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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1867.

THE following Notice received from the General
Post Office Sydney, respecting the extension of
the Money Order System in the Colony of New
South Wales, is published for general information.

JOHN HALL.

General Post Office,
Sydney, 29th March, 1867.

Post Office Money Orders.

WITH reference to Treasury Notice of the 10th
December, 1862, published in Government Gazette,
No. 231, it is hereby notified, that on and after the
1st April, 1867, the Post Office Money Order System
will be extended to the following place, viz.:--

LITHGOW.

J. DOCKER.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:-

In the Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Robert Hare to be Captain. Date of
commission, 26th February, 1867.
Ensign Walter Perry to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 26th February, 1867.
Brown Hunt to be Ensign. Date of commission,
26th February, 1867.

JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz. :-

Lieut.-Colonel Thomas W. White, Canterbury
Volunteers.
Captain J. M. Clark, Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant V. Janisch, Napier Militia.
Lieutenant A. A. Abbott, Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant Jonathan Bear, Taranaki Militia.
Cornet A. R. Shackell, Royal Cavalry Volunteers.

JOHN HALL,
(In the absence of Colonel Haultain.)

THE following arrangements made in December,
1866, for carrying out the provisions of "The
Steam Navigation Act, 1866," are published for
general information, with corrections to include more
recent arrangements.

J. M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.
Wellington, 15th April, 1867.

1. Mr. Nancarrow, appointed Official Inspector
   and Engineer Surveyor under the Act, will visit
   every port of the Colony at regular intervals of three
   months.
2. Other Inspectors or Engineer Surveyors have
   been appointed for particular groups of ports: such
   officers do not receive a fixed salary, but are paid for
   each inspection or other service on a regular scale.
3. At the ports where such additional Surveyors
   have been appointed, it has been arranged that they
   shall take the intermediate quarterly surveys, but in
   any case the permanent Engineer Surveyor will visit
   each port and survey every steamer at least once in
   each half-year.
4. The time for Mr. Nancarrow's visits to each
   port has been arranged so as to suit the times when
   the steamers belonging to that port require to be
   surveyed, as nearly as possible; and he will lengthen
   or shorten the periods for which the next certificates
   are to be in force so that they shall all fall in at the
   proper times in future.
5. Should the certificate of a steamer belonging to
   any port lapse before the period of the Inspector's
   visit, the Collector of Customs at that port is author-
   ized to permit the vessel to run in the interim, on
   receipt of a written declaration signed by the master
   and engineer, that her hull, boilers, machinery, and
   equipments are in good condition.
6. The Postmaster-General has delegated the
   powers contained in section 34 of "The Steam Navi-
   gation Act, 1866," to the Collector of Customs for
   every port in so far as concerns that port, so that in
   case of any reported damage to any vessel the
   Collector of Customs may call upon any of the
   Inspectors or Surveyors appointed under the Act, or
   "any other fit person," to report whether the hull
   and machinery of the said vessel are in good con-
   dition, and to report upon the nature and causes of
   any accident.
7. Should a vessel be damaged to such an extent
   that she cannot be repaired in the port where she is
   or to which she is taken after the accident, the
   Collector of Customs is authorised to allow her to
   clear in ballast, and without passengers, for any
   specified port, for repairs, provided she be reported
   sufficiently seaworthy, in the absence of an official
   Inspector, by Lloyds' Surveyor, or by the Surveyor
   acting for the Underwriters, or in default of them, by
   two respectable shipmasters, after a proper examina-
   tion.
8. Should the damaged vessel be capable of being
   repaired at the port where she is, and should the
   repairs be speedily executed, the Collector of Customs,
   in the absence of an Inspector, is authorized
   to allow her to run as before on receipt of a declara-
   tion under the hand of the master, the chief
   engineer, and the engineer, if any, by whom the
   repairs have been made, that the damage has been
   thoroughly repaired, and that the steamer is in all
   respects in a seaworthy condition in accordance with
   the Act; and (if she be a sea-going vessel) that her
   compasses have been examined and that their
   deviations are known.
9. Should the repairs be more extensive it is
   probable that the port will be visited by an official
   Inspector (if none be resident) before their comple-
   tion; but should it seem probable that this will not
   be the case in any special instance, the circumstances
   are to be reported by the master to the Marine
   Engineer, by whom some special arrangement will be
   made.
10. Any person wishing a license to examine and
    adjust compasses must forward an application for the
    same together with the description of the method
    adopted by him, and copies of any testimonials he may
    possess, to the Marine Engineer, who will as delegate
    for the Postmaster-General, issue a license to the
    applicant, provided he be satisfied after personal
    examination should he see fit, that the candidate fully
    understands and is competent to undertake the oper-
    ation. But should there be no proper mooring
    dolphin and other conveniences for swinging vessels in
    any port, the Marine Engineer may refuse to issue
    any license for that port till such be provided.
11. At ports where there is no person licensed to
    swing vessels for compass correction, and no proper
    conveniences, the vessel may be allowed to proceed
    to sea after repairs, provided the master of the vessel
    have swung her himself under the superintendence of
    the Harbour Master, who shall certify to the fact;
    but in that case she will require to be re-swung at
    first port she arrives at where there are proper
    conveniences.