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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1871.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1870," it is
enacted that the Governor shall cause the
whole of the Militia, or such part thereof as he may
think proper, to be trained as a military force, and for
this purpose shall, by Proclamation in the Govern-
ment Gazette, cause notice of fourteen days to be
given of the times and places for the first muster;
and that such notice shall be published in some local
newspaper circulating in the Province in which the
district is situate, or be posted in some conspicuous
place within the district: And by the said Act it is
provided that any Militiaman called out at the time
of the passing of the said Act shall be deemed to have
been called out thereunder:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, No. 6 Company of the Militia at
Manawatu was ordered to meet at Foxton, as the
first place of muster, on the eighth day of February
next, at noon, and it is expedient to appoint some
other time and place for such meeting:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
K.G.C.M.G., Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling
me in this behalf, do hereby order that the said
No. 6 Company of the Militia at Manawatu shall
meet at Palmerston, as the first place of muster, on
Monday, the twentieth day of February instant, at
noon.

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 at
Wellington, this third day of February,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of January, 1871.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the second section of "The
Government Officers Guarantee Act, 1870,"
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council from time to time to make, alter, revoke,
and make anew Regulations for the establishment of
a system of mutual guarantee by all the servants of
the Government of New Zealand, or the servants of
the said Government with such exceptions as the
Governor in Council shall from time to time deter-
mine, and to provide for making calls from time to
time upon the said servants, with such exceptions
(if any) as aforesaid, or upon the servants in any
such class or classes, as the case may be; and for
deducting from time to time the amount of such
calls from the salary and other sums payable to such
servants, and for applying the moneys so collected in
payment of the whole or any part of the sums of
public or other money which shall from time to time
come to the possession or control of any such
servant to whom any such Regulation shall apply
by virtue or by reason of his office, service, or
employment, and which may not be duly accounted
for by him, or which may be misapplied or embezzled
by him, or lost through his want of integrity or
honesty:

And whereas by the fourth section of the said Act,
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council, by any such Regulations as aforesaid, to
provide that when any calls are made under any
such Regulations upon any such servants, or class of
servants, a call for a sum not exceeding one-fortieth
of the total amount of such other calls shall be made
upon the Consolidated Fund; and that when any
such call is so made the Colonial Treasurer shall pay
the amount of such call out of the Consolidated
Fund:

And whereas by the sixth section of the said Act,
it is enacted that in any Regulation to be made