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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2. The Act 7 and 8 Vict. (1844), c. 66, sec. 6, pro-
   vided that upon obtaining the certificate, and taking
   the oath therein mentioned, every alien then residing
   in, or who should thereafter come to reside in, any
   part of Great Britain or Ireland, should enjoy all
   the rights of a British subject. The Act 10 and 11
   Vict. c. 83, sec. 3, expressly enacted that the above
   Act of 1844 should not extend to the colonies. The
   Act 33 Vict. (1870), c. 14, sec. 7, enacted that an
   alien to whom a Certificate of Naturalization should
   be granted, should, in the United Kingdom, be
   entitled to all political and other rights, &c., of a
   British subject.

3. Her Majesty's Government are advised that the
   operation of the above enactments is clearly confined
   to the United Kingdom, and that a Certificate of
   Naturalization, granted under either of the Acts of
   1844 or 1870, confers upon an alien no rights or
   privileges in a British colony.

4. As this subject is one of general interest, and
   with a view to remove any doubts which may exist
   in the colony under your Government upon the
   point, I have thought it desirable that the state of
   the law should be made known in a Circular Des-
   patch to all the colonies.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

[New Zealand, No. 50.]
Downing Street, 2nd October, 1874.
SIR, With reference to your despatch No. 46, of
the 24th of July, I have to inform you that Her
Majesty's Government have no objection to the
appointment of M. Courtin as Acting Consul-General
for France at Sydney, during the absence of the
Consul-General.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

Governor the Right Honorable
Sir James Fergusson, Bart., &c., &c.

Commission appointing the Marquis of Normanby
Administrator of the Government.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1874.
T THE following Commission is published by Com-
mand of His Excellency.
DANIEL POLLEN.

VICTORIA Reg.
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen,
Defender of the Faith, to Our Right Trusty and
Entirely Beloved Cousin and Councillor GEORGE
AUGUSTUS CONSTANTINE, Marquis of Normanby,
Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Greeting.

WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign
Manual and Signet, appoint you the said George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
until Our further pleasure shall be signified, to ad-
minister the Government of Our Colony of New
Zealand in case of the death, incapacity, or absence
from Our said Colony of Our Right Trusty and
Well-beloved Councillor Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet (now a Knight Commander of Our Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George), Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Our said Colony, with all and singular the
powers and authorities granted to the said Sir James

Fergusson in Our Commission under the Great Seal
of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
bearing date at Westminster, the eighteenth day of
February, 1873, in the thirty-sixth year of Our
reign; which said powers and authorities We do
hereby authorize you to exercise and perform,
according to such instructions as he hath already
received from Us, and such further orders and
instructions as he or you may hereafter receive from
Us:

And further know you, that We do hereby appoint
that this Our present Commission shall for the time
supersede Our Commission under Our Sign Manual
and Signet of the fourteenth day of May, 1873, in
the thirty-sixth year of Our reign, appointing the
Chief Justice or the Senior Judge for the time being
of Our Colony of New Zealand to be Administrator
of the Government of Our said Colony in the event
of the death, incapacity, or absence from Our said
Colony of the said Sir James Fergusson, and that so
long as you are administering the Government under
this Commission, the said Commission to the Chief
Justice or Senior Judge shall be taken and deemed
to be suspended:

And We do hereby command all and singular Our
Officers, Ministers, and loving Subjects in Our said
Colony, and all others whom it may concern, to take
due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience
accordingly: And for so doing this shall be your
warrant.

Given at Our Court at Balmoral, this fifth
day of September, 1874, in the thirty-
éighth year of Our reign.

By Her Majesty's command.
CARNARVON.

Consular Agent for Belgium appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th December, 1874.
IT is hereby notified that the Consul-General for
Belgium at Melbourne has been nominated
CHARLES JOHN JOHNSTON, Esq.,
to be Consular Agent at Wellington for His Majesty
the King of the Belgians; and that His Excellency
the Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to accept such nomination provisionally.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Notice of Election of Mayors.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1874.
IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with clause
clause 133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the names of the under-mentioned persons have been
sent in to this office by the several Town Clerks as
the names of those who have been elected Mayors
for the boroughs set opposite their names :-
GEORGE CLIFF—Timaru.
WILLIAM DAVIES—Thames.
FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER TABART—Hokitika.
JOHN THOMAS ROUSE—Lyttelton.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th December, 1874.
His Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
FULBERT ARCHER, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Timaru.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.