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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointing Place for holding Licensing Courts.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and au-
thorities enabling me in this behalf, I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint that sittings of the Licensing Court for the
Licensing District of Maketu shall, until otherwise
ordered, be held at the Resident Magistrate's Court-
house at Tauranga.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirteenth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Time and place for Election of Mount Hutt Road
Board appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING.

KNOW ye that I, George Augustus Constantine,
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in me by "The Can-
terbury Roads Ordinance, 1872," and "The Abolition
of Provinces Act, 1875," do hereby appoint Tuesday,
the eleventh day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven, at the hour of twelve
o'clock noon, at the "Woolshed," at Drayton, to be
the time and place at which the first election of
members of the Board of the Mount Hutt Road
District, in the County of Ashburton, shall be held,
which district was constituted by Proclamation under
my hand and the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
and dated the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven; and I do hereby
appoint

JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Esq.,
of Ashburton, to be the person by and before whom
the said election shall be conducted; and I do also
appoint the Woolshed at Drayton aforesaid to be the
polling place for such district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor this sixteenth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Time and place for Election of Acton Road Board
appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING.

KNOW ye that I, George Augustus Constantine,
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in me by "The Can-
terbury Roads Ordinance, 1872," and "The Abolition
of Provinces Act, 1875," do hereby appoint Friday,
the fourteenth day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven, at the hour of twelve
o'clock noon, at the building formerly used by the
late South Rakaia Road Board as their office, to be
the time and place at which the first election of
members of the Board of the Acton Road District,
in the County of Ashburton, shall be held, which
district was constituted by Proclamation under my
hand and the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand
and dated the twenty-eighth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven; and I do
hereby appoint

JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Esq.,
of Ashburton, to be the person by and before whom
the said election shall be conducted; and I do also
appoint the building formerly used by the late South
Rakaia Road Board as office aforesaid to be the
polling place for such district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor this sixteenth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Despatch from Secretary of State enclosing Instruc-
tions to Pilots during the existing War between
Russia and Turkey.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 15th August, 1877.

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

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 7th June, 1877.

SIR, I have the honor to transmit to you for your
information and guidance a copy of a letter from the
Foreign Office, from which you will perceive that
Her Majesty's Government, having regard to the
existing state of war between Russia and Turkey,
are of opinion that the enclosed instructions should
be at once issued to pilots in the colony under your
Government. I also enclose a copy of the instruc-
tions as issued by the Board of Trade in this
country. I request that you will immediately take
the necessary steps for making the instructions
public.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

The Foreign Office to the Colonial Office.
Foreign Office, 25th May, 1877.

SIR, I am directed by Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be
laid before the Earl of Carnarvon, a copy of
a letter which His Lordship has caused to be ad-
dressed to the Board of Trade on the subject of the
instructions to be issued to British pilots, with a
view of preventing infractions of Her Majesty's
neutrality during the war between Turkey and
Russia.

I am, &c.,
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.

The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

The Foreign Office to the Board of Trade.
Foreign Office, 23rd May, 1877.

SIR,-With reference to the letter from this office of
the 3rd of August, 1870, relating to the instructions
to be issued to British pilots, with a view of pre-
venting infractions of Her Majesty's neutrality
during the Franco-German War, I am directed by
the Earl of Derby to state to you, for the information
of the Board of Trade, that, after consultation with
the Lords of the Admiralty and the Law Officers of
the Crown, he considers it desirable that a similar
notice should now be issued, to be observed during
the present war between Russia and Turkey.