THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 41

The undermentioned gentlemen have therefore
od to hold the rank of Officers, their commissions
ng, under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act,
5," lapsed:—
Henry Shafto Harrison, Esq., late Captain.
John Howie, Esq., late Cornet.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

TE PAKIHA TARANUI,
HENARI PUKUATUA, and
REWI TEREANUKU,
to be Assessors under "The Native Lands Act, 1865."
J. C. RICHMOND.

NOTICE.—It is hereby notified that on and after
the 1st March next the following regulations,
issued by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Cus-
toms in the United Kingdom, relative to gauging and
calculating the strength of spirits, will be adopted in
New Zealand, and that Officers of Customs through-
out the Colony have been instructed to give effect to
the same.

1. That in gauging spirits, &c., in casks, the con-
   tent to be taken to the integral gallon, according to
   the present practice.
2. That the content having been ascertained, the
   ullage be calculated therefrom and charged to five-
   tenths of a gallon on all casks above 40 gallons, and
   to two-tenths of a gallon on casks of less size, and
   on ullage quantities of 40 gallons and under.
3. That in all cases in which the quantity is
   ascertained by actual measurement, the rule of
   charging to the five-tenths or two-tenths of a gallon
   do apply to the content as well as to the ullage.
4. That in all cases the strength of spirits over-
   proof be computed on the quantities so ascertained
   and charged to the tenth of a gallon.
5. The following method of calculating the strength
   of spirits, by which the proof quantity in any
   package is ascertained by one operation, is to be
   adopted:—
   Add the strength over-proof to 100, and multiply
   that sum by the liquid quantity, when the total
   quantity of spirits at proof will be ascertained, as in
   the following examples—
   A cask containing 85 gallons A quar-cask Brandy 27.6 galls.
   of Rum at 28.5, O.P.
   100 x 28.5 = 128.5
   85.5 liquid qnty.
   6425
   6425
   10280
   109.8675
   Or, 109 8-10 proof gallons.
   at 0.9, O.P.
   100 x 0.9 = 100.9
   27.6
   6054
   7063
   2018
   27.8484
   Or, 27 8-10 proof gallons.
   J. C. RICHMOND,
   Commissioner of Customs.
   Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
   Wellington, 15th January, 1868.

STAMP DUTIES.—Notice.—There being reason
to suppose that persons are in the habit of
giving and accepting unstamped receipts as acquit-
tances for moneys paid by cheque under the belief
that the stamp borne by the cheque exonerates the
receipt from liability to stamp duty,—the public are
cautioned against the adoption of this practice.
Such receipts are inadmissible as evidence of the
payment of money until properly stamped, and every
person signing or causing the signature of such

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1868.

Central Medical Board,
Wellington, New Zealand, 16th January, 1868.
THE following Notice relative to "The Medical
Practitioners Act, 1867," is published for general
information.

Forms of application for registration under "The
Medical Practitioners Act, 1867," can be obtained by
applying to the undermentioned Assessors, or to the
Registrar of the Medical Board in Wellington.
All persons desirous of having their names entered
on the forthcoming Register, must make application
prior to the ninth day of April, 1868.
JAMES HECTOR,
President of the Medical Board.

In the Province of Auckland,
Thomas Moore Philson, M.D.;
In the Province of Taranaki,
Thomas Edward Rawson, M.D.;
In the Province of Hawke's Bay,
Thomas Hitchings, M.R.C.S.;
In the Province of Nelson,
Samuel Athanasius Cusack, F.R.C.S.I.;
In the Province of Marlborough,
Lewis Keele Horne, M.D.;
In the Province of Canterbury,
James Somerville Turnbull, M.D.;
In the Province of Otago,
Edward Hulme, M.D.; and
In the Province of Southland,
John Field Deck, M.D.

BY virtue of the provisions of "The Bankruptcy
Act, 1867," we, the undersigned Judges of the
Supreme Court do hereby order that the following
general rules shall come into and be in force from
the date hereof:—

1. Fees in Bankruptcy proceedings in the Supreme
   Court.
   The scale of fees in force from time to time with
   respect to other proceedings in the Supreme Court
   shall be applied where applicable to proceedings in
   that Court under "The Bankruptcy Act, 1867," and
   the same fees shall be payable in respect thereof.
2. Fees in Bankruptcy proceedings in the District
   Court.
   The scale of fees in force from time to time with
   respect to other proceedings in the District Court
   shall be applied where applicable to proceedings in
   that Court under "The Bankruptcy Act, 1867," and
   the same fees shall be payable in respect thereof.
   (Signed)
   A. J. JOHNSTON,
   H. B. GRESSON,
   C. W. RICHMOND,
   H. S. CHAPMAN.

Dated 15th January, 1868.

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE and STATUTES.—
The Public are informed that an extra yearly
subscription of ten shillings to the New Zealand
Gazette, will entitle each subscriber to the Acts of
the General Assembly as published in each year.
All Orders to be accompanied by a remittance, in
cash, or in Post Office Money Orders, and addressed
to the Government Printer, Wellington.

Government Printing Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1868.
GEORGE DIDSBURY,
Government Printer.