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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The County of Westland Act,
1867," it is amongst other things enacted that
the Boards constituted or to be constituted under
the authority of the said Act, shall keep true and
faithful accounts of all moneys received and expended
by them, and that such accounts shall be open to
inspection at all reasonable hours, and shall from
time to time be audited in such manner as the
Governor may direct:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority vested in me
for this purpose, do hereby make the following
regulations for the auditing of the accounts of the
Boards constituted or to be constituted under the
authority of the said Act, and do direct and order
that the said accounts shall be audited in the manner
prescribed by the said regulations.

1. A Day Cash Book shall be kept by each Board
   in which shall be entered all sums of money received
   and paid on account of the Board and the purposes
   for which such sums shall have been so received and
   paid.

2. The Day Cash Book of every Board shall be
   balanced quarterly, and the Board shall cause a full
   account to be drawn up of all moneys received and
   paid during the quarter, and of the cash balance at
   the beginning and termination of the quarter; and
   such accounts, accompanied by proper vouchers in
   support thereof, shall be transmitted to the Pay-
   master of the County of Westland within twenty-one
   days after the termination of the quarter for exam-
   ination and audit.

3. The Paymaster of the County of Westland
   shall audit the quarterly accounts of the several
   Boards, and shall cause the same to be printed in
   the County of Westland Gazette, with his certificate
   that they are correct or otherwise (as the case may
   require), and shall transmit to each Board a copy of
   the Gazette in which the accounts of such Board are
   published, together with the accounts and vouchers
   in support thereof.

4. The Paymaster shall whenever he finds it
   necessary so to do compare the accounts as rendered
   with the Day Cash Books, and shall call for such
   explanations and documents as may be required to
   elucidate the accounts.

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; and issued at
Wellington, this ninth day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-third day of May, 1868.

Present:

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, PRESIDING, AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Stamp Duties Act, 1866,"
it is enacted that the Governor, with the
advice of the Executive Council, may frame all such
regulations as may be necessary from time to time
for carrying out the provisions of the said Act. And

whereas by letters patent under the hand of His
Excellency the Governor, and under the seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, bearing date the twenty-
ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, Robert Abbott, Esq., the Registrar
of Deeds at Hokitika, in the County of Westland,
was appointed a Deputy Commissioner of Stamp
Duties, under "The Stamp Duties Act, 1866," and
"The Stamp Duties Act Amendment Act, 1867."

And whereas a branch of the Stamp Department
has been established at the office of the Registrar of
Deeds at Hokitika aforesaid: Now therefore, His
Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, and
in pursuance and exercise of the powers in him
vested by "The Stamp Duties Act, 1866," and of
every power enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby
order-

1. The branch of the Stamp Department so
   established at the office of the Registrar of Deeds in
   Hokitika aforesaid, shall be designated "The Stamp
   Office of the County of Westland," and the provisions
   of the said Acts and of all regulations made or to be
   made under and by virtue thereof, shall be applicable
   to the said office in the same manner as to the
   respective Stamp Offices of the several Provinces of
   the Colony of New Zealand, other than the Province
   of Wellington.

2. Until further or other provision shall be made
   in that behalf, the official impress to be given to
   stamps affixed at the Stamp Office of the County of
   Westland, at Hokitika aforesaid, may be made by the
   Official Seal of the Registrar of Deeds, and all stamps
   so heretofore affixed and impressed at the said Stamp
   Office, shall be held to be officially impressed, and
   shall be as valid and effectual as if this Order had
   been in force at the time such stamps were so affixed
   and impressed.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned

The Honorable DANIEL POLLEN,
of Auckland, to the Legislative Council of New
Zealand, by Writ of Summons under the Seal of the
Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 10th June, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Honorable DANIEL POLLEN, M.L.C.,
to be a Member of the Executive Council of New
Zealand.

(By command)
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1868.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland, intituled
"The Appropriation Ordinance, No. 2, 1868,"
which Bill was reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.