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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

has been cancelled, to be open for sale or selection, in
sections of such size and form, and on such date, as
he may determine; and any land so proclaimed may
hereafter be sold at a like price, and subject to the
like terms and conditions, or as near thereto as may
be, as Crown lands of the same class not within a
mining district, and the Governor may from time to
time alter, amend, or revoke any such Proclamation:
Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
declare that the land specified in the Schedule hereto
shall be open for sale by public auction on such day
as may be fixed by the Land Board of the Land
District of Westland.

SCHEDULE.

SUBURBAN BLOCK AT FOOT OF ZIGZAG, NEAR
KUMARA.

TEN acres, more or less, situated in Block XII.,
Waimea Survey District. Bounded towards the
South by the Greenstone Road; towards the East
by Sections Nos. 1178, 1179, 1180, and 1181; towards
the West by Reserve No. 158 (in red), and Sec-
tion No. 741; and towards the North by a straight
line from the northernmost corner peg of said Reserve
No. 158 (in red) to section peg Nos. 1307 and 1181,
being the westernmost peg of Section No. 1181:
subject to necessary reserves, and exclusive of all
rights existing under "The Mines Act, 1877," and a
creek running through the area described.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Christ-
church, this seventeenth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.
JOHN HALL,
(for the Minister of Lands.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulations under "The Stamp Fee Act, 1880."

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
thirteenth day of March, 1882.

Present:
THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is desirable to repeal the regula-
tions made under "The Stamp Fee Act, 1875,"
continued in force by the second section of "The
Stamp Fee Act, 1880," and to make other regulations
in lieu thereof under the said "Stamp Fee Act,
1880," in pursuance of the powers in that behalf
conferred on the Governor in Council by the fourth
section of the said last-mentioned Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities in that behalf conferred upon him by the
said "Stamp Fee Act, 1880," doth hereby repeal, as
from the first day of April, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-two, the regulations made under the
"Stamp Fee Act, 1875," by certain Orders in Coun-
cil, dated respectively the twenty-third day of Decem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, the
eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six, the twenty-fourth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, the seven-
teenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven, the twenty-third day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, the third
day of December, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, and the seventeenth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight; and
doth further, with the like advice and consent, and in
further pursuance and exercise of the said powers and
authorities, hereby give the notice and make the rules
and regulations hereinafter contained, which notice
and rules and regulations shall come into force on
the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

1. All duties, fees, fines, and penalties under any
   Act or Ordinance whatsoever payable in any of
   the offices of the Courts hereinafter mentioned,
   that is to say, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme
   Court, District Courts, and Resident Magistrates'
   Courts, or under any Act or Ordinance whatso-
   ever, or to any officers thereof, or to any Justice
   or Justices of the Peace, or for or in respect
   of all or any proceedings or matters had or taken
   before any Justice or Justices of the Peace under
   any Act or Ordinance whatsoever, or in any of the
   public offices, or under any of the Acts hereinafter
   mentioned, that is to say, Land Registry Offices and
   Deeds Registry Offices, or under "The Licensing
   Act, 1881," "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention
   Act, 1881," "The Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1860,"
   "The Limited Liability Joint-Stock Companies Dis-
   solution Act, 1872," "The Aliens Act, 1880," "The
   Patents Act, 1870," and "The Trade Marks Act,
   1866," shall be collected and paid by stamps of any
   kind issued by the Government of the colony except
   those issued under "The Beer Duty Act, 1880."

2. The stamps for the duties, fees, fines, or penal-
   ties payable in respect of the several matters or pro-
   ceedings specified in the first column of the Schedule
   hereto shall be impressed upon or affixed to the
   documents specified opposite such matters or pro-
   ceedings in the second column of the said Schedule.

3. Stamps for every other duty, fee, fine, or
   penalty payable in stamps under these regulations
   shall be impressed upon or affixed to a short written
   or printed note or præcipe, stating that in respect of
   which such duty, fee, fine, or penalty is payable, and
   signed by or for the person by whom it is payable.

4. The stamps by which any such duty, fee, fine,
   or penalty is payable shall be brought to the officer
   whose duty it is to receive the same uncancelled and
   undefaced in any way; and such officer, before any-
   thing is done or permitted to be done in respect of
   that for which any such duty, fee, fine, or penalty is
   payable, shall cancel such stamps by putting thereon
   the impress of a seal to be supplied to him and
   authorized for the purpose as in the eighth section of
   "The Stamp Fee Act, 1880," mentioned, and also
   the date on which such seal is impressed: Provided
   that until such seal is supplied to him, he may cancel
   the stamps by putting thereon his initials, and the
   date of so doing.

5. Stamps for use under these regulations will, on
   application, be impressed at the head office on blank
   forms, and on paper not previously written upon.
   Requisitions for impressed stamps must be accom-
   panied by a receipt from the Bank of New Zealand
   for the amount of the requisition and the forms and
   papers required to be stamped, the desired position of
   the stamp upon which should be distinctly marked.

6. Adhesive and impressed stamps may be obtained
   from or through the Deputy-Commissioners of Stamps,