THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 221

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Registrars
of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
for the districts specified opposite their names
respectively, viz. :-
WILLIAM WHITEHORN, Pelorus,
CHARLES BROAD, Cobden,
HENRY WHARTON, Kaikoras,
from the 1st June, 1867:
JAMES MCEWEN, Clutha,
EDWARD INGS, Kaihiku,
from the 10th June, 1867.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1867.

THE following Notice issued from the Foreign
Office is published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Foreign Office, 4th December, 1866.

THE Prussian Ambassador has made known to Lord
Stanley, that in consequence of the union with the
Prussian Monarchy of the Kingdom of Hanover, of
the Electorate of Hesse, and of the Free State of
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the Consular Posts of the
aforesaid countries are abolished, and united with
the Prussian Consular Service.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1867.

THE following Order of Her Majesty the Queen in
Council is published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE
OF WIGHT,
the 28th day of December, 1866.
Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Foreign Deserters' Act, 1852,"
it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to
Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given
for recovering or apprehending seamen who desert
from British merchant ships in the territories of any
Foreign Power Her Majesty may, by Order in Council
stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare
that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from
merchant ships belonging to such Power, when within
Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be appre-
hended and carried on board their respective ships,
and may limit the operation of such order and may
render the operation thereof subject to such con-
ditions and qualifications if any as may be deemed
expedient; and whereas it has been made to appear
to Her Majesty that due facilities are given for
recovering and apprehending seaman who desert from
British merchant ships in the territories of the
United States of Columbia:

Now therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the
powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters'
Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of the Privy
Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is
hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the
publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen,
not being slaves, and not being British subjects, who
within Her Majesty's dominions desert from merchant
ships belonging to the United States of Columbia,
shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on
board their respective ships:

Provided always, that if any such deserter has
committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions he
may be detained until he has been tried by a com-
petent Court, and until his sentence, if any, has been
fully carried into effect.

And the Right Honorable the Earl of Carnarvon,
the Right Honorable the Viscount Cranborne, and
the Right Honorable Spencer Horatio Walpole, three
of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are
to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
(Signed) EDMUND HARRISON.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1867.

THE Registrar-General's Office having been re-
moved to Wellington, all communications for
that Department are in future to be addressed
accordingly.
Official letters and packets will be transmitted
free of postage provided that the words "On Public
Service only" are written on the cover of each, and
that they are addressed to "The Registrar-General
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Wellington."

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1867.

THE following accepted Tender (Messrs. Sands
and McDougall, of Melbourne,) for the supply
of Stationery to the Government, is published for
general information.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

SCHEDULE of Prices of Paper, Stationery, and
Account Books, for the supply of the New Zealand
Government, tendered by SANDS AND MCDOUGALL,
Melbourne.

To be made of HAND-MADE BLUE-LAID Super Royal, ruled
and printed to pattern, half-bound, calf, cloth sides.
Account Books:
Super Royal, 8 quires thick, 79s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 10 ditto, 85s. 6d. each.

To be made of Superfine BLUE-LAID MACHINE Demy, 24 lbs.,
half-bound, cloth sides, ruled faint or cash, as required.
Account Books:
Demy, 3 quires thick, 9s. 2d. each.
Ditto, 4 ditto, 10s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 6 ditto, 13s. 2d. each.
Ditto, 8 ditto, 15s. 10d. each.

To be made of Superfine BLUE-LAID MACHINE Demy, 24 lbs.,
half-bound, cloth sides, ruled and printed to pattern.
Account Books:
Demy, 3 quires thick, 12s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 4 ditto, 15s. each.
Ditto, 6 ditto, 17s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 8 ditto, 28s. 6d. each.

To be made of Superfine BLUE-LAID MACHINE Foolscap, 15 lbs.,
half-bound, cloth sides, ruled faint or cash, as required.
Account Books:
Foolscap, 3 quires thick, 6s. 7d. each.
Ditto, 4 ditto, 7s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 6 ditto, 9s. 1d. each.
Ditto, 8 ditto, 10s. 11d. each.

To be made of Superfine BLUE-LAID MACHINE Foolscap, 15 lbs.,
half-bound, cloth sides, ruled and printed to pattern.
Account Books:
Foolscap, 3 quires thick, 5s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 4 ditto, 7s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 6 ditto, 9s. 6d. each.
Ditto, 8 ditto, 12s. each.

Books:
Foolscap Copying (14½ inches x 9 inches), 750
pages, half-basil, paged and indexed, 8s. 2d.
each.
Judges' Note, 4-quire demy 4to, hand-made
paper, ruled faint with margin line, full bound,
calf, and index, 9s. 10d. each.
Ditto 6-quire, ditto, 13s. 6d. each.