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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The enactment which provides for the passage
home of distressed Seamen does not apply to the case
of Masters. The Officer must therefore make the
best arrangement he can in the case of a distressed
Master, but it is desirable that the rate of 2s. a day
should not be exceeded.

2. When they are in a position to give a reliable
   guarantee for the repayment of the expenses to be
   incurred by the Officer.

In cases of this kind it must be left to the judgment
of the Officer to render such assistance as may seem
to him necessary, but as a rule the assistance should
not differ from that given in cases where the Master
is absolutely destitute.

The Officer should also fully understand that
expenses incurred under a guarantee given by a
Master will be liable to disallowal if the guarantee be
repudiated.

Conveyance home of lunatic Seaman.

As difficulty sometimes arises in finding Masters
willing to give passages under the usual order
(C.C. 14.) to distressed Seamen suffering from mental
derangement, the Officer is authorized in any such
case that may arise to make a special arrange-
ment with a Master willing to take the Seaman,
agreeing to pay, if necessary, such sum for the
passage, in addition to the usual allowance of one
shilling and sixpence (1s. 6d.) a day, as may appear
fair and reasonable under the circumstances, and with
the object of ensuring that requisite care and
attendance shall be given to the passenger during the
voyage.

A copy of the agreement so entered into should be
forwarded to the Board of Trade as soon as possible
in every case, and also, in any case where it is
desirable to forward the Seaman to a foreign port or
a port in a British Possession abroad, to the Consul
or the Shipping Officer, as the case may be, at the
port to which the Seamen is to be conveyed.

In the case of a Seaman arriving under such
circumstances at his port, the Officer may pay to the
Master the amount of the passage-money on pro-
duction of such an agreement as described herein,
purporting to be entered into between the Master
and a Consul or Officer in a British Possession abroad,
and upon being satisfied that the Seamen has received
the extra care and attendance stipulated for.

An immediate advice of such a payment, together
with the original agreement and the receipt of the
Master for the passage-money, should be sent to the
Board of Trade.

Such payments should be charged in the Quarterly
Account with the Board of Trade.

Similar instructions have been sent to Her
Majesty's Consuls.

The following Instructions relating to Correspondence
were issued in December, 1867.

New Rules.

For the purpose of greater despatch in the business
of this Office, particular attention to the following
rules is requested:-

All replies written to the Board of Trade should
commence with a reference to the initial letter and
number of the letter from the Board of Trade.

And this initial letter and number should also be
written legibly on the outside of the envelope.

Letters should be written on foolscap paper.

All letters sent to the Board on any of the subjects
named in the following lists should be addressed as
shown at the foot of each list, care being taken, first,
that the title of the Officer is properly given-e.g.
"The Assistant Secretary," "The Accountant," &c.,
&c., as the case may be; secondly, that the Depart-
ment," "Commercial Department," &c., &c.; and
thirdly, that the letter C., R., H., M., F., or S., as
the case may be, as well as the number of paper
(if any), be stated in the bottom left-hand corner of
the outside of the envelope, as mentioned above.

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Subjects.

Tariffs and Customs Duties at home and abroad.
Treaties of Commerce and Navigation.
Colonial Acts affecting Trade.
Quarantine.
Copyright and Trade Marks.
Registry of Designs.
Art Unions.
Industrial Exhibitions Act.
Alkali Act.
Weights and Measures.
Library.

Letters on any of these subjects to be addressed as
follows:-

O.H.M.S.
The Assistant Secretary,
C.
Commercial Department,
Board of Trade,
London,
S.W.

RAILWAY DEPARTMENT.
Subjects.

Railways.
Telegraphs.
Water Companies.
Gas Companies.
Joint Stock Companies.
Charters.
Partnerships.

Letters on any of these subjects to be addressed
as follows:-

O.H.M.S.
R.
The Assistant Secretary,
Railway Department,
Board of Trade,
London,
S.W.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT.
Subjects.

Harbours.
Lighthouses.
Pilotage.
Protection of Navigable Channels, Ports, &c.
Foreshores.
Fisheries.
Local Charges on Shipping.

Letters on any of these subjects to be addressed as
follows:-

O.H.M.S.
H.
The Assistant Secretary,
Harbour Department,
Board of Trade,
London,
S.W.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.
Subjects.

Measurement of Tonnage.
Registration of Ships.
Survey of Passenger Ships and Boats.
Berthing of Crews.
Lime and Lemon Juice, and Antiscorbutics.
Scales of Medicine for Merchant Ships.
Chain Cables and Anchors Act.