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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 117

SCHEDULE—continued.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing the Rates of Postage on Correspondence transmitted via Suez and Brindisi.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of October, 1884.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Post Office Act, 1881,” it is, among other things, enacted that, in respect of places beyond the colony, the Governor in Council may from time to time fix, alter, and abolish the rates of postage payable within the colony for the transmission of letters by post to or from places beyond seas, and appoint at what time the same shall be paid, and the postage so made payable shall be charged and paid accordingly: And whereas it is expedient that the rates of postage for letters, book-packets, and newspapers sent to and received from the places beyond seas hereinafter mentioned should be fixed as herein set forth, and that in other respects the powers hereinbefore recited should be exercised:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare as follows, namely:—

1. That, on and after the fifteenth day of November next, the rate of postage to be charged on all letters, book-packets, and newspapers transmitted from New Zealand to any place in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by way of Suez or Brindisi shall be and the same is hereby fixed as herein set forth, that is to say,—

On all letters, one shilling per half-ounce or fraction of half an ounce;

On all book-packets and parcels, threepence for every two ounces or fraction of two ounces;

On all newspapers, twopence each.

The said postage shall, in all such cases, be prepaid in New Zealand by postage-stamps, to be affixed upon the covers of the letters, book-packets, or newspapers so sent.

2. That on all correspondence received in New Zealand in mails despatched from the United Kingdom on and after the date aforesaid, and which has not been prepaid in postage-stamps at the foregoing rates, a surcharge equal to the equivalent of the difference between the rates aforesaid and the postage actually affixed to the correspondence, shall be made.

The said postage shall be payable on all such letters, book-packets, and newspapers on delivery in the colony to the persons to whom the same are addressed.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Courtenay Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of October, 1884.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present order, delegate, but only with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Courtenay Public Domain Board, namely,—

THOMAS HAMILTON ANSON,
GEORGE BEDFORD,
ARCHIBALD MCNAE,
JOHN TURNER, and
JAMES HARRIS BRETT

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the second Tuesday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the Public Library, Courtenay, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Tuesday, the eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.