Anmb. 19.

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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1876.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1876.

Notice, Rules and Regulations, under "The Stamp
Fee Act, 1875," in respect of the District Courts
throughout the Colony, and general.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of March, 1876.

Present :
THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Stamp Fee Act, 1875," it
is provided that the Governor in Council
may, by notice published in the New Zealand Gazette,
direct that, after the time specified in such notice, all
or any of the duties, fees, fines, or penalties for the
time being payable in money in any Public Depart-
ment or office connected with the public service, or
to the officers thereof, shall be collected by means of
stamps; and after the time so specified, the duties,
fees, fines, or penalties therein mentioned shall be
received by stamps denoting the sums payable, and
not in money:

And whereas it is further provided that all or
any stamps to be used under the said Act shall be
impressed or adhesive, as the Governor from time to
time directs:

And whereas it is further provided that the Gover-
nor in Council may make, alter, or repeal regulations
not contrary to the said Act for the due administra-
tion thereof, and may prescribe the application of
stamps to documents from time to time in use or
required to be used for the purpose of such stamps:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the
above-recited powers and authorities, doth hereby
give the notice and make the rules and regulations
hereinafter contained, concerning the matters afore-
said:-

1. Duties, fees, fines, and penalties shall be col-
   lected by stamps under the said Act on and after
   the first day of April, 1876, in all the offices of the
   various District Courts throughout the colony.
2. The stamps to be used in the collection of all
   duties, fees, fines, or penalties to be taken in respect
   of proceedings in any District Court may be either
   impressed or adhesive.
3. The rules and regulations numbered three to
   eleven inclusive, contained in an Order in Council
   bearing date the twenty-third day of December, 1875,
   and published in the New Zealand Gazette, of the
   twenty-fourth day of December, 1875, with the
   Schedules thereto, shall, so far as they are applicable,
   be deemed and held to be incorporated with and to
   form part of the regulations herewith.
4. No stamps shall be used in respect of any pro-
   ceedings where stamps are required in any of the
   offices of the Court of Appeal, and of the Supreme
   Court in all its jurisdictions, and in any of the offices
   of the District Court throughout the colony, except
   such as are known as Law Court stamps, and are
   marked with the words "Law Courts."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Abolishing present Scale of Fees in District Courts
and Fixing New Scale.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of March, 1876.

Present:
THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the scale of fees
now authorized to be taken in the several
District Courts now or hereafter to be established
under "The District Courts Act, 1858," and the Acts
amending the same, should be abolished, and a new
scale fixed in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities
vested in him in this behalf, and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
doth hereby abolish the scale of fees heretofore fixed
and in use in respect of proceedings in any District
Court as aforesaid, and doth hereby fix the fees
mentioned and specified in the Schedules A, B, C,
and D hereto, respectively; and doth direct that
where, under any existing Act or Regulation, it is