THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 561

are the property of this deponent,
purchased by or for use, and that
paid or now stand indebted for and
really and truly liable to pay the full amount or value
thereof
Here state cause for
rendering the Stamps
useless.

And this Deponent further saith, that he hath not
in any way been reimbursed or paid the
value of the said stamps, or any part thereof, by any
other person or persons, and that if the value shall
be allowed by the Commissioner of Stamp Duties, he
will not ask or receive any compensation for the same
or any part thereof, from any other person or persons,
or charge the same or any part thereof, in account or
otherwise, to any other person or persons, either
generally or particularly so as to be again paid or
compensated for the same or any part thereof, directly
or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever.

Sworn at this day
of 187 before }

SECOND SCHEDULE.

In lieu of the forms of affidavit F and FA referred
to in the said Regulation of the 26th day of October,
1870, as aforesaid, the form F in the appendix hereto
and annexed to the said First Schedule shall hereafter
be used.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN exercise of the power in me vested by "The
Customs Regulation Act, 1858," I, Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby annul the order dated the 8th
day of March, 1865, in which the limits of the legal
Landing-place for the Port of Greymouth were set
out and appointed, and in lieu thereof do declare
and appoint that, from the day of the date hereof,
Mawhera Quay, commencing one hundred yards
eastward from the Custom House to the junction of
Mawhera Quay with Richmond Quay, shall be the
legal Landing-place for the lading and unlading of
Goods at the Port of Greymouth under "The
Customs Regulation Act, 1858."

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, at the Government
House at Wellington, this thirteenth day
of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

Governor's Order, No. 98.] HENRY SEWELL,
Commissioner of Customs.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERICK JOHN KIMBELL, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of
Mount Cook, for the election of Members of the
Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury,
vice Thomas Arthur Clowes, Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1871.
THE following Extract from the London Gazette of
28th July, 1871, is published for general in-
formation.
W. GISBORNE.

"THE Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
JOHN REES GEORGE, as Consul in New Zealand for
His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th October, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES HOLMES BORLASE, Esq.,
of Wanganui, to be a Crown Solicitor for the
Wellington Judicial District.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz. :-

In the Onehunga Rifle Volunteers.
James Reid Hendry to be Ensign. Date of commis-
sion, 6th May, 1871.

In the Featherston Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Joseph Tidswell to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 16th September, 1871.
William Cundy to be Ensign. Date of commission,
16th September, 1871.

In the No. 2 Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
James Gulliver to be Ensign. Date of commission,
20th September, 1871.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission
held by
Honorary Lieutenant W. Corry, Canterbury High
School Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Native Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
SAMUEL J. EDMONDS,
of Auckland, to act as Interpreter under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867;" his certificate to bear date from the 1st
day of August, 1870. DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE RESIDENT ENGINEER FOR THE TIMARU AND
TEMUKA RAILWAY
to frank and receive free from prepayment of
postage, Letters or Packets posted on the Public
Service.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.