New Zealand Gazette – 1869 – No. 61

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✨ Proclamations on Shipping/Badges



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and the under-mentioned places respectively shall be
determined by the following scale, that is to say :-

From any New Zealand Port. If the Ship be propelled by sails alone, or by steam power not sufficient without the aid of sails to propel the ship after the rate of 5 statute miles an hour. If the Ship be propelled either wholly or in aid of sails by steam engines of not less power than sufficient without the aid of sails to propel the ship after the rate of 5 statute miles an hour.
Days. Days.
To Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, the Kermadox Group, and all Islands situated between the Parallels of 28° S. and 33° S. Latitude and the Meridians of 158° E. and 175° W. Longitude 18 8
To China, Japan, Formosa, north of 15° N. Latitude, Bay of Bengal, Ceylon, Bombay, Mauritius, Madagascar, East Coast of Africa, and all Islands and Ports in the Indian Ocean westward of 100° of E. Longitude 100 60
To New Caledonia, Loyalty, Fiji, Navigator, New Hebrides, Friendly, part of Solomon Islands, and all other Islands situated between the Parallels of 7° and 28° of South Latitude, and the Meridians of 155° E. and 165° W. 40 22
To Ports and Islands on the West Coast of America north of the Equator 100 60
To Hobart Town, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and all other Ports and Islands in Tasmania, and on the East Coasts of Australia and New Guinea, between the Parallels of 7° and 44° of South Latitude, and to the Eastward of 144° of East Longitude 40 22
To all Ports and Islands in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Equator 120 70
To Phenix, Gilbert, Marshall, Caroline, and part of Solomon and Ellice Islands, also part Coast of New Guinea and all other Ports and Islands situated between the Parallels of 7° S. and 15° N. Latitude, and the Meridians of 144° E. and 170° W. Longitude 45 25
To Great Britain, and all Ports and Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea north of the Equator 150 90
To the Marquesas, Paumota or Low Archipelago, Society, Austral, and Cook Islands, and all other Islands between the Parallels of 7° and 30° South Latitude, and the Meridians of 125° W. to 165° W. Longitude 45 25
To Portland Bay, Adelaide, Port Lincoln and all Ports and Islands in Victoria and South Australian Coast Southward of 32° of South Latitude, and between the Meridian of 135° and 144° of East Longitude 45 25
To the Mariana or Ladrone Group, and all other Islands situated between the Parallels of 15° and 30° North Latitude, and the Meridians of 140° E. and 170° W. Longitude 60 35
To Sandwich, Palmyra, Maldon, and all other Islands between the Parallels of 7° S. and 30° N. Latitude and the Meridian of 150° and 170° of West Longitude 60 35
To King George Sound, or any Port or Island within the Australian Bight, situated between the Meridians 135° and 118° of East Longitude 60 35
To Swan River, and other Ports and Islands on the Coast of Western Australia, between Cape Howe, in Latitude 35° S. and Longitude 118° E., and Point Larrey, in Latitude 20° S. and Longitude 119° E. 90 50
To the North Coast of Australia, from Cape Melville, in Latitude 16° S. and Longitude 144° E., to Point Larrey, in Latitude 20° S. and Longitude 119° E., Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Molucca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Mindanao, Gulf of Siam, and all other Ports and Islands situated between the Parallels of 20° S. and 15° North Latitude and the Meridians of 100° E. to 144° E. Longtitude 90 50
To the West Coast of America south of the Equator 90 50

And I do further proclaim and declare, that the
scale of diet for the use of the passengers during the
said several voyages shall be in accordance with the
thirty-fifth section of "The Passengers Act, 1855."

And I do lastly proclaim and declare, that the
medicines, medical comforts, medical instruments,
and other matters deemed necessary for the medical
treatment of the passengers during the said several
voyages, shall be such as are prescribed by the forty-
third and forty-fourth sections of the said Act.

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, this
sixth day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine.

WILLIAM Fox,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation bearing date the
tenth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven, the letters N.Z. were tem-
porarily appointed as the badge of New Zealand:
And whereas it is expedient to adopt a permanent
device:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint that the seal or badge in future to be
worn, in accordance with the Queen's Regulations, as
the distinctive badge of the Colony, by all vessels
belonging to or permanently employed in the service
of the Colonial Government of New Zealand, shall be
the Southern Cross, as represented in the Blue Ensign
by four five-pointed red stars in the fly, with white
borders to correspond to the colouring of the Jack; in
the Jack by four five-pointed white stars on the red
ground of the St. George's Cross; and in the



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🏛️ Proclamation setting scales for passenger voyages and provisions (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
6 October 1869
Passenger Act 1855, Voyage scales, Shipping regulations, Diet, Medical provisions, International destinations
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • William Fox, Presiding
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor

🏛️ Adoption of the Southern Cross as the distinctive badge for Colonial Government vessels

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Badge, Seal, Southern Cross, Colonial Government vessels, Queen's Regulations
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand