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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The ACCOUNTANT and
The TELLER
of the Bank of New Zealand, at Wellington, to
frank, and receive free from pre-payment of postage,
all letters on the Public Service, enclosed in printed
envelopes, sent to or received from Branches and
Agencies of the Bank within the Colony.

T. M. HAULTAIN,
(in the absence of Mr. Hall.)

Nelson, 29th January, 1868.
IN accordance with the provisions of "The Election
Writs Act, 1858," I hereby nominate as members
of the Committee for the purpose of addressing the
Governor as to vacancies in the House of Represen-
tatives, the two following members of the House:—

ALFRED DE BATHE BRANDON, Esq.
WILLIAM WARING TAYLOR, Esq.

D. MONRO,
Speaker, House of Representatives.

Nelson, 29th January, 1868.
THE subjoined Orders of the House of Represen-
tatives are published for the information of
persons who may wish to approach the House by way
of Petition.

D. MONRO,
Speaker, House of Representatives.

251. Every Petition is to be fairly written, without
     interlineation or erasure; and no printed or litho-
     graphed Petition will be received.
252. Every Petition is required to contain a prayer.
253. Every Petition is required to be signed by at
     least one person, on the skin or sheet on which the
     Petition is written.
254. Every petition is to be written in the English
     or Maori language; and if any member requires a
     translation, it is to be done by an authorized trans-
     lator, under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
255. Every Petition is required to be signed by
     the parties whose names are appended thereto, by
     their names or marks, and by no one else, except in
     case of incapacity by sickness.
256. The signatures are required to be written
     upon the Petition itself, and not pasted upon, or
     otherwise transferred thereto.
257. Petitions of corporations aggregate are
     required to be under their common seal.
258. No letters, affidavits, or other documents,
     may be attached to any Petition.
259. No reference may be made in a Petition to
     any debate in Parliament, nor to any intended motion,
     unless notice of such motion shall have been duly
     given and printed in the Order Paper.
260. No application may be made by a Petition
     for any grant of public money or for compounding
     any debts due to the Crown, or for the remission of
     duties payable by any persons unless it be recom-
     mended by the Crown.
261. This House will not receive any Petition for
     compounding any sum of money owing to the Crown
     upon any branch of the revenue, without a certificate
     from the proper officer or officers annexed to the said
     Petition, stating the debt, what prosecutions have
     been made for the recovery of such debt, and setting
     forth how much the petitioner and his security are
     able to satisfy thereof.
262. It is highly unwarrantable and a breach of
     the privileges of this House, for any person to set
     the name of any other person to any Petition to be
     presented to this House.
263. Every Petition is to be respectful, decorous,
     and temperate in its language.
264. Petitions from persons of the Native race may
     be received without regard to the foregoing forms.

Wellington, 31st January, 1868.
NOTICE to all persons having dealings with
Natives in Native Land.—Purchasers, lessees,
and others having dealings with aboriginal natives
in respect of lands, the titles to which have passed
through the Native Land Court, are hereby warned
that all transfers of estates and interests so derived
are invalid until the duty payable under the fifty-
fifth section of "The Native Lands Act, 1865," has
been paid, and the Colonial Treasurer's receipt
endorsed upon the deed.

With as little delay as possible after execution of
the deed of assurance, it should be presented for
assessment at the Registry of Deeds for the Province
in which the lands are situate accompanied by an
affidavit of the transferee, his solicitor, or some other
person competent to speak to the facts, stating that
the full consideration money directly or indirectly
paid on the transaction is expressed in the deed.
Any deception or concealment in this respect will
subject the parties to severe penalties.

On being satisfied that the true consideration is
expressed, the Registrar will certify the amount of
duty payable on the transaction. The deed together
with the Registrar's certificate should then be pre-
sented at the Treasury, and the amount of the
assessment paid. The Treasurer will endorse his
receipt upon the deed after which it may be registered
upon payment of the usual fees.

It should be particularly borne in mind that if the
duty is not paid within six months from the date of
the execution of the deed, the party liable to pay the
same will be subject to a penalty of three times the
amount of duty payable. And that the Treasury will
not accept payment of duty, except on production of
the Registrar's certificate.

It should also be particularly observed that under
the provisions of "The Native Lands Act, 1867," in
any case where a notification has been made by the
Chief Judge of the Native Lands Court, to the
Secretary of Crown Lands, that any fees are due and
unpaid for the survey of the land comprised in a
certificate issued by that Court, the Crown Grant of
the same land cannot be registered until the said
Judge shall have notified that payment of such fees
has been made.

ALFRED DOMETT,
Registrar-General of Land.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1868.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers,
within the meaning of the said Act, are published for
general information:---

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend JEAN ANTOINE GOUTENOIRE.
JOSEPH MARIA ECUYER.
" Congregational Independents.
The Reverend RICHARD CONNEBEE.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing NAMES of OFFICIATING
MINISTERS within the meaning of "The Marriage
Act, 1854," have been sent in to me, in addition to
the names in a List published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 6, of the 30th of January, in the
present year.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
tenth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.