Numb. 21. 249

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1872.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by the sixteenth section of "The
New Zealand University Act, 1870," it is
enacted that the Council of the said University shall,
during the month of April in every year, report the
proceedings of the University during the previous
year to the Governor, and such Report shall contain
a full account of the income and expenditure of the
said University, audited in such manner as the
Governor may direct, and a copy of every such Report,
and of all Statutes and Regulations of the University,
shall be laid in each year before the General
Assembly:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
G.C.M.G., the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of
the power and authority conferred on me by the said
Act, direct that the said account of the said University
shall be annually audited by the Auditor-General in
the manner following, that is to say:-The said
Council shall at some time in the month of April
forward to the said Auditor a copy of the said ac-
count for the year ending the thirty-first day of March
then preceding, and the Treasurer or other proper
officer of the said University shall at such time
within the month of April, and at such place as
shall be appointed by the said Auditor, attend before
the said Auditor, and the said Auditor shall, in the
presence of the said Treasurer or other proper
officer aforesaid, if he desire to be present, proceed to
audit the said account of the year ending on the
thirty-first day of March then preceding, and the
Council of the said University shall, by such Treasurer
or other officer aforesaid, produce and lay before the
Auditor the said account, accompanied with proper
vouchers in support of the same, and all books,
papers, and writings in the custody or power of the
said Council relating thereto, and if the said account
be found correct the Auditor shall sign the same in
token of the allowance thereof; but if the Auditor
think there is just cause to disapprove of the said
account, or any part of the said account, he may

signify his disapproval thereof on the said account or
otherwise in such manner as he may find most
convenient.

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 twenty-third day of
April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

IN compliance with the provisions of the thirteenth
section of "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1870," I hereby notify that M. LIGHTBAND, Esq.,
resigned his seat in the House of Representatives
for the Electoral District of Nelson on the 16th day
of April, 1872, and that the said seat is vacant by
reason of such resignation.

Dated at Otago, the 26th day of April, 1872.

F. DILLON BELL,
Speaker.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE THOMSON, Esq.,

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Okarito, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
30th day of September, 1867, and published in New
Zealand Gazette, No. 49, of 3rd day of October, 1867.

W. GISBORNE.