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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 3rd May, 1878.

SIR,-Circumstances have recently occurred in one
of the colonies which show that it is desirable to de-
fine more precisely than has been done by my pre-
decessor's circular despatch of the 20th of July, 1875,
the extent to which Her Majesty's ships are subject
to local quarantine regulations.

Her Majesty's Government are of opinion that, so
far as relates to communication with the shore and
with the shipping in colonial waters, Her Majesty's
ships should be subject to local quarantine regulations
in the same manner as merchant ships, but that local
authorities should not in any way interfere with the
internal management of Her Majesty's ships, or with
their freedom to proceed to sea whenever the officer
in command may deem such course requisite.

I have therefore to request that your Government
will issue instructions in the above sense to the qua-
rantine authorities in the colony under your Govern-
ment.

I have, &c.,
M. E. HICKS BEACH.

The Officer Administering the Government of
New Zealand.

Downing Street, 17th May, 1878.

MY LORD,-With reference to your Despatch No. 3,
of the 3rd of January last, respecting the provisional
appointment of Mr. Alexander Cracroft Wilson as
Consular Agent for Italy at Christchurch, I have now
the honor to instruct you to recognize Mr. Wilson
definitely in the above capacity.

I have, &c.,
M. E. HICKS BEACH.

Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis
of Normanby, K.C.M.G.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 15th February, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honor to inform you that the
Government of Honduras having given the notice
required in each case, the two following Treaties
between the Republic of Honduras and Great
Britain will expire on the under-mentioned dates:-

1. That of January 6, 1874, relating to extra-
   dition on the 28th instant; and

2. That of August 27, 1856, one of friendship,
   commerce, and navigation, on the 28th of August,
   next.

I have, &c.,
M. E. HICKS BEACH.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

Notice of Petition for certain Land to be added to
the Borough of Akaroa.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be noti-
fied that unless within two months after the
publication of this notice a petition is presented to
His Excellency the Governor, signed by not less
than one-third of the burgesses of the Borough of
Akaroa, or a petition signed by not less than one-
third of the resident householders in the district
proposed to be added to the aforesaid borough, pray-
ing that such district may not be incorporated into
the said borough, His Excellency will, by Proclama-
tion, incorporate into the said borough the said
district. The boundaries of the district proposed to
be incorporated are as follows :-

SCHEDULE.

ALL that district or block of land commencing at a peg
marked TB, situate near the easternmost corner of Sec-
tion numbered 776, Aylmer Street, thence north-easterly
by a straight line to the southernmost corner of Sec-
tion numbered 7516, thence along the south-eastern
boundary of the latter section to it easternmost
corner, thence north-easterly by a straight line to
the southernmost corner of Section numbered 200,
thence along the south-eastern boundary lines of
Sections numbered 200 and 754 to the easternmost
corner of the latter section, thence by a straight line
to south-east corner of Section 1255, thence north-
easterly along the south-east boundary of Section
1255 to the northernmost corner of Section 1219,
thence north-westerly by a straight line to the north-
east corner of Section numbered 3778, thence by a
straight line to the north-east corner of Section 889
and a line in continuation thereof to the centre of the
German Bay Road, thence continuing southerly along
the centre of the latter road to a point in line with
the southern boundary of Section numbered 7493,
thence south-easterly by a straight line to the town
boundary peg situate where the northern branch of
the Mill Stream falls into the sea, and from thence
returning easterly, southerly, and south-westerly
along the boundary of the Borough of Akaroa to the
commencing point.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Members of Highway Board elected for Nelson.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1878.

IN conformity with an Act of the Provincial Council
of the late Province of Nelson, intituled "The
Nelson Highways Act, 1872," it is hereby notified
that the following gentlemen have been elected to be
Members of the Upper Motueka Highway Board:-

CHARLES TROWER, Sub-district of Motupiko,
FREDERICK NEEDHAM, Sub-district of Tadmor.
JOHN HORACE SYMES, Sub-district of Stanley Brook.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1878.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1878.

IT is hereby notified, that, under the provisions of"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE BROWN CROOKSTON PULTENEY, Esq., M.B.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, to perform gratuitous
vaccination in accordance with the provisions of the
said Act, and any regulations made or to be made
thereunder, for the District of Hyde.

G. S. WHITMORE.