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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 Christ-
church, in the Province of Canterbury,
this fourth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JOHN HALL.

G. GREY, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

PURSUANT to the authority vested in me by
"The Steam Navigation Act, 1866," I do by this
warrant revoke all appointments of Inspectors or
Engineer Surveyors made pursuant to "The Steam
Navigation Act, 1862."

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 Christ-
church, in the Province of Canterbury,
this fourth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JOHN HALL.

PORT CHARGES. - Auckland and Manukau.-
In order to obtain from those who derive benefit
from buoys and beacons at the Ports of Auckland
and Manukau, a contribution towards the expense of
the maintenance thereof, the Superintendent of the
Province of Auckland, by virtue of the power con-
ferred on him by "The Marine Act, 1866," doth
hereby levy the following Port Charges to be paid,
as in the said Act provided:

For every vessel or boat, whether coming from
seaward or not, whether exempted from
pilotage fees or not, and whether decked or
undecked, and whether propelled by steam
or not, navigating or plying, whether for hire
or not, for every registered or measured ton:
If plying within the port, or employed in coast-
ing only,-
At the Port of Auckland, 2d. per ton,
quarterly.
At the Port of Manukau, 3d. per ton,
quarterly.
If not plying within the port, or employed in
coasting only,-
At the Port of Auckland, 1d. per ton.
At the Port of Manukau, 2d. per ton.
To be paid each time such vessel shall enter the
said ports respectively: Provided that the port
charges collectively made in one half year against
any one vessel shall not exceed sixpence per ton.

Given under my hand this twenty-eighth day
of December, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
FRED. WHITAKER,
Superintendent.

The foregoing charges submitted to and approved
of by the Governor in Council, at Christchurch,
this fourth day of Febuary, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.
G. GREY,
Governor.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Returning
Officers for the election of Members of the Provincial
Council of Hawke's Bay for the districts set opposite
their names respectively, viz. :-
JOHN CURLING, Esq., Town of Napier.
GEORGE ANDREW OLIVER, Esq., Napier Country.
GEORGE ANDREW OLIVER, Esq., Clive.
JOHN GARRY, Esq., Havelock.
OSWALD CARR, Esq., Petane.
GEORGE SISSON COOPER, Esq., Te Aute.
THOMAS TANNER. Esq., Hampden.
FREDERICK JOHN TIFFEN, Esq., Waimarama.
JOHN RUSSELL DUNCAN, Esq., Waipukurau.
WILLIAM SOUTER HUNTER, Esq., Porangahau.
JOHN MARTIN PHILLIPS LAVIN, Esq., Mohaka.
SAMUEL DEIGHTON, Esq., Wairoa.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Hon. JOHN JOHNSTON, M.L.C.,
to be Commissioner of Stamp Duties. This appoint-
ment dates from the 30th January, 1867.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 7th February, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
REGINALD NEWTON BIGGS, Esq., J.P.,
of Turanganui, Poverty Bay, to be a Resident Magis-
trate. This appointment dates from the 25th
January last.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Treasury, Wellington,
5th February, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SIMON FREDERICK EVERY, Esq.,
to be Sub-Treasurer for the Province of Otago. The
appointment to date from the 1st February, 1867.
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

Treasury, Wellington,
5th February, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SIMON FREDERICK EVERY, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Province of
Otago. The appointment to date from the 1st
February, 1867.
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ISAAC NEWTON WATT, Esq.,
to be a person to ascertain the assent of the Natives
to their reserves being brought under the operation
of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856."
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz. :---