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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1869.
IT is hereby notified, that
JOHN DAVIES ORMOND, Esq., M.G.A.,
has been appointed Agent for the General Govern-
ment in the Province of Hawke's Bay and adjoining
Districts.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1869.
IT is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has instructed
His Excellency the Governor to recognize the
appointment of
REGINALD COBB, Esq.,
as Italian Consular Agent at Christchurch.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEO. C. CHAPMAN, Esquire,
to be Deputy to the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Gabriels, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
the 12th of November, 1867, and published in New
Zealand Gazette No. 61, of 14th November, 1867.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1869.
IT is hereby notified, that the Secretary to the
Central Board of Civil Service Examiners has
reported that the under-mentioned Candidates have
passed their Examinations under the Civil Service
Regulations :—
PETER WEBB,
CHARLES GORDON RALPH GORE.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 17th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN CHARLES IRVINE
to be Clerk to Bench for the Papakura District,
under "The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867," vice
F. W. Ruck resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 12th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
J. FREDERICK MAUNSELL, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Treasury,
Wellington, 15th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HARRY WILLIAM BARBOR, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Land Revenue for the County
of Westland, vice George Winter.
W. GISBORNE
(for Colonial Treasurer).

Native Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENARE POTAE
to be an Assessor for the purposes of "The Resident
Magistrate's Act, 1867," "The Native Circuit
Courts Act, 1858," and "The Native Circuit Courts
Act Amendment Act, 1862," within the District
of Waiapu.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
LAUGHLIN O'BRIEN, Esq.,
to act as a Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties
in the absence on leave of Jas. H. Crawford, Esq.
W. GISBORNE.

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
FREDERICK NELSON GEORGE, Esq.,
to be a Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties.
W. GISBORNE.

STAMP DUTIES.—Some misapprehension appear-
ing to exist as to the use of Impressed and
Adhesive Stamps, and as to the Instruments to which
adhesive stamps may be affixed, the Public is in-
formed that

All Instruments liable to Stamp Duty should be
written on parchment or paper previously stamped
by the Commissioners with an Impressed Stamp.
The Instruments under mentioned, and no others,
may however be stamped with adhesive stamps
by the persons making or signing such Instru-
ments; provided the stamps are affixed at the
time of making or signing the Instrument :—
Agreements under hand only.
Agreements comprised in letters.
Bills of Exchange drawn within the Colony.
Bills of Lading.
Cheques on Banks or Bankers.
Drafts or Orders for the payment of money.
Policies of Insurance.
Promissory Notes.
Receipts for Money paid.
None of the Instruments above specified can, after
they are made or signed, be stamped by the persons
making or signing them.

All Instruments requiring to be stamped after
execution, must be stamped by the Commissioners;
but the Commissioners are prohibited from so
stamping any Bill of Exchange, Promissory Note, or
other Note, Draft, or Order for the payment of
money.

Bills of Exchange drawn out of but payable within
the Colony, must be stamped by the holder with an
adhesive stamp or stamps; but such stamps must be
affixed before presentation of such Bill for acceptance,
and before indorsement, transfer, negotiation, or
payment.

Impressed Stamps are obtainable at all Stamp
Offices, and of all Postmasters acting as Official
Distributors of Stamps.
C. T. BATKIN,
Secretary.
Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 9th September, 1869.