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Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty showing the arrange-
ments which have been adopted in order to meet the views
of the Colonial Governments. I may add that civilian
pensioners will likewise be permitted to take service under
Colonial Governments without suffering any deduction from
their Imperial pensions.

The correspondence on the subject, which is not yet
quite complete, will be presented to Parliament, but the
enclosure to this despatch is forwarded to you in advance, as
containing the decision arrived at.

I have, &c.,
H. T. HOLLAND.

The Officer Administering the Government of
New Zealand.

The ADMIRALTY to the COLONIAL OFFICE.

Admiralty, 3rd December, 1886.

SIR,—With reference to previous correspondence relative to
the general question of the employment of naval and military
officers in naval or military appointments under colonies
which receive no contribution from Imperial funds, I am
commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
transmit herewith, for the information of the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, copy of a letter which they have
received on the subject from the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, dated 20th ultimo.

In view of the concessions contained in this Treasury letter,
no further question appears to exist, and my Lords will
accordingly take steps to procure the necessary Order in
Council with regard to naval and marine officers.

I am to add that my Lords propose departmentally to fix
a limit on these colonial appointments of three years from
date of taking up appointment.

I have, &c.,
EVAN MACGREGOR.

The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.

[Enclosure.]

Treasury Chambers, 20th November, 1886.

SIR,—I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her
Majesty’s Treasury to transmit herewith, for the information
of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a
letter which my Lords have caused to be addressed to the
War Office on the subject of the conditions of employment
of military officers by the Colonial Governments.

I am to state that my Lords consent to the application of
like rules to naval officers. I have, &c.,
The Secretary, Admiralty. R. E. WELBY.

Treasury Chambers, 19th November, 1886.

SIR,—The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
have had before them Mr. Knox’s letter of the 11th ultimo
respecting the employment of naval and military officers by
Colonial Governments, and direct me to state that, on the
recommendation of Mr. Secretary Smith, they agree to the
following rules, which, it will be observed, involve a further
and very important concession to the colonies at the cost of
the British taxpayer :—

(1.) If the officer be on the active list of the army, he will
draw no pay from Imperial funds during his employment by
the Colonial Government, but, if the Secretary of State see
fit, his service under that Government may count towards
promotion and retirement, as though it were service in the
Imperial army, and the retired pay earned by his colonial
service, so long as he remains on the active list, will be
chargeable upon Imperial funds.

(2.) If the officer retire from the army whilst serving under
the Colonial Government he may at once draw so much of
his retired pay as was earned by army service prior to his
entering the colonial service; and on retiring from the
colonial service he may also draw the retired pay earned by
so much of his colonial service as preceded his retirement
from the army.

Article 991 of the pay warrant must be amended ac-
cordingly.

(3.) If the officer be on the retired list when he accepts
colonial employment, his retired pay need not be suspended
in whole or part by reason of such employment unless the
Secretary of State deems fit, even though the retired pay
may have been earned by mixed army and civil service.

(4.) No service under a Colonial Government subsequent
to retirement from the army shall increase the charge for an
officer’s retired pay upon Imperial funds.

(5.) These rules may be applied to officers now in colonial
employment.

I am to add that my Lords will not press further for the
restriction of the colonial employment of an officer on the
active list to five years. I have, &c.,
R. E. WELBY.

The Financial Secretary, War Office.

P.S.—This letter has been communicated to the Board of
Admiralty, with an intimation that my Lords assent to the
application of like rules to naval officers.

Notice to Mariners, No. 12 of 1887.

DISCONTINUANCE OF PILOT AND HARBOUR SERVICE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 1st
May next, the pilot and harbour service at present
established at the Ports of Tauranga, Catlin’s River, and
Fortrose (Mataura) will be discontinued.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Notice to Mariners, No. 13 of 1887.

POSITION OF WRECK BUOY, WELLINGTON HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th April, 1887.

THE Wellington Harbour Board have notified that a
green cask-buoy has been placed over the western edge
of the wreck of the “Eli Whitney,” at a point where there
is a depth of 19ft. at low-water spring-tides, being distant
about 580ft. from the north-eastern corner of the outer tee
of the Queen’s Wharf and about 540ft. from the south-
eastern corner of the Railway Wharf.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Authorizing Erection of an Electric Line for Lighting Pur-
poses, at Nelson.

IN exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me
by “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,” I, Julius Vogel,
K.C.M.G., the Electric Telegraph Commissioner appointed
under the said Act, do hereby authorize and license Edgar
A. Ashcroft and Co., of Wellington, to erect, construct, and
maintain an electric line from the north side of Hardy Street,
Nelson, to the south side of Hardy Street, Nelson, opposite
Section No. 156, by means of underground cable, and from
the west side of Trafalgar Square, Nelson, opposite Section
No. 453, to the west side of the Cathedral, in the same
square, by means of underground cable, for the purposes
of lighting Christchurch pro-Cathedral; and I do hereby
declare that this license shall come into force on and after
the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand
Gazette.

As witness my hand, this twenty-sixth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Additions to the Scale of Charges in force on the New
Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works
Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, the Minister for
Public Works, do hereby make the following additions to
the scale of charges, to come into force from and after
the 25th day of April, 1887:—

PART III.—GOODS.

REGULATIONS.

Wanganui and West Coast Jubilee Exhibition.

Goods consigned for exhibit at the Wanganui and West
Coast Jubilee Exhibition, to be held at Wanganui during
June, 1887, will be carried free on the New Zealand Railways,
provided that they shall be so carried at the sole risk of the
consignors, and that each package shall be consigned to the
Secretary of the Exhibition, and marked legibly “For Ex-
hibit at Wanganui and West Coast Jubilee Exhibition;”
and that the loading and unloading shall be done at the
expense of the consignors; and that in the event of such
exhibits being sold the full railway charges shall be paid.

Exhibits returning may be conveyed free, provided no sale
or exchange has been effected. A certificate to this effect
must be produced, signed by the Secretary of the Exhibition
before the goods can be received for transit free of charge.

As witness my hand, this nineteenth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1887.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.