✨ Postal, Land, and Customs Notices
Llangranog ... Llandyssil Cardigan.
Llanrhystid ... Aberystwith Cardigan.
London Road, R.O.. ... Croydon Surrey.
Lr. Addiscombe Rd., R.O. Croydon Surrey.
Mill Street, R.O. ... Liverpool Lancaster.
Netherton ... Huddersfield York.
Osbournby ... Folkingham Lincoln.
Pailton ... Rugby Warwick.
Penrhyn Deudraeth ... Carnarvon Merioneth.
Plaxtol ... Sevenoaks... Kent.
St. Stephens, R.O. ... Tunbridge Kent.
Stepney, R.O. ... Hull York.
Stickney. ... Boston Lincoln.
Sutton-on-Trent ... Newark Nottingham.
The Lizard ... Helston, R.S.O. Cornwall.
The Hard, B.Ο.... ... Portsmouth Hants.
Trefriw ... Conway Carnarvon.
Warborough ... Wallingford Oxford.
West Felton ... Shrewsbury Salop.
Wormley ... Hoddesdon Essex.
4. The Office at Portsea will be abolished.
5. The Offices at Bellingham, Falstone, Plashetts,
and Wark, in the County of Northumberland, will
be made Railway Sub Offices.
6. The Money Order Sub Office now known as
Portland will henceforth be called Fortuneswell
(Portland).
7. The Money Order Office at St. Peters, now
subordinate to and served from Margate, will, on the
4th of February and thenceforward, become subordi-
nate to and be served from Ramsgate.
SCOTLAND.
8. A Money Order Office will be opened at—
Head Office. County.
Bowmore ... Greenock Argyle.
IRELAND.
9. Money Order Offices will be opened at—
Head Office. County.
Ballylongford ... Limerick Kerry.
Broadford ... Limerick Clare.
Crosshaven ... Cork Cork.
Glasslough ... Armagh Monaghan.
General Post Office, 29th January, 1872.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1872.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that information has
been received to the effect that the Post
Office at
GEORGETOWN,
in the Colony of Queensland, has been constituted a
Money Order Office.
By order.
W. GRAY
(for the Secretary).
Native Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
EDGAR C. JONES,
of Coromandel, to survey lands, under "The Native
Native Lands Act, 1865."
WILLIAM Fox.
Native Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize HENRY DUNBAR JOHNSON,
of Auckland, to act as Interpreter, under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867."
WILLIAM Fox.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 237
Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1872.
THE following Proclamations and Regulations
under "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855,"
issued by the Government of Hong Kong, are pub-
lished for general information. W. GISBORNE.
PROCLAMATION.
(Signed) JOHN BOWRING.
By His Excellency Sir John Bowring, Knight,
LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
the Colony of Hong Kong and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her
Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superin-
tendent of the Trade of British Subjects in
China.
WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain and Ireland, passed in this the
eighteenth and nineteenth years of Her Majesty's
reign, entitled "An Act for the Regulation of
Chinese Passenger Ships," under the third clause
thereof, it is enacted that "it shall be lawful for the
Governor of Hong Kong to declare by Proclamation
for the purposes of this Act, what shall be deemed to
be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese pas-
senger ships :"
Now therefore, I, Sir John Bowring, Governor as
aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that
purpose, do declare that the following shall be the
rule of computation by which the length of the
voyage of any ship carrying Chinese passengers from
Hong Kong to the several places hereinafter men-
tioned shall be computed for the purposes of the Act
above referred to; that is to say:—
Passage from Hong Kong to the under-
mentioned Places, for Ships propelled
by Sails.
| In the months | ||
|---|---|---|
| October to March | April to September | |
| both inclusive. | ||
| Days. | Days. | |
| California or West Coast of America north of the Equator | 100 | 75 |
| West Coast of America south of the Equator | 120 | 120 |
| Sandwich Islands | 75 | 56 |
| New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji Islands, Tahiti, Society, or Friendly Islands | 100 | 100 |
| Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia | 60 | 80 |
| Western Australia | 45 | 60 |
| Van Diemen's Land | 65 | 80 |
| New Zealand | 75 | 90 |
| Manilla | 20 | 20 |
| Singapore | 20 | 45 |
| Batavia | 30 | 60 |
| Ceylon | 45 | 70 |
| Madras or Calcutta | 50 | 75 |
| Bombay | 60 | 80 |
| Mauritius or Bourbon | 60 | 80 |
| Cape of Good Hope | 65 | 85 |
| West Indies or East Coast of America | 147 | 168 |
| Great Britain or Europe | 162 | 184 |
| Siam ... | 20 | 45 |
Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony,
at the Government Offices, Victoria,
Hong Kong, this twenty-sixth day of
January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and
in the nineteenth year of Her Majesty's
reign.
By His Excellency's Command.
W. J. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
(True copy.)
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
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Changes to Money Order Offices in Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland
(continued from previous page)
🚂 Transport & Communications29 January 1872
Money Order Office, Post Office changes, UK, Scotland, Ireland, Office Abolition
🚂 Notification of Georgetown (Queensland) becoming a Money Order Office
🚂 Transport & Communications15 April 1872
Money Order Office, Addition, Georgetown, Queensland, International Postal
- W. Gray (for the Secretary)
🪶 License granted to Edgar C. Jones to survey lands under Native Lands Act
🪶 Māori Affairs10 April 1872
Land Survey License, Native Lands Act, Coromandel
- EDGAR C. Jones, Licensed to survey lands
- WILLIAM Fox
🪶 Authorization for Henry Dunbar Johnson to act as Interpreter under Native Lands Acts
🪶 Māori Affairs10 April 1872
Interpreter Authorization, Native Lands Act, Auckland
- HENRY DUNBAR Johnson, Authorized to act as Interpreter
- WILLIAM Fox
🏭 Publication of Hong Kong Proclamations regarding Chinese Passenger Ship voyage durations
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry10 April 1872
Chinese Passengers Act, Proclamation, Hong Kong, Voyage Duration, Shipping Regulations
- W. GISBORNE
- JOHN BOWRING
- W. J. MERCER, Colonial Secretary
- J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary
NZ Gazette 1872, No 18