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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1867.

G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The County of
Westland Act, 1867," it is enacted that the said Act
shall come into force upon such day as the Governor
shall by proclamation direct:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, K.C.B., the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
proclaim and declare, that

"The County of Westland Act, 1867,"

shall come into force on the first day of January,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this twenty-sixth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Post Office Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to
time, by proclamation to be published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the rates of
postage at any time payable within the Colony for
the transmission of letters and newspapers by post,
either between places within New Zealand, or to or
from places beyond seas, and at what time the same
shall be paid, and that the postage so made payable
shall be charged and paid accordingly.

And whereas by another Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The New

Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866," and
by a proclamation of His Excellency the Governor
published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixth day
of June, 1867, certain rates of postage were fixed,
some of which are inapplicable to letters posted in
or addressed to places in the Chatham Islands and
places in the County of Westland, as defined by
"The County of Westland Act, 1867."

And whereas it is desirable that like rates of post-
age should be established for letters so posted as
exist for letters posted in or addressed to other parts
of the Colony:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, Knight Com-
mander of the Bath, the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
and in exercise of the said recited power and authority,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the postage
payable in respect of the letters mentioned in the
Schedules hereto shall be according to the rates
respectively mentioned in such Schedules, and that
such postage shall in all cases be paid at the time
such letters are delivered into the post, and that this
proclamation shall take effect from and after the
first day of January one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

SCHEDULE I.

COUNTRY Letters posted at any post office within
the County of Westland, as defined by "The County
of Westland Act, 1867," for delivery at any other
post office within the same County, or posted at any
post office within the Chatham Islands for delivery
at any other post office within the Chatham Islands--
Not exceeding half an ounce, twopence... 2d.
Exceeding half an ounce, but not exceed-
ing one ounce, fourpence 4d.
For every ounce or fraction of an ounce
over one ounce, fourpence 4d.

SCHEDULE II.

OTHER Letters, posted at any post office within the
County of Westland, as defined by "The County of
Westland Act, 1867," for delivery at any post office in
the Colony not in the said County, or posted at any