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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 181

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1880.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The SECRETARY to the WEST COAST COMMISSION
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.

JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Post Offices at Russell and Waitara constituted
Second-Class Offices.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1880.

I T is hereby notified for general information that
the Post Offices at

RUSSELL and
WAITARA

have been constituted Offices of the Second Class,
for the exchange of mails and other purposes, within
the meaning of the first clause of the Postal Regula-
tions of the 29th December, 1874.

JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Victorian Drawback Regulations.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1880.

T HE following Gazette notice, received from the
Department of Trade and Customs in Melbourne,
respecting drawback of duty, is published for general
information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

DRAWBACK REGULATIONS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHERS
HITHERTO IN FORCE.--ACT 36 VICT. No. 434,
AND ACT 41 VICT. NOS. 594 AND 597.

1. A drawback of duty paid on importation may
   be paid on the exportation of the goods mentioned
   in Schedule I. hereunto attached, and at the rate
   respectively specified against any item exported.

2. In order to entitle the exporter to claim any
   such drawback he shall comply with the following
   conditions:---

Form A.

(a.) A notice in the Form A hereto must be given
to the Collector of Customs at the port of
export, at least two working hours before, of
the intention to pack.

(b.) The usual export entry must be passed (or, if
desired, such may be deposited with the
proper officer before the vessel by which the
goods will eventually be shipped has been
entered out, the name of the ship being subse-
quently filled in prior to shipment of the
goods), accompanied by invoices as regards
the undermentioned, distinguishing—

Goods-Free.
" Liable to ad valorem duty, specify-
ing the rate.
" Boots and shoes.
" Clothing, &c., manufactured in
Victoria [from material liable to
duty].
" And all goods repacked from ori-
ginal packages ;

setting forth legibly in respect to each specific
class of articles the actual cost price received,
or to be received, from the purchaser of the
goods, and, in respect to boots and shoes, the
respective sizes, number of pairs, &c. The
entry having been passed or deposited, and
invoices in duplicate as required having
been stamped, an officer of Customs will
attend, before whom the following declaration
must be made and subscribed by the exporter,
or if by a firm, by a member thereof :---

"I, , do hereby declare that I am the
exporter of the goods mentioned in this entry, that the
quantities or sizes [as the case may be] are correct;
and with regard to the goods on which an ad valorem
drawback is payable, I further declare that the invoice
dated and signed by me represents the true
value of the goods and the actual price paid to me or to
be paid on the following terms , without any
discount, rebate, or other allowance, by , the
purchaser thereof, trading at , in the colony or
port of , under the style and title of
; and I further declare that these goods were properly

Notice.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1880.

I T is hereby notified for public information that,
concurrently with the establishment of the new
fortnightly mail service between Europe and
Australia via Brindisi and Colombo, the Imperial
Government has decided to abandon the route via
Southampton.

For the future, therefore, only a mail vid Brindisi
will be made up for the United Kingdom by the
Suez route.

The rates of postage on correspondence from
New Zealand for the United Kingdom vid Brindisi
will remain as at present, viz. :-

Letters ... ... 8d. per ½ ounce.
Books ... ... 2d. per 2 ounces.
Newspapers ... ... 2d. each 4-ounce paper,
and 1d. for each ad-
ditional 4 ounces.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1880.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment:--
Auckland Naval Brigade.

William George Smith to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 25th April, 1879.

H. A. ATKINSON.