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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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No. 7. "An Act to enable the Waitara Harbour Board to
borrow the sum of Ten Thousand Pounds for the Pur-
pose of carrying out Improvements in the Harbour
and River of Waitara;"
No. 8. "An Act to amend 'The Masterton and Greytown
Lands Management Act, 1871;"
No. 9. "An Act to extend the Operations of certain Sections
of 'The Canterbury Rivers Act 1870 Amendment Act,
1880;""
No. 10. "An Act to enable the Waimakariri Harbour Board to
borrow the Sum of One Thousand Pounds for the pur-
pose of carrying out Improvements in the Harbour
and River of Waimakariri;"
No. 11. "An Act to authorize the Transfer of a Reserve made
for a Water-race in the Timaru District to the Borough
of Timaru, for the Purposes of the Construction of
Waterworks;"
No. 12. "An Act relating to certain Reserves vested in the
Timaru Harbour Board;"
No. 13. "An Act to grant Borrowing Powers to the Timaru
Harbour Board;"
No. 14. "An Act to bring under the Provisions of 'The West-
land and Nelson Coal Fields Administration Act,
1877,' a certain Branch Coal Field Railway, con-
structed by the Wellington Coal Company, and also
to amend the said Act;"
No. 15. "An Act to provide for the Establishment and Manage-
ment of the Rangiora High School;"
No. 16. "An Act to provide for the Establishment and Manage-
ment of the Akaroa High School;"
No. 17. "An Act to provide for a Reserve for Educational Pur-
poses within the Borough of Waimate, and the Erection
of School-buildings at Waimate and Temuka;"
No. 18. "An Act to constitute a Board of Trustees, and to vest
in it a certain Public Reserve near to the Town of
Waimate, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, for
the purpose of a Racecourse;"
No. 19. "An Act to constitute a Board of Trustees, and to vest
in it a certain Public Reserve in the County of Geral-
dine, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, for the
Purpose of a Racecourse;"
No. 20. "An Act to amend 'The Oamaru Harbour Board
Ordinance Amendment Act, 1876;""
No. 21. "An Act to provide for the Management and Sale of
certain Reserves belonging to the University of Otago;"
No. 22. "An Act to constitute a Dock Trust for the Manage-
ment and Maintenance of a Dock at Port Chalmers, and
for vesting certain Lands in such Dock Trust;"
No. 23. "An Act to constitute a Board of Trustees, and to vest
in it certain Public Reserves near Roxburgh, in the
Provincial District of Otago, for the Purposes of a
Racecourse;"
No. 24. "An Act to vest in the Mayor, Councillors, and Bur-
gesses of the Borough of Invercargill a certain Parcel
of Land in the Borough of Invercargill, in Trust for
the Purposes of a Site for Gasworks for the said
Borough;"
No. 25. "An Act to enable the Trustees of the Southland
Agricultural and Pastoral Association to dispose of
certain Lands vested in them to the Southland
Caledonian Society, and to acquire other Lands in lieu
thereof;"
No. 26. "An Act to provide for the Administration of Local
Affairs within the Chatham Islands;"
No. 27. "An Act to grant certain Special Powers to the Gover-
nor to issue Crown Grants, and to enable him to carry
out certain Contracts and Promises."

PRIVATE ACTS (DEEMED TO BE PUBLIC ACTS).

No. 1. "An Act to incorporate the Trustees of Saint Paul's
Presbyterian Church, in the City of Christchurch, and
for other Purposes;"
No. 2. "An Act to confer certain Powers upon the Council of
the County of Selwyn, in respect of a certain Water-
race, to be known as the Hororata Water-race."

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

Governor the Hon. Sir A. H. Gordon,
G.C.M.G., &c.

(Circular.)

Downing Street, 2nd November, 1881.

SIR,-I have the honor to transmit to you, for
your information, a copy of a circular despatch
addressed by the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to Her Majesty's Consuls, with regard to the
issue of bills of health to the captains of British
vessels on leaving a foreign port at which a British
Consular Officer is stationed.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Foreign Office, 1st November, 1881.

SIR,-I am directed by Earl Granville to acquaint
you that Her Majesty's Government have recently
had under their consideration a question which has
been raised by the sanitary Board of one of the
British colonies. It is desired that, as regards the
recognition by them of bills of health issued by the
local authorities of foreign ports, the bill should bear
the indorsement of the British Consul at the port
of departure, as a guarantee that it has been issued
by the proper sanitary authority of such port, and
that the statements contained therein as to the
health of the district are worthy of credit.

Under these circumstances, Her Majesty's Govern-
ment deem it advisable that, in cases where a British
vessel may require a bill of health on leaving a
foreign port at which a British Consular Officer is
stationed, the bill should be issued by the British
Consular Officer himself if the regulations of the
port admit of his doing so.

In the event of shipmasters or other persons
interested preferring to provide themselves with bills
of health issued by the local authorities, they should
be made clearly to understand that such bills will
not necessarily entitle them to pratique unless
indorsed by a British Consular Officer; and a notice
to the above effect should be posted up in the con-
sular offices under your control.

When the regulations of the port require that the
bill of health should be obtained from the local
authorities, the bill must likewise be indorsed by the
Consul. In either case of indorsement the Consul
will be careful to state whether the facts mentioned
in the bill of health give, to the best of his knowledge,
a true account of the health of the port and district,
and are worthy of credit.

A similar course should be followed in regard to
bills of health required by foreign vessels about to
proceed to British ports.

I am accordingly to instruct you, for the future, to
act in the manner above indicated as regards bills of
health, and to give directions in the same sense to
the Vice-Consuls within your consular district.

I am, &c.,
(Unsigned.)

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The
Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned
person, viz. :-

THOMAS DICK.

Alteration in Office at which Picton Electoral Roll
can be inspected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1882.

IN accordance with the provisions of "The Regis-
tration of Electors Act, 1879," I hereby appoint