THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 485
forwarded for your information, and for publication
in the colony under your Government.
I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
28th day of December, 1866.
Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,"
it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear
to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be
given for recovering or apprehending seamen who
desert from British merchant ships in the terri-
tories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by
Order in Council stating that such facilities are or
will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves,
who desert from merchant ships belonging to such
power when within Her Majesty's dominions, shall
be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their
respective ships, and may limit the operation of such
order, and may render the operation thereof subject
to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may
be deemed expedient; and whereas it has been made
to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are
given for recovering and apprehending seamen who
desert from British merchant ships in the territories
of Her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the
powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters
Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy
Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is
hereby ordered and declared, that, from and after the
publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen,
not being slaves, and not being British subjects, who
within Her Majesty's dominions desert from merchant
ships belonging to the Kingdom of Madagascar, shall
be liable to be apprehended and carried on board
their respective ships:

Provided always that if any such deserter has
committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions, he
may be detained until he has been tried by a com-
petent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has
been fully carried into effect.

And the Right Honorable the Earl of Carnarvon,
the Right Honorable Viscount Cranborne, and the
Right Honorable Spencer Horatio Walpole, three
of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are
to give the necessary directions accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

Commissioner of Stamp Duties appointed.

Government House,
Auckland, 18th April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

The Hon. JOHN BALLANCE
to be Commissioner of Stamp Duties.
By command.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Captain, 23rd Regiment,
Private Secretary.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentlemen to be Public Vaccinators, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with

the provisions of the said Act, and any regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the districts men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto, and set opposite their
names respectively.

SCHEDULE.
HENRY ALBERT BRANSON ... Jackson's Bay.
COURTNEY NEDWILL, Esq., M.D. Christchurch.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz. :—

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Andrew Emanuel Sanders Farmer Collingwood.
Jules Simon ... Storekeeper ... Westport.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Appointment of Visiting Surgeon under "Contagious
Diseases Act, 1869."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

COURTNEY NEDWILL, Esq., M.D.,
to be Visiting Surgeon of the Female Reformatory
at Addington, Christchurch, under "The Contagious
Diseases Act, 1869."

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Auditor for County of Selwyn appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN OLLIVIER, Esq.,
to be Auditor for the County of Selwyn, under
clause 126 of "The Counties Act, 1876."

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Auditor for Highway Boards in the Counties of
Waimea and Collingwood appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ROBERT POLLOCK, Esq.,
to be an Auditor to audit the accounts of the High-
way Boards within the Counties of Waimea and
Collingwood.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

MARCUS FURLONG SOUTH, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the election of Members