Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1149
Defining the Middle Line of a Further Portion of the North
Island Main Trunk Railway from a Point at or near
Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumaranui, and
the Ongaruhe River Valley (Part of Mokau Section).
(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the North Island Main Trunk Railway,
from a point at or near Marton to Te Awamutu,
via Murimotu, Taumaranui, and the Ongaruhe River Valley
(hereinafter termed "the said railway"), is a railway the
construction of which is authorised by "The Railways
Authorisation Act, 1884:" And whereas the said railway
has been partly constructed, and it has been determined to
construct and maintain a further portion of the same:
Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance
of the powers and authorities conferred by "The Railways
Authorisation Act, 1884," and "The Public Works Act,
1882," and in exercise of every other power and authority
in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the middle line of the said further portion
of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the
Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point situate in the Rangitoto-Tuhua
Native Block 6039, in Block IX., Pakaumanu Survey District, distant about 34 miles 32 chains in a southerly direction from Te Awamutu; which point of commencement is
also the point of termination of the Waiteti Section of the
said railway, as described in a Proclamation dated the 5th
February, 1887, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
No. 11, of the 17th February, 1887; proceeding thence
generally in a south-easterly direction for a distance of about
4 miles 47 chains, and passing in, into, through or over
the following lands, viz., the Rangitoto-Tuhua Block 6039:
including all adjoining and intervening places, roads, tracks,
rivers, streams, and watercourses; and terminating at a
point in the said Rangitoto-Tuhua Block 6039, in Block
XIII., Pakaumanu Survey District; all in the Provincial
District of Taranaki; in the manner delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 16900 in the office of the Minister for Public
Works at Wellington, a copy of which is deposited in the
office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; 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 the Government
House, at Wellington, this tenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Revoking Order in Council prohibiting Export of Oysters.
GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day
of August, 1892.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS an Order in Council prohibiting the exportation from the colony of all oysters known as Ostrea purpurea, Ostrea glomerata, Ostrea mordax, or rock oysters,
shore oysters, drift or mangrove oysters, or by whatever
name they may be locally known respectively, taken or produced in the waters of the colony, was made under the powers
conferred by "The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885"
(hereinafter termed "the said Act)," on the twenty-eighth day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 52, of the thirtieth day of the same month:
And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said recited Order
in Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the
powers conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers
enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the
twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-two, as from the date of the publication hereof in the
New Zealand Gazette.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Regulations for Parcels to Queensland.
GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day
of August, 1892.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council, bearing date the
twenty-third day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, purporting to be made under the powers
conferred by "The Post Office (Foreign Parcels) Act, 1888,"
and "The Post Office Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1886,"
(hereinafter termed "the said Act"), regulations were made
for the purposes of the parcels post to Tasmania and certain
of the Australian Colonies therein mentioned:
And whereas it is now deemed expedient to extend the
system of the parcels post to the Colony of Queensland:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred by the said Acts, and acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth for the purposes of such extension
hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto,
and doth declare that such regulations shall come into force
on the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two, and shall be read and construed subject to
the provisions of the said Acts.
SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.
INTERPRETATION.

1. "PARCEL" means any package or parcel which may be conveyed, or be intended to be conveyed, by means of the Post Office, under the Acts and Regulations from time to time in force relating to the Post Office; and either posted in New Zealand for transmission to any place in the Colony of Queensland, or posted at any place in the said colony for transmission to a place in New Zealand.
   "RECEIVING" AND "DESPATCHING" POST-OFFICES.
2. The chief post-offices at Invercargill, Dunedin, Wellington, and Auckland, in New Zealand, shall, for the time being,
   be the receiving and despatching post-offices respectively,
   unless otherwise directed by the Postmaster-General. At the
   receiving post-offices the received parcels shall be examined
   for the purpose of assessing the Customs duty.
   PREPAYMENT OF CUSTOMS AND OTHER DUTIES.
3. The Customs duty and other charges (if any) must be paid before a parcel shall be delivered.
   LIMIT OF WEIGHT AND DIMENSIONS.
4. A parcel for transmission must not exceed 11lb. in weight, 3ft. 6in. in length, or 6ft. in length and girth combined.
   WHERE RECEIVED AND DELIVERED.
5. Parcels of the maximum size and weight will only be received at, and delivered from, New Zealand post-offices at places accessible by railway, steamer, or mail-coach.
   FURTHER LIMITATION TO CERTAIN PLACES.
6. From and to places in New Zealand not served by railway, steamer, or mail-coach (list published in Postal Guide) only parcels not exceeding 5lb. in weight, and not measuring more than 2ft. in length or 1ft. in breadth or depth, will be accepted.