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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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high-water mark, and will be seen about eleven miles
in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to
the state of the atmosphere.
WM. ROLLESTON,
(in absence of the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Notice to Mariners. - No. 2 of 1880.

NINE-FATHOM PASSAGE, DUSKY SOUND, WEST
COAST OF MIDDLE ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th January, 1880.

CAPTAIN GARRARD, master of the s.s. "Albion,"
reports the existence of a sunken rock about
30 yards from the mainland, in the Nine-Fathom
Passage, between Cooper Island and the mainland in
Dusky Sound, West Coast of Middle Island.
WM. ROLLESTON,
(in absence of the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Melbourne Exhibition, 1880.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 6th January, 1880.

THE following regulations under which dutiable
goods may be imported and delivered for exhi-
bition purposes at the forthcoming International
Exhibition to be held at Melbourne in 1880, free of
duty, received from the Government of Victoria, are
published for general information.
WM. ROLLESTON,
(in absence of the Commissioner of Customs.)

REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH DUTIABLE GOODS MAY
BE IMPORTED AND DELIVERED FOR EXHIBITION
PURPOSES AT THE FORTHCOMING INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, TO BE HELD AT MELBOURNE IN
1880, FREE OF DUTY.

THE following regulations, which have been ap-
proved by the Governor in Council, in accordance
with clause 6 of the Act 42 Vict., No. 619, are
published for general information.
PETER LALOR,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 18th November, 1879.

REGULATIONS.

THE Exhibition Building may be appointed as a
bonding warehouse for receiving and storing intended
exhibits liable to duty on the following conditions:-

1. A bond to be entered into by the Exhibition
   Commissioners, under their common seal, that the
   goods received for exhibition from places out of
   Victoria liable to duty shall be re-exported, duty
   paid, or otherwise accounted for to the satisfaction
   of the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Cus-
   toms, within thirty days after the closing of the
   Exhibition.

2. The goods imported for exhibition purposes shall
   be entered for the Exhibition Building, with the
   addition of the following declaration:-
   I [importer, exhibitor, or his agent] do hereby
   declare that I intend to exhibit the article speci-
   fied in this entry at the International Exhibition
   to be held in Melbourne in the year 1880.
   Witness my hand
   day of
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   and they shall be sent from the wharf on landing
   direct to the Exhibition Building, where they will be
   examined by Customs officers specially placed in the
   building, and the necessary account taken.

3. The officers appointed for this duty shall take
   an account of the goods in the usual manner in red
   books to be issued for the purpose.

4. The Commissioners, or officer duly authorized
   by them, may, before the Exhibition and while it
   lasts, subdivide and repack such goods as may be
   found necessary for the purpose of exhibiting the
   same.

5. Subject to the approval of the Commissioners,
   or such officer as may be duly authorized by them,
   wines, spirits, and beer may be delivered for con-
   sumption within the premises of the Commissioners
   without payment of duty. Similarly small gifts
   may, with the sanction of the Commissioners, be
   made to persons visiting the Exhibition as souvenirs
   without payment of duty.

6. In the event of any exhibits being cleared for
   home consumption duty shall be charged thereon,
   and shall be at the rate and according to the quan-
   tities or amounts recorded in the books of the Cus-
   toms Department on importation and warehousing,
   unless as regards goods liable to a fixed rate of duty,
   and upon such an abatement as may be allowed
   under the Customs Act; or, in the case of goods
   subject to an ad valorem rate of duty, upon such
   value as may be certified by the Exhibition Commis-
   sioners, or person duly authorized by them, as being
   the value at which any such goods may have been
   sold, subject to a declaration by the seller, and also
   by the person authorized by the Exhibition Commis-
   sioners as above, that the exhibits have been sold at
   the price stated.

Approved by the Governor in Council, the 29th
April, 1879.
ROB. WADSWORTH,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The UNDER SECRETARY for DEFENCE
to frank and receive, free from the prepayment of
postage, letters and parcels posted on the public
service.
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1880.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a
Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at
WOODVILLE,
(Chief Office, Wellington,)
from and after the 15th January instant.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Assistant Draughtsman, Survey Department,
appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE PETERS CARRINGTON
to be an Assistant Draughtsman in the Survey
Department of New Zealand. Appointment dating
from the 1st August, 1878.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.