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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by proclamation bearing date the
nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six, the Governor did declare the
length of the voyage for a passenger ship proceeding
from any part of the Islands of New Zealand to the
respective places therein mentioned, and did declare
what should be the scale of diet, and the medicines,
medical comforts, and medical instruments for the
use of the passengers. And whereas it is desirable
that the same should be amended:

Now therefore, in exercise of all powers and
authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, do
hereby revoke the hereinbefore recited proclamation,
and do proclaim and declare that for the purposes of
the said Act, the length of the voyage for a
"Passenger ship" between any part of either of the
Islands known as the North and Middle Islands of
New Zealand and the undermentioned places
respectively, shall be determined by the following
scale, that is to say:-

From any part of either of the Islands
known as the
North and Middle Islands of New Zealand.

To the Chatham Islands ... 12 ... 6
From the Chatham Islands ... 22 ... 10
To the New Hebrides, New Caledonia,
Fiji, Navigator's and Friendly Islands ... 30 ... 15
To any Port in Tasmania ... 40 ... 22
To Rockhampton, Port Curtis, Bris-
bane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne,
and all Ports on the East Coast
of the Continent of Australia be-
tween Cape Melville on the North
and Cape Ottway on the South ... 40 ... 22
To any Port in the South Australian
Bight ... 50 ... 27
To West Australia ... 100 ... 60
To Islands in the North and South
Pacific beyond the groups specially
named, south of 30° North Lat., and
between the parallels of 160° East
and 170 West Long. ... 60 ... 35

From any part of either of the Islands
known as the
North and Middle Islands of New Zealand.

To West Coast of Continent of America,
south of the Equator ... 75 ... 50
To Hindostan, China, Japan, and West
Coast of the Continent of America,
north of the Equator ... 100 ... 60
To Ports in the Atlantic Ocean south
of the Equator ... 120 ... 75
To Ports in the Atlantic Ocean, north
of the Equator ... 150 ... 90

And I do further proclaim and declare that the
scale of diet for the use of the passengers during the
said several voyages, shall be in accordance with the
thirty-fifth section of "The Passengers Act, 1855."

And I do lastly proclaim and declare that the
medicines, medical comforts, medical instruments,
and other matters deemed necessary for the medical
treatment of the passengers during the said several
voyages, shall be such as are prescribed by the
forty-third and forty-fourth sections of the said Act.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this eight-
eenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

JOHN HALL.

Approved in Council :

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!