THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 401

the said Court of Appeal was reserved or given by his, her, or their appeal to Her Majesty, her heirs and
the said Ordinances or either of them, and doubts may successors, in her or their Privy Council, in such manner
possibly arise whether it is competent for a party to and under such rules as are or may be observed in
any proceedings before the said Supreme or Appellate appeals made to Her Majesty from Her Majesty's Colo-
Courts to appeal from a decision of the same Courts nies and Plantations abroad. And it is further ordered
or either of them to Her Majesty in Council: And that in all cases where leave to appeal to Her
whereas no Rules have been made by Her Majesty Majesty in Council shall be granted, the said Court
since the passing of the said Ordinances for admitting of Appeal shall certify and transmit to Her Majesty,
Appeals from the said Appellate Court: And her heirs and successors, in her or their Privy Coun-
whereas it is desirable that provision should be made cil, a true and exact copy of all evidence, proceedings,
for regulating and defining the right of parties to judgments, decrees, and orders, had or made in such
appeal from the decisions of the said Appellate Court cases appealed, so far as the same have relation to
to Her Majesty in Council:
the matters of appeal, such copies to be certified
under the Seal of the Court from which such appeal
It is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent shall proceed; and that the said Court shall also certify
Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Coun- and transmit to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors,
cil, that any person or persons may appeal to Her in her or their Privy Council, a copy of the reasons
Majesty, her heirs and successors, in her or their given by the Judges of such Court, or by any of such
Privy Council, from any judgment, decree, order, or Judges, for or against the judgment or determination
sentence of the said Appellate Court of New Zea- appealed against, where such reasons shall have been
land pronounced, made, or given in any civil suit given in writing; and where such reasons shall have
or proceeding, in such manner, within such time, and been given orally, then a statement in writing of the
under and subject to such rules, regulations, and reasons given by the Judges of such Court, or by any
limitations as are hereinafter mentioned; that is to of such Judges, for or against the judgment or deter-
say, in case the said Court of Appeal shall affirm, mination appealed against.
reverse, alter, or vary any judgment, decree, order,
or sentence of the said Supreme Court to be given or
pronounced for or in respect of any sum or matter at
issue of the amount or value of five hundred pounds
sterling or upwards, or involving directly or indirectly
any claim, demand, or question to or respecting pro-
perty or any civil right of the said amount or value,
the person or persons feeling aggrieved by any such
judgment, decree, order, or sentence of the said Court
of Appeal may, within fourteen clear days next after
the same shall have been pronounced, made, or given,
apply to the said Court of Appeal, by motion or
petition, for leave to appeal therefrom to Her Majesty
in Council, her heirs and successors; and in case such
leave to appeal shall be prayed by the party or
parties who is or are directed to pay any such sum
of money or perform any act or duty, the said Court
of Appeal shall and is hereby empowered either to
direct that the judgment, decree, order, or sentence
appealed from shall be carried into execution, or that
the execution thereof shall be suspended pending the
said appeal, as to the said Court may appear to be
most consistent with real and substantial justice;
and in case the said Court of Appeal shall direct such
judgment, decree, order, or sentence to be carried
into execution, the person or persons in whose favour
the same shall be given shall, before the execution
thereof, enter into good and sufficient security, to be
approved of by the said Court of Appeal, for the due
performance of such judgment or order as Her
Majesty in Council, her heirs and successors, shall
think fit to make thereupon; and in case the Court
of Appeal shall direct the execution of any such
judgment, decree, order or sentence to be stayed,
the party against whom the same shall have been
given shall in like manner enter into sufficient
security, to be approved as last aforesaid, for the due
performance of such judgment or order as Her
Majesty in Council shall make thereupon; and in all
cases of appeal to Her Majesty in Council, the party
or parties appellant shall give sufficient security, to
be approved as last aforesaid, for the effectual prose-
cution of the appeal, and for the payment of all such
costs as may be awarded by Her Majesty, her heirs
and successors, or by the Judicial Committee of Her
Majesty's Privy Council, to the party or parties
respondent; and if such security shall be entered into
and given within three clear calendar months from the
date of such motion or petition for leave to appeal,
then, and not otherwise, the said Court of Appeal
shall allow the appeal, and the party or parties
appellant shall be at liberty to prefer and prosecute

And it is further directed and ordained, that the
said Appellate Court shall in all cases of appeal to
Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, conform to and
execute, or cause to be executed, such judgments and
orders as Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, shall
think fit to make in the premises, in such manner as
any original judgment, decree, or decretal order, or
other order or rule of the said Court, should or might
have been executed.

Provided always, and it is hereby ordered, that
nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed
to extend to take away or abridge the undoubted
right and authority of Her Majesty, her heirs and
successors, upon the humble petition of any person
or persons aggrieved by any judgment, decree, order,
or sentence of the said Courts or either of them, to
admit his, her, or their appeal to Her Majesty in
Council from any such judgment, decree, order, or
sentence, either of the said Supreme Court or of the
said Court of Appeal, upon such terms and upon
such securities, limitations, restrictions, and regula-
tions as Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, shall
think fit, and to affirm, reverse, correct, or vary such
judgment or determination as to Her Majesty, her
heirs and successors, shall seem meet.

And the Right Honorable the Earl of Kimberley,
one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, that the Secretary to the Civil
Service Examination Board has reported that
the under-mentioned Candidates for appointment as
Writers have passed their examination under the
Regulations published in New Zealand Gazette
No. 14, of the 25th February, 1871, namely:-

CLARK, WILLIAM.
GIESEN, EDWARD.
GRAHAM, THOMAS GORE.
MOULD, WILLIAM.
WIGGINS, ALFRED G.
WILLIAMS, FREDERICK KENNEDY.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1871.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations