422 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

are set opposite the names of the Education Districts
respectively in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Education District. Auditor.
Auckland ... Benjamin Maclean, Esq.
Hawke's Bay ... George Edward Gordon Richardson, Esq.
New Plymouth ... Clarence Rennell, Esq.
Patea ... Charles Allen Wray, Esq.
Wellington ... Robert Macalister, Esq.
Nelson ... Robert Pollock, Esq.
Marlborough ... John Tucker Robinson, Esq.
Westland ... Joseph Henry Greville, Esq.
Canterbury ... John Ollivier, Esq.
Otago ... Henry Livingston, Esq.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules and Regulations under "The Stamp Fee Act,
1875."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of April, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 the
Governor in Council may make, alter, or repeal re-
gulations not contrary to the said Act for the due
administration thereof, and may, subject to the said
Act, prescribe the documents on which the stamps
denoting payment of any such sums shall be impressed,
or to which they shall be affixed for the purpose
aforesaid:

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. On and after the first day of July, one thousand
   eight hundred and seventy-seven, all duties, fees,
   fines, and penalties payable to any Registrar of Deeds
   or District Land Registrar within the Colony of New
   Zealand by virtue of his office shall be paid by stamps
   in manner hereinafter provided.
2. There shall be for the purpose aforesaid a stamp
   to be called "The Land and Deeds Stamp," and all
   fees to which these regulations apply shall be paid
   either by impressed or adhesive stamps of the de-
   nomination aforesaid, and none other.
3. Fees in respect of the several matters specified
   in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be
   paid by stamps impressed on or affixed to the docu-
   ments respectively specified for that purpose in the
   second column of the said Schedule. All other fees
   shall be paid by stamps impressed on or affixed to the
   documents in respect of which such fees are payable,
   in manner provided by the said Act.
4. No matter or thing for which a fee is paid by
   adhesive stamp shall be done or permitted to be done
   by any Registrar of Deeds or District Land Registrar
   until such stamp shall have been cancelled by the
   person using the same by writing or stamping on or
   across such stamp his name or initials, or the name
   or initials of his firm, together with the true date of
   his so writing or stamping the same, so that such
   stamp may be effectually cancelled and rendered in-
   capable of being used for any other purpose what-
   ever. It shall be the duty of the Registrar of Deeds
   or District Land Registrar, as the case may be, to
   further obliterate such stamp when used by stamping
   the same with the seal of his office.
5. No stamp of less value than one shilling shall
   be issued or used under these regulations. In
   assessment of fees to which these regulations apply,
   fractional parts of one shilling shall not be charged
   unless exceeding sixpence, in which case such frac-
   tional part shall be charged as one shilling.
6. Land and Deeds stamps may be obtained from
   the Deputy Commissioners of Stamps, and from the
   depositaries and licensed dealers in stamps in the
   principal towns.
7. Depositaries and licensed dealers are required
   to sell stamps on demand at all times during office
   hours. Such stamps must be paid for in cash at the
   time of application.
8. A commission in the form of discount will be
   allowed on all purchases of stamps issued under the
   said Act, after the following scale: - To licensed
   purchases of £2 and
   upwards; to all other persons, 2½ per cent. on all
   purchases of £5 and upwards.
9. The regulations for the time being in force as
   to allowance of spoiled stamps shall, as nearly as
   may be, extend and apply to stamps issued and used
   under these regulations.

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rate struck under "Canterbury Sheep Ordinance,
1872."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of April, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of section fif-
teen of "The Canterbury Sheep Ordinance,
1872," it is provided that a rate shall be struck
annually by the Superintendent of sufficient amount
to pay the whole expenses of the department of the
Inspector of Sheep for the current financial year, and
by section sixteen of the same Ordinance it is further
provided that every owner of sheep shall, on or be-
fore the first day of May in each year, pay to the
Provincial Treasurer, or such other person as may be
authorized by the Superintendent to receive the same,