drawing of the Seal or Badge,
which is to form the distinguishing mark adopted by
the Colony of

I have, &c.,
EDWARD CARDWELL.

Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.,

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DANIEL SHEA LAWLOR, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the District of Riverton,
for the election of Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY WRIGMAN ROBINSON, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Dunstan, in the
Province of Otago.

E. W. STAFFORD.