576
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Constable JOHN MADIGAN
to be Gaoler of the Prison at Gisborne, vice Sergeant
Brownlow.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Notice under Section 12 of "The Public Revenues
Act, 1872."

Treasury,
Wellington, 21st May, 1877.

OFFICERS holding advances of Public Money are
hereby required to pay to the Public Account,
at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand,
the total unexpended balances in their hands on or
before Saturday, the 23rd day of June proximo, so
as to close absolutely all Advance Accounts on that
date, and forthwith to transmit the Bank Receipt for
such repayments to the Treasury at Wellington.

As respects disbursements which officers may re-
quire to make between the date of refund of their
balances and the 30th June, special requisitions for
the amount required are to be made by telegram, but
such requisitions are not to include provision for
expenditure of the financial year 1877-78. Sums
required for the service of that year are to be applied
for by post in the usual form.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Despatch from the Secretary of State.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 18th May, 1877.

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

GEO. MCLEAN.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 2nd February, 1877.

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 the 30th September, 1873,
extending to Italian vessels the advantages held out
by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1862," to ships of
foreign countries, adopting the rules for the measure-
ment of tonnage which obtain in this country.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

The Board of Trade to the Colonial Office.

INSTRUCTIONS TO MEASURING SURVEYORS.

INTERNATIONAL TONNAGE.

Board of Trade, November, 1873.

THE Board of Trade forward herewith, for the
information 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 Italy the advantages
held out by the 60th 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 Italy,
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 Italian Certificate
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 appropriated
to their use.

A copy of the document furnished to the Italian
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
Italian 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.

THOMAS GRAY.

ORDER IN COUNCIL REFERRED TO.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 30th day of Sep-
tember, 1873.

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
Act have been adopted by the Government of any
foreign country, and are in force in that country, it
shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Coun-
cil, to direct that the ships of such foreign country
shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their
certificate 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 certificate 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
tonage of merchant ships now in force under "The
Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted
by the Government of His Majesty the King of
Italy, and such rules are now in force in that coun-
try, having come into operation on the first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three:

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 Italy, the measurement
   whereof, after the said first day of July, one thousand
   eight hundred and seventy-three, has been ascer-
   tained and denoted in the registers and other
   national papers of such sailing 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 sail-
   ing ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships.

2. As regards steamships: That merchant ships
   belonging to the said Kingdom of Italy which are
   propelled by steam or any other power requiring