Numb. 41.
299

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1867.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
sixteenth day of July, 1867.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Post
Office Act, 1858," power is given to the
Governor in Council, from time to time, to make
rules and regulations for the management of the
several Post Offices of the said Colony; for the
receiving, despatching, conveying, and delivering
of letters (including the imposition of fees for
private boxes and deliveries); for the detaining,
opening, and return, or other disposal of
irregularly posted, unclaimed, and refused letters,
or such as from any cause whatsoever, cannot be
delivered or forwarded, and the contents thereof
respectively, and for the publication of the lists of
the same; for the making, custody, and sale of
Postage labels; for the receiving and paying of
money in connection with the said Postal Service;
and for the conduct of Post Offices; and any such
rules and regulations at any time in force, to alter,
vary, or revoke; and, for the purpose of giving
effect to the rules and regulations so to be
made, further power is given to the Governor in
Council by the said Act, to impose any penalty
not exceeding ten pounds, for any one offence
against such rules and regulations:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the
said recited power and authority, doth by this
present Order, by and with the consent of the
Executive Council, revoke all regulations hereto-
fore in force, and make the rules and regulations
specified in the Schedule hereinafter written, and
doth impose the penalties for the infraction
thereof respectively as therein set forth, and doth
further declare that this Order shall take effect
from the seventeenth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

SCHEDULE OF POST OFFICE
REGULATIONS.

I.—OFFICERS.

1. Every person whose employment in the
   service is recognized by the Postmaster-General,
   is an Officer of the department. No person
   under sixteen years of age can be permitted to
   hold any situation in the Post Office, or to have
   access to the letters. No one is eligible for an
   appointment or for employment in the Post Office
   who has been dismissed from the public service.
   No Chief Postmaster will be allowed to carry on
   any private business without the special permis-
   sion of the Postmaster-General.

2. On entering the service of the Post Office it is
   necessary to make a declaration in the prescribed
   form before a Magistrate; and no person, whether
   on temporary or permanent service, can be per-
   mitted to have access to the letters, or to perform
   any official duty, until this declaration shall have
   been duly made and signed. Postmasters are
   required to forward to the Secretary the declara-
   tions of their subordinates, including those of all
   persons who take part in the duties at their sub-
   offices; also, the declarations of drivers of mail
   conveyances, and of other persons who may have
   access to mails in their transit.

3. Postmasters are required to give security to
   such amount as the Postmaster-General may
   direct; and they may demand security from their