Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1371

At a special meeting of the Eden Terrace Road Board, held
on Tuesday, 11th October, 1887, it was unanimously resolved
that, in accordance with the provisions of “The Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Road Boards Act, 1882,”
a special rate of five-sixteenths of a penny in the pound be
now struck on the rateable value of all property in the dis-
trict; the said rate to be an annual-recurring rate for the
period of (26) twenty-six years, from the 1st day of April, 1887,
to be made payable in one sum at the office of the Board.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made in
accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1886,” and “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. O. POCKLINGTON,
Clerk to the Board.

Despatch.—Acts assented to (Sess. I., 1887).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1887.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

(New Zealand, No. 53.)
Downing Street, 22nd August, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that Her Majesty
will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance
with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New
Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your Despatch
No. 63, of the 28th June, viz.,—

50° VICTORIA.

Entitled—

No. 1. “An Act to provide that certain Islands in the South
Pacific Ocean known as the Kermadec Group shall
become Part of New Zealand, and subject to the
Laws thereof.”

No. 2. “An Act to declare the Boroughs of Cambridge and
Hastings to be Boroughs under 'The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1886.'”

No. 3. “An Act to amend 'The Post Office Act, 1881.'”

No. 4. “An Act to amend the Law relating to the Guardian-
ship and Contracts of Infants.”

No. 5. “An Act to amend 'The Banks and Bankers Act,
1880.'”

No. 6. “An Act to amend the Law regulating the Registra-
tion of Electors and the Conduct of Elections for
Members of the House of Representatives.”

No. 7. “An Act to provide for the Periodical Readjustment
of the Representation of the People of New Zealand
in the House of Representatives thereof.”

No. 8. “An Act to amend 'The Interpretation Act, 1878.'”

No. 9. “An Act to continue in Operation 'The Westland
and Grey Education Boards Act, 1885.'”

No. 10. “An Act to amend the Law relating to certain
Securities and Contracts respecting Chattel Pro-
perty.”

No. 11. “An Act to amend 'The Building Societies Act,
1880.'”

No. 12. “An Act to amend 'The Counties Act, 1886.'”

No. 13. “An Act to amend 'The Mining Act, 1886.'”

No. 14. “An Act to extend the Provisions of 'The Public
Revenues Act, 1882,' for the Appropriation of the
Public Moneys until the Thirtieth Day of Septem-
ber, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven,
and to make further Provision for the Public Service
until the said Day.”

Local Acts.

No. 1. “An Act to empower the Borough Council of Syden-
ham to erect Gasworks.”

No. 2. “An Act to define the Limits of Reclamation by the
Corporation of Wellington in the Harbour of Wel-
ington, and to provide Powers for effecting Recla-
mation within such Limits, and to vest certain
Lands in the Wellington Harbour Board.”

Personal Act.

No. 3. “An Act to conserve the Rights of Charles Dudley
Robert Ward, Esquire, as a Civil Servant, notwith-
standing his Acceptance of Office temporarily as a
Judge of the Supreme Court.”

Private Act.

No. 1. “An Act to enable the Wellington Gas Company
(Limited) to supply the Townships of the Hutt and
Petone, and their Suburbs or Vicinities, with Gas.”

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

Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.B., &c.

Despatch.—“Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,” extended to
Greece.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1887.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 30th July, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for publica-
tion in the colony under your Government, a copy of an
Order of Her Majesty in Council, extending the provisions of
“The Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,” to Greece.

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

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

At the Court at Windsor, the twelfth day of July, 1887.

Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,” it is pro-
vided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty
that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and
apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant-
ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty
may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or
will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who
desert from merchant-ships belonging to a subject of such
power, when within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable
to be apprehended and carried on board their respective
ships, and may limit the operation of such order, and may
render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and
qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty
that due facilities will be given for recovering and appre-
hending seamen who desert from British merchant-ships in
the dominions and possessions of Her Majesty the King of
the Hellenes:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested
in her by the said “Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,” and by
and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to
order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared,
that, from and after the publication hereof in the London
Gazette, seamen, not being slaves, and not being British
subjects, who, within Her Majesty's dominions, desert from
merchant-ships belonging to subjects of His Majesty the
King of the Hellenes, shall be liable to be apprehended and
carried on board their respective ships: Provided always
that, if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her
Majesty's dominions, he may be detained till he he has been
tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence, if any,
has been carried into effect.

And the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Secretary of
State for India in Council, are to give the necessary direc-
tions herein accordingly.

C. L. PEEL.

Queensland.—Proclamations, also Regulations, admitting
Stock (Pigs excepted) from Places outside the Australa-
sian Colonies.—Notice No. 241.

The Minister's Office, Live Stock Branch,
Wellington, 25th October, 1887.

THE following Proclamations and regulations, issued and
made by the Governor of Queensland, for limiting and
regulating the introduction of stock into that colony from
places outside the Australasian Colonies, are published for
general information.

G. F. RICHARDSON.

Proclamation by His Excellency Sir
Anthony Musgrave, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of
Queensland and its Dependencies.

(L.S.)
A. MUSGRAVE,
Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the thirtieth year of Her
Majesty's reign, intituled “An Act to prevent the Introduc-
tion of Diseased Animals into the Colony of Queensland, and
to check the Progress of Malignant Diseases in Animals,” it
is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor, with
the advice of the Executive Council, may from time to time,
by Proclamation, prohibit or put restrictions on the introduc-
tion or importation of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs,
poultry, and other animals into the Colony of Queensland,
or into any district thereof, from such places and during
such time as may appear necessary, and may revoke or alter
any such Proclamation by a similar Proclamation: And
whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the fourteenth day