542
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the scale, and at the rate set forth and indicated
in and by the said Schedule—that is to say, on all
newspapers posted within the Colony for delivery
within the Colony, one penny cach ; and on all other
newspapers posted within the Colony for transmis-
sion beyond the Colony, an additional charge to be
fixed by the Governor in Council, not exceeding
the actual amount paid by the Government to any
other Government, or to any Company, for their
transmission: And whereas by "The New Zealand
Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1868," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council, from time to time, to make regula-
tions for the transmission by post of newspaper
exchanges, and any such regulations to alter and
revoke, and, subject to such regulations and the
conditions therein contained, to exempt from pay-
ment of postage all newspapers addressed to the
editor, proprietor, publisher, or manager of any
newspaper, in respect whereof the particulars re-
quired by any law for the time being in force for
that purpose shall be duly registered: Provided that
such newspapers so to be exempted as aforesaid be
addressed, indorsed, or certified as newspaper ex-
changes, in the manner required by the regulations
and conditions for the time being in force, and made
by the Governor in Council as aforesaid: Provided
that it shall not be lawful by any such regulations
to permit the delivery free to such editor, proprietor,
publisher, or manager, of postage of more one
copy of any issue or number of any newspaper:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the said recited
power and authority, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council thereof, do hereby
proclaim and declare that such newspaper exchanges
shall be transmitted by post, within the Colony, free
of postage, subject to the regulations and conditions
contained in the Schedule hereto annexed.
And I further appoint and declare that this Pro-
clamation shall take effect on and after the first day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Approved in Council, 20th November, 1868:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Post Office Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to
time, by Proclamation to be published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the rates of
postage at any time payable within the Colony for the
transmission of letters by post either between places
within New Zealand, or to or from places beyond
seas, and at what time the same shall be paid, and
that the postage so made payable shall be charged
and paid accordingly:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof,
in pursuance of the power for this purpose vested in
me under or by virtue of the said Act, do hereby
declare and fix the rate of postage, and the time
at which the same shall be paid, in the Schedule
to this Proclamation annexed.

I do appoint and declare that this Proclamation
shall take effect on and after the first day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

SCHEDULE.

1. The newspapers must be registered at the
   General Post Office for transmission by post, as
   provided by the Post Office Regulations.
2. The newspapers must either have no covers, or
   be in covers open at the ends.
3. Every exchange newspaper must have written
   or printed, above the address, the title of the news-
   paper and a certificate in these words—" Newspaper
   Exchange only."
4. The certificate must be signed by a person to
   be authorized for the purpose by the publisher of the
   newspaper so addressed and submitted for registra-
   tion at the General Post Office, at Wellington.
5. Not more than one copy of any issue or number
   of any newspaper addressed to any editor, pro-
   prietor, publisher, or manager, shall be transmitted
   under these regulations.
6. Newspaper exchanges which may be sent by
   post otherwise than in accordance with these regula-
   tions will be charged full letter postage.
   SCHEDULE.
   Letters for members of the New Zealand Armed
   Constabulary, when redirected from one place to
   another within the Colony, will be transmitted to
   such redirected address without charge.

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 twentieth day
of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.
Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 twentieth
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of November, 1868.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Waste Lands Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, at any time and from time to
time, to except from sale, and either reserve to Her
Majesty or dispose of in such other manner as for
the public interest may seem best, such of the Waste
Lands of the Crown in any of the Provinces of New
Zealand as may be required for the purposes therein
mentioned; and that all such exceptions shall be