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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

up capital of the said Company, as provided by sec-
tion nineteen of "The District Railways Act 1877
Amendment Act, 1878:" And whereas by the sixty-
first section of "The District Railways Act, 1877,"
the said Company is prohibited from voluntarily
selling, leasing, assigning, or parting with the said
railway without the consent in writing of the Go-
vernor first had and obtained:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, hereby consent to the charge and disposition
proposed to be effected by the said Company as
aforesaid for the purpose of securing the moneys
proposed to be raised and borrowed as aforesaid, and
the interest thereof, and to the issue of such deben-
tures and coupons as aforesaid accordingly.

Dated this nineteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

J. MACANDREW.

Despatch from Colonial Office enclosing Revised
Regulations for the Supply of New Silver and
Bronze Coins.

Treasury,
Wellington, 16th May, 1879.

THE following despatch from the Right Honor-
able Secretary of State for the Colonies is
published for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 27th February, 1879.

SIR,-With reference to the Earl of Kimberley's
circular despatch of the 27th of June, 1871, trans-
mitting regulations respecting the supply of British
silver coins to Colonial Governments, I have the
honor to enclose, for communication to your Legis-
lature, and for publication in the colony under your
Government, extracts of a letter from the Treasury,
enclosing revised regulations for the supply of new
silver and bronze coin.

2. I entirely concur in the opinion expressed by
   the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that, as the
   conditions of supply of new coin have now been
   made so favourable, it is incumbent on the Governors
   of Her Majesty's colonies to secure that the silver
   coinage is kept in proper condition by the systematical
   withdrawal of worn coin, and I trust that they will
   specially charge themselves with that duty.

3. Copies of this despatch, and of its enclosures,
   have been sent to the Crown Agents for the Colonies,
   and to the Agents-General in London for the
   Australasian Colonies.

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

The Officer Administering the
Government of New Zealand.

EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER FROM THE TREASURY TO
THE COLONIAL OFFICE, DATED 12TH FEBRUARY,
1879. 1846/79.

SIR Michael Hicks Beach will perceive that the
Mint will from henceforth defray all expenses con-
nected with the shipment of silver and bronze coin to
the port in the colony agreed on between the Master
of the Mint and the Agent of the Colony in London,
including packing, freight, insurance, and shipping
charges.

7. This bronze coin is now for the first time in-
   cluded in the regulations, and the colonies using
   Imperial token coin will in all cases be supplied with
   such amounts as they require on the mere payment
   of its nominal value.

8. I am to request that the Secretary of State, if
   he approves of the proposed arrangement, will cause
   copies of the amended regulations to be sent to the
   Governors of all colonies using the Imperial system
   of coinage, and to the Agents of those Governments
   in London,

9. It will be observed that it is not necessary to
   require that application for supplies of coin should
   any longer be made to the Mint through the Colonial
   Office and the Treasury.

12. My Lords trust that the Secretary of State
    will point out to the Governors of the colonies
    affected by the regulations that, as the conditions of
    supply have now been made so favourable, it is
    incumbent on them to secure that the silver coinage
    is kept in proper condition by the systematic with-
    drawal of worn coin.

REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPLY OF BRITISH SILVER
AND BRONZE COINAGE TO THE COLONIES.

Treasury Chambers,
12th February, 1879.

NEW silver and bronze coin (half-crowns, florins,
shillings, sixpences, and threepences, and pence,
halfpence, and farthings) can be supplied to Colonial
Governments from the Royal Mint, on the following
conditions:--

1. On receiving an application from the Agent of
   the Colonial Government in London, the master of
   the Mint will cause to be packed, and held to his
   order, such an amount of silver or bronze coin as may
   be required on behalf of the colony.

2. The Master of the Mint will undertake the
   payment of all expenses, including packing, freight,
   insurance, and shipping charges, connected with the
   shipment of silver and bronze coin to the port in the
   colony agreed upon by the Master of the Mint and
   the Agent of the colony in London.

3. The Agent of the Colonial Government will be
   required to pay to the account of the Master of the
   Mint at the Bank of England, on or before the
   delivery of the coin, the sum representing the
   nominal value of the new silver or bronze coin
   ordered.

4. The Colonial Government will be required to
   make such arrangements as may be deemed neces-
   sary for the withdrawal of worn silver coin from
   circulation, and to cause the coin so withdrawn to be
   forwarded to the Mint, or one of its branches (at
   Sydney or Melbourne), for recoinage. The Master
   of the Mint will defray all expenses, including freight,
   insurance, and shipping charges, incurred in the
   transmission of worn coin to London, Sydney, or
   Melbourne, from a port of shipment to be agreed
   upon by the Master of the Mint, or the Deputy
   Master at Sydney or Melbourne, and the Agent of
   the colony.

5. The Imperial Government will pay to the
   Colonial Government, or its Agent, the nominal value
   of the worn coin so withdrawn from circulation,
   as soon as it is received at the Royal Mint, or one of
   its branches.

Computer appointed.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM FRANKLAND, Esq.,
to be Computer, in terms of the eleventh section of
"The District Railways Act 1877 Amendment Act,
1878," in the matter of the Duntroon and Haka-
teramea Railway Company (Limited).

J. MACANDREW.