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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Regulations for the Public Prisons of the Colony,
under "The Prisons Act, 1873," as to Shaving.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fifteenth section of "The
Prisons Act, 1873," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor may from time to time,
by Proclamation published in the New Zealand
Gazette, make rules as to him shall seem fit touching
the duties of the officers of public prisons, the treat-
ment of the prisoners confined therein, and generally
as may be necessary for the good management and
government of such prisons, and from time to time
to alter or revoke any such rules as aforesaid:
And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the
seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, certain
Regulations were made for public prisons: And
whereas it is expedient to alter such Regulations:
Now, therefore, I, George Agustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power
and authority vested in me in this behalf as aforesaid,
do hereby proclaim and declare that from the first
day of September next, the following Regulation
shall be in force within all the public prisons of the
colony.

REGULATION.

Shaving and Hair Cutting.

The practice of shaving prisoners will cease at all
prisons. The prisoners will have their hair, beard,
and moustache cut, to a length proper to ensure
cleanliness, once a fortnight.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of
August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Persons entitled to Land under "The Immigrants
Land Act, 1875."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of August, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Immigrants Land Act
Amendment Act, 1875," it is enacted that in
any case where any person, who, since the passing of
"The Immigrants Land Act, 1873" (hereinafter re-
ferred to as "the said Act"), and prior to the coming
into operation of the now reciting Act, has paid his
own passage to the colony with the intention of
settling upon and cultivating land therein, and who
has omitted to obtain any certificate or to do any
other act by the said Act required to entitle him to
a free grant of land thereunder, whether such
omission shall have occurred prior to or after arrival
in the colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by
Order in Council, on receiving proof that such person
had a bonâ fide intention to comply with the said
Act, to direct and declare that such person shall have
and be entitled to all the privileges and benefits which
he would have had under the said Act but for such
omission as aforesaid; and further, that every such
Order in Council shall state specifically the nature of
the omission in respect of which such Order shall be
made, and shall be forthwith published in the New
Zealand Gazette; and thereupon the person named in
such Order in Council shall have all the privileges
and benefits which he would have had but for such
omission as aforesaid:

And whereas proof has been received by the
Governor that the persons mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto have paid their own
passages to the colony with the intention of settling
upon and cultivating land therein, and also that they
had a bonâ fide intention to comply with the said Act,
but have omitted to do the acts mentioned in the
second column of the said Schedule by the said Act
required to entitle them to free grants of land there-
under:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and in
exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
vested in him by the said "Immigrants Land Act
Amendment Act, 1875," doth hereby direct and
declare that the persons mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto shall have and be
entitled to all the privileges and benefits which they
would have had under the said Act but for such
omission as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.