THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 881

the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her
Majesty, from time to time to appoint and remove a
superior officer of Customs, who shall have the control
and direction of all other officers and persons employed
in or about the collection and management of the
revenue of Customs, and who shall be styled "The
Commissioner of Customs;" and also in like manner
from time to time to appoint and remove, or to
depute to the Commissioner the power to appoint
and remove, officers and persons subordinate to the
Commissioner to collect and manage the Customs
revenue, and to perform the several duties incident to
and connected with the collection and management
thereof:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor as aforesaid, in pursuance and exercise
of the said power and authority, do hereby delegate
to

The Honorable WILLIAM HUNTER REYNOLDS,
the Commissioner of Customs appointed as aforesaid,
the power to appoint and remove officers and persons
subordinate to the Commissioner to collect and
manage the Customs revenue, and to perform the
several duties incident to and connected with the
collection and management thereof, vested in me by
the said in part recited Act, to be held and exercised
by him from time to time as he shall think fit, so long
as he shall hold the said office of Commissioner of
Customs.

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 twelfth day of Novem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Note.—This Delegation is republished in order to correct an
error which occurred in that published in the New Zealand
Gazette of 21st November, 1872, page 852, in which the second
Christian name appears as Henry instead of Hunter.

Salvage by Colonial Vessels.

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

THE following Rule relating to Salvage, which has
been approved by His Excellency the Governor
in Council, is published for general information.

G. M. WATERHOUSE
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

SALVAGE.

1. All officers in command of vessels belonging to,
   or in the immediate service of, the Government of
   New Zealand, are to afford every possible aid to
   vessels in danger or distress, or in want of casual
   assistance.

2. When such services have been rendered, the
   Commanding Officer of the ship is to forward a full
   report of the circumstances of the case, with a copy
   of the ship's log, to the Colonial Secretary; and
   before any officer in the service of the Colony can
   raise a claim for salvage, he must obtain the sanction
   of the Colonial Secretary, which sanction will not be
   given unless really arduous service, or service accom-
   panied with hazard, has been rendered.

NOTE.—The foregoing article is not to interfere
with the preliminary steps which a salvor is authorized

to take under the 486th and following sections of the
Merchant Shipping Act.

Executive Council.
G. M. WATERHOUSE,
Presiding.

Approved in Council, 27th November, 1872.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Member of Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 4th December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has this day been
pleased to appoint

The Honorable WIREMU PARATA
to be a Member of the Executive Council; and His
Excellency directs it to be notified that that gentle-
man has taken the necessary oath.

By command.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Time for Reception of Australian Articles for Inter-
national Exhibition of 1873 extended to April
next.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1872.

THE following Despatch from the Right Honorable
the Secretary of State for the Colonies is pub-
lished for general information.

G. M. WATERHOUSE
(for the Colonial Secretary).

(CIRCULAR.)
Downing Street, 18th September, 1872.

SIR,—I have the honor to acquaint you that Her
Majesty's Commissioners have informed me that
the time for the reception of Australian Articles,
intended for the International Exhibition of 1873,
may be extended to April next.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Prevention of Introduction of Sheep infected with
Scab into the Colony of Victoria.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1872.

THE following Letter, with Enclosure, from the
Chief Secretary, Melbourne, is published for
general information.

G. M. WATERHOUSE
(for Hon. Colonial Secretary).

Chief Secretary's Office,
Melbourne, 29th October, 1872.

SIR,—As stringent measures are now being adopted
in this Colony for the eradication of scab in sheep, it
is considered essential to take steps also to prevent
its reintroduction from other places. The Chief
Inspector of Sheep points out in a letter of which a
copy is appended, that it would be of advantage to
have occasionally a report from New Zealand as to
the state of the flocks there as regards this disease;
and that persons who are about to ship sheep from
New Zealand to Victoria ought to furnish themselves
with certificates to prove that the stock was free
from scab on leaving New Zealand, to prevent incon-
venience to themselves afterwards. If your Govern-
ment will obligingly second our views in the way