Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1457

Extending the Time for Volunteer Class-firing in Auckland City and Suburbs.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of December, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Volunteer Act, 1881” (hereafter termed “the said Act”), power is given to the Governor in Council from time to time to make, alter, and revoke regulations respecting the several matters specified in the said Act:

And whereas the Auckland Rifle-range is necessarily under repair and unavailable, and therefore the class-firing at Auckland cannot be completed within the time limited in that behalf, and it appears expedient to extend the time within which class-firing may take place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony doth make the following regulation, namely: That the time for class-firing originally fixed to take place at Auckland on or before the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, shall, so far as it effects the Volunteer corps of the City and Suburbs of Auckland, be and the same is hereby extended until the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules under the Bankruptcy Acts.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of December, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Bankruptcy Act, 1883,” and “The Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act, 1885,” and with the concurrence of Sir James Prendergast and Christopher William Richmond, Esquire, two of the Judges of the superior Court constituted under the said Acts, doth hereby frame and prescribe the general rules hereinafter set forth, and doth hereby declare that such rules shall come into operation on the seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

RULES.

1. THE remuneration to be paid to be paid to every Deputy Assignee shall be as follows:—

On the net value of the estate realized by the Deputy Assignee, including debts collected,—
On the first amount of £400, or any less sum.. .. .. .. 5 per cent.
On the next amount of £600, or any less sum.. .. .. .. 2½ "
On the next amount of £1,000, or any less sum.. .. .. .. 1¼ "
On all further sums .. .. .. .. ½ "
In each estate in which percentage is less than £2 2s. .. .. .. .. £2 2 0

2. The security to be given by every Deputy Assignee shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Minister of Justice, and the amount thereof shall not be less than £500: Provided that special security shall be given in respect of any particular estate, if required by the Minister of Justice, in such form and to such amount as shall be fixed by the Minister.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,

Incorporation of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of December, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877,” 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, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association into a corporate body under the said Act, under the style and title of “The Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association.”

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Issue, &c., of Postal Notes.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of December, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Post Office (Postal Notes) Act, 1885,” it is, among other things, enacted that, subject to the post office regulations as defined by the said Act, the Postmaster-General, with the consent of the Governor in Council, may, for the purpose of the transmission of small sums through the post office, authorize his officers or any of them to issue, in addition to the money orders already authorized by law, postal notes in the form set forth in the Schedule to the said Act: And whereas it is also enacted by the said Act that there shall be paid in respect of postal notes issued such poundage as the Governor in Council may fix from time to time: And whereas certain draft regulations have been prepared for the purpose of giving effect to the said Act, and it is expedient that the Governor in Council should signify his consent thereto, and also should fix the poundage to be paid in respect of postal notes as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said Act, and in exercise of the power and authority thereby conferred on him, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby consent to the issue of postal notes as provided by the said Act, and in accordance with the said draft regulations hereinbefore mentioned (a copy of which said regulations is hereto attached), and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby fix the poundage to be paid in respect of every postal note issued under the said Act at the rates hereinafter set forth, that is to say,—

For a postal note of s. d. the poundage shall be d.
" " 1 0 " " 0½
" " 1 6 " " 0½
" " 2 6 " " 1
" " 5 0 " " 1½
" " 7 6 " " 2
" " 10 0 " " 3
" " 12 6 " " 3
" " 15 0 " " 3
" " 17 6 " " 3
" " 20 0 " " 3

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR THE ISSUE AND PAYMENT OF POSTAL NOTES.

1. IN these regulations, unless there is something in the subject or context repugnant thereto, “Postmaster-General” includes any member of the Executive Council for the time being acting as such Postmaster-General; “Postal Officer” means the Postmaster at each chief Post Office or in charge of any money order office, as well as any officer of the Post Office, whose duty it is to issue and pay money orders at a post office.

2. The chief post offices at Auckland, Thames, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Oamaru, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill, and every post office, being a money order office at which the Postmaster-