THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this eleventh day of February, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy.
W. GISBORNE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, the
twenty-fourth day of January, 1870.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
W
HEREAS by "The Government Annuities Act,
1869," power is given to the Governor in
Council, from time to time as he shall think fit, to
direct such Tables as shall from time to time be
authorized and approved of by him to be used and
adopted for determining the values of all Annuities
of whatsoever kind which may be granted according
to the provisions of the said Act, as well as Tables
for payment of Sums of Money at Death and other-
wise; and also from time to time to make regulations
for any purpose for which it may be necessary or
expedient to make any rules or regulations for
carrying the said Act into effect:
Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the said recited power and
authority, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Colony, doth hereby
approve of the Tables, and make and ordain the
Regulations contained in the Schedule following.
HENRY D. PITT, Captain, R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).
SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS RESPECTING GOVERNMENT INSUR-
ANCES AND ANNUITIES.
THE following Regulations are made under the
authority of "The Government Annuities Act,
1869";-
Proposals to be made at Money Order Offices.

1. Every Post Office, being a Money Order Office,
   at which the Government Annuities Commissioner
   shall permit proposals for the Insurance of Lives or
   the purchase of Government Annuities to be received,
   shall be opened for such purpose, and for the receipt
   of the premiums becoming due to the said Commis-
   sioner from time to time under contracts for the
   Insurance of Lives or the purchase of Government
   Annuities, and for the payment of any sums which
   shall become payable by the said Commissioner under
   the said contracts, during the hours appointed for
   the transaction of Money Order business at the said
   Post Office.
   Any office, not being a Money Order Office, at
   which the said Commissioner shall permit such pro-
   posals or premiums to be received or such payments
   to be made, shall be opened for such purposes during
   such hours and on such days as the said Commissioner
   shall determine.
   INSURANCE OF LIVES.
2. At the offices appointed for such purposes by
   the Government Annuities Commissioner, proposals
   shall be received for the Insurance of Lives-
   (1.) By payment of a single Premium;
   (2.) By payment of a Premium annually, or once
   in every six months, or once in every three
   months (that is, on the 31st March, 30th
   June, 30th September, and 31st December in
   each year), throughout the life of the person
   insured;
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   (3.) By payment of a Premium annually (that
   is, on the 31st December in each year), until
   the person insured shall have attained the age
   of sixty years;
   (4.) By payment of a Premium once in six
   months, or once in three months, until the
   insured person shall have attained the age of
   sixty years;
   but no such proposal shall be received from or on
   behalf of any person under the age of sixteen years,
   or over the age of sixty years.
   Form of Proposal.
3. Every person who shall desire to insure his life
   for the first time under the provisions of the above
   cited Act shall make his proposal for such insurance
   on the following form, to be obtained at any Money
   Order Office, and shall deposit the proposal at one
   of the offices appointed by the Government Annui-
   ties Commissioner for the receipt thereof.
   FORM of STATEMENT to be made and QUESTIONS to
   be answered by persons proposing to insure their
   Lives for the first time under the provisions of "The
   Government Annuities Act, 1869."
   Instructions to Proposer.
   Your full Christian Name or
   Names and your Surname
   should be written on the line
   marked (a)
   Your trade or occupation should
   be stated on the line marked
   (b)
   Your address should be fully
   stated on the lines marked
   (c)
   The place at which you were
   born should be stated on the
   line marked (d)
   The day of your birth and the
   month and year in which you
   were born should be stated
   on the line marked (e)
   The amount for which you wish
   to insure your life should be
   stated on line marked (f)
   If you wish to insure your life
   by a single payment, write the
   words "in one sum" on the
   line (g). If you wish to pay
   your premium annually, write
   the word "annually" on the
   line (g). And if you wish to
   pay your premium in smaller
   sums, and more frequently,
   write the words "half-yearly,"
   or the word "quarterly,"
   according to the mode of pay-
   ment which your prefer, on
   the line (g). And if you
   wish the payment of your
   premiums to cease when you
   shall have attained the age of
   sixty, write the words "to
   cease at sixty years" on the
   line (h)
   State the names and addresses
   of two persons who know
   you well, to whom the Com-
   missioner or his officer may
   apply for information con-
   cerning you
   }
   Statement to be made by
   Proposer.
   I,
   (a)
   (b)
   residing at
   (c)
   declare that I was born at
   (d)
   on the
   (e)
   day of
   in the
   year, so that I shall
   be years of age on
   my next birthday, and
   that I am desirous of
   insuring my life for
   (f) £
   and of paying the premium
   charged for the said in-
   surance
   (g)
   (h)