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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE CHARLES BEST,
to be Harbour Master for the Ports of Shortland and
Hastings, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony
of New Zealand.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz.:-
In the Poverty Bay Militia.
Lieutenant William Henry Tucker to be Captain.
Date of commission, 16th August, 1869.
Alexander Butter to be Ensign. Date of commission,
16th August, 1869.
In the North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
John Cunningham to be Ensign. Date of commis-
sion, 16th June, 1869.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-
Honorary Captain N. G. Park, Christchurch High
School Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Lieutenant George Harris, Auckland Militia.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by
Sub-Inspector Sydney Herbert Davies, Armed
Constabulary.
DONALD MCLEAN.

IN accordance with the provisions contained in the
5th section of "The Customs Regulation Act
Amendment Act, 1868," I hereby direct that the
following shall be the minimum quantities of goods
which may be delivered from the Warehouse for home
consumption, or for exportation, or removal coastwise
under bond, except in the case of balances of parcels
of goods originally warehoused, viz. :-
Spirits in bottle
8 gallons.
وو
in wood
1 cask not less than 14
gallons.
Tobacco
60 lbs.
Wine in bottle
20 gallons.
وو
in wood
1 qr.-cask or 2 octaves.
Beer in bottle
40 gallons.
وو
in wood
2 hhds., or equivalent
bulk.
Tea
120 lbs.
Coffee, cocoa, &c.
300 lbs.
ground
200 lbs.
Sugar and molasses... 1,120 lbs.
Malt
150 bushels.
Opium
45 lbs.
Vegetable oil in bulk 100 galls.
Spirits of Tar
100 galls.
Turpentine
100 galls.
Varnish
100 galls.
Vinegar
100 galls.

Goods by Measurement.
Duty at 5s. per cubic foot ... 15 feet for home con-
sumption, or one
original package as
imported and ware-
housed if for ex-
portation or remo-
val coastwise under
bond.
وو
3s.
"
25 feet.

Duty at 2s. 6d. per cubic foot 30 feet.
وو
2s.
35
وو
1s. 6d.
50
وو
1s.
80
وو
6d.
150
وو
3d.
300
وو
Goods by Weight.
Duty at 3s. per cwt.
25 cwt.
وو
2s. 6d.
30
وو
2s.
35
وو
1s.
80
وو
3d. per lb.
300
وو
1d.
600
وو
d.
1,200
وو
JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Customs.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1869.
CUSTOMS. Whereas a certain building situate
at Beaver, Wairau, and known as
"Sinclair's Bond,"
was some time since appointed as a Warehouse for
the reception and security of goods entered to be
warehoused without payment of duty upon the first
entry thereof: Now, in exercise of the authority in
me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of
Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke
and annul, as from the day of the date hereof, the
appointment of the said building as such Warehouse
as aforesaid.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Customs.

Commissioner's Order, No. 32.]

CUSTOMS. In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned
Warehouses, viz. :-
PORT OF AUCKLAND.
A brick building, situate on allotment No. 7 of
section No. 17, in the Town of Auckland, formerly
known as "Gilfillan's Bond," but now in the occupa-
tion of
Mr. SAMUEL HAGUE SMITH,
to be a Warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

PORT OF KAIKOURA.
A weather-boarded detached building, situate upon
section 224 in the Town of Kaikoura, and fronting
Fyffe's Quay, in the occupation of
Mr. JAMES DAVIDSON,
to be a Warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

PORT OF NELSON.
That portion of the premises described below in
the occupation of Mr. THOMAS HENRY SCOTT, viz. :-
The upper floor and part of the ground floor of the
Government Iron Store, situate on the north side of
the Haven Road, at the Port of Nelson, to be a
Warehouse for the reception of goods under bond.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Customs.

Commissioner's Order, No. 33.]

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1869.
I, JOHN ELISHA SMITH, Registrar of Joint
Stock Companies for the Province of Wellington,
do hereby notify that there has this day been regis-
tered in this office a Memorandum of Association,