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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

British Measurement for Tonnage adopted by Nor-
wegian Vessels.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1876.

THE following despatch, with its enclosure, from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, is published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Downing Street, 13th July, 1876.

SIR,---I have the honor to transmit to you, for
your information, and for publication in the colony
under your Government, a copy of an Order of the
Queen in Council, dated 17th May last, extending to
Norwegian vessels the advantages held out by "The
Merchant Shipping Act, 1862," to ships of foreign
countries adopting the rules for the measurement of
tonnage which obtain in this country.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Board of Trade, Marine Department,
June, 1876.

INSTRUCTIONS TO MEASURING SURVEYORS.

International Tonnage.

THE Board of Trade forward herewith, for the infor-
mation and guidance of officers concerned in the
duties of measurement and registry of ships, a copy
of a recently issued Order in Council, which extends
to vessels of the Kingdom of Norway the advantages
held out by the sixtieth section of "The Merchant
Shipping Act, 1862."

In consequence of the amount of deduction for
propelling power being different in the two countries,
option is granted by the enclosed Order to the masters
of steamships of the Kingdom of Norway, whereby
the said masters may elect to have the engine room
measured under the rules relating to British ships.

When the engine room is measured according to
the British rules in such cases, a "Certificate of
British Tonnage" is to be granted, adopting thereon
the gross tonnage as stated in the Norwegian Cer-
tificate of Registry, and deducting from the gross
tonnage the allowance for engine room under the
British rules, and also the allowance on account of
spaces occupied by seamen or apprentices, and ap-
propriated to their use.

A copy of the document furnished to the Nor-
wegian master is to be sent to the Principal Surveyor
for tonnage, with a note thereon of the measurement
of engine room and the amount of deduction under
the Norwegian rules.

The fees for admeasurements under the accom-
panying Order in Council are to be the same as for
the admeasurement of British ships for the time
being, but only for the spaces actually measured.

EDWARD STANHOPE,
Secretary.

Thomas Gray,
Assistant Secretary.

At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of May, 1876.
Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amend-
ment Act, 1862," it is enacted that, whenever it is
made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules con-
cerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant
ships for the time being in force under the principal
foreign country and are in force in that country, it
shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council,
to direct that the ships of such foreign country shall
be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their
certificates of registry or other national papers, and
thereupon it shall no longer be necessary for such
ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her
Majesty's dominions; but such ships shall be deemed
to be of the tonnage denoted in their Certificates of
Registry or other papers, in the same manner, to the
same extent, and for the same purposes, in, to, and
for which the tonnage denoted in the Certificate of
Registry of British ships is to be deemed the tonnage
of such ships:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her
Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement
of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been
adopted by the Royal Norwegian Government, with
the exception of a slight difference in the mode of
estimating the allowance for engine room, and such
rules are now in force in the Kingdom of Norway,
having come into operation on the 1st day of April,
1876, Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the
advice of Her Privy Council, to direct as follows:-

1. As regards sailing ships, that merchant sailing
   ships of the said Kingdom of Norway, the measure-
   ment whereof shall, after the said 1st day of April,
   1876, have been ascertained and denoted in the
   registers and other national papers of such sail-
   ing ships, testified by the date thereof, shall be
   deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such
   registers and other national papers, in the same
   manner, and to the same extent, and for the same
   purpose, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted
   in the certificate of registry of British sailing ships
   is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships.

2. As regards steamships, that merchant ships
   belonging to the said Kingdom of Norway, which are
   propelled by steam or any other power requiring
   engine room, the measurement whereof shall, after
   the said 1st day of April, 1876, have been ascertained
   and denoted in the registers, and other national
   papers of such steamships, testified by the dates
   thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted
   in such registers or other national papers, in the
   same manner, and to the same extent, and for the
   same purpose, in, to, and for which the tonnage de-
   noted in the certificate of registry of British ships is
   deemed to be the tonnage of such ships: Provided
   nevertheless that if the owner or master of any such
   Norwegian steamship desires the deduction for
   engine room in his ships to be estimated under the
   rules for engine-room measurement, and deduction
   applicable to British ships instead of under the
   Norwegian rule, the engine room shall be measured
   and the deduction calculated according to the British
   rules.

C. L. PEEL.

Provincial Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARCHIBALD REID URE, Esq.,
to be the Returning Officer for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Otago, for the District of Peninsula. Appointment
to take effect from the 8th September instant.

DANIEL POLLEN.