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already been paid for, must distinctly state this at the
time of its presentation. If in consequence of the
omission to do so the message is paid for in the
ordinary course, the money so paid cannot be
returned.
16. Should the sender of a telegram desire to have
the telegram repeated to ensure accuracy, such repe-
tition will be made at a charge of half the rate of
the original telegram.
17. On special occasions, when Telegraph Stations
are kept open beyond the usual hours of business, a
double charge will be made on all telegrams presented
for transmission.
18. All telegrams will be held strictly confidential,
and any violation of this regulation by officers or
servants of the Department is punishable by "The
Electric Telegraph Act, 1865."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of September, 1869.
Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1867," it is
enacted that the Governor shall, from time to
time, as occasion may require, make and issue
Quarantine Regulations to be in force within any
part or parts of the Colony, and that the Governor
in Council may, from time to time, make, publish,
alter, modify, annul, or repeal such bye-laws or
regulations as to him shall seem meet for carrying
into effect and enforcing the general powers and
duties by the said Act vested in and imposed on the
said Governor:

And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the
twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, certain Quarantine Regulations for
the several Ports and Harbours of the Colony of
New Zealand were made and promulgated:

And whereas it is desirable to modify the said
Regulations, and to make the additional Regulations
herein contained:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, and in pursuance of the above-recited
power and authority, doth hereby make the following
additional Quarantine Regulations, to be in force
within all the Ports of New Zealand, and doth order
that the same shall come into operation and take effect
in each Province on and from the date of publication
thereof in the Gazette of such Province, and in the
County of Westland on and from the day of publica-
tion thereof in the County of Westland Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In the event of there being any sickness on
   board of any vessel arriving from any Port in the
   Australian Colonies or New Zealand, or in the event
   of there having been any sickness on board any vessel
   so arriving during her voyage from any such Austra-
   lian or New Zealand Port, the Master of such vessel
   shall hoist the Health Officer's flag mentioned in the
   Quarantine Regulations already in force, and other-
   wise act in the same manner as if such vessel were
   arriving from a Port not in the Australian Colonies.

2. No vessel which is bound by the foregoing
   regulation, or by the Quarantine Regulations already
   in force, to hoist the Health Officer's flag, is to bring
   up in the usual anchorage, even in the event of there
   being delay in communicating with her, from any
   cause whatsoever; and every vessel so bound to
   hoist the Health Officer's flag as aforesaid, which may
   enter any New Zealand Port by night, shall be
   brought up clear of the shipping, and the Master
   of such vessel shall hoist a bright light at the main,
   in addition to the usual anchor light, as if such
   vessel were actually in quarantine, until she has
   been communicated with as provided by the Quaran-
   tine Regulations; and the Master shall be in all
   cases responsible for any breach of this regulation
   by or on board such vessel, whether done or caused
   by his directions or neglect or not.

3. Until such vessel has been communicated with
   by the Health Officer, or officer acting for him, the
   Master shall not allow any person to go on board; but
   in the event of any person going on board, the Master
   shall keep him or her on board until the Health
   Officer has declared the vessel clean.

4. No Master or Surgeon of any vessel shall on
   any pretext give false or evasive answers to any
   questions put to him relative to the health of the
   ship by the Health Officer, or by the Harbour
   Master, Pilot, or other officer of the Port who shall
   first communicate with such vessel; nor shall any
   Master or Surgeon fill up the report prescribed by
   the Quarantine Regulations already in force untruly
   or incorrectly, or in such a manner as to be calculated
   to lead the Health Officer, or other officer of the
   Port acting as Health Officer, to under-estimate the
   seriousness of any sickness which may be, or may
   have been, on board such vessel.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

NOTE.—Any person offending against any of the above
Regulations is subject, by "The Marine Act, 1867," to a penalty
not exceeding fifty pounds.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen, by Instruc-
tions under Her Sign Manual, bearing date
the fourteenth day of November, 1867, did direct and
enjoin me, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G.,
the Governor of New Zealand, that I should attend
and preside at the meetings of Her Majesty's Execu-
tive Council in New Zealand, unless when prevented
by some necessary or reasonable cause, and that in
my absence such Member as might be appointed by
me in that behalf should preside at all such meetings
of the said Council:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
G.C.M.G., the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling
me in this behalf, do hereby appoint

The Honorable WILLIAM FOX,
one of Her Majesty's Executive Council in New
Zealand, to preside at all meetings of the said Council
in my absence.

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, and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
Wellington, this eighteenth day of Sep-
tember, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

Approved in Council, 18th September, 1869.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.