Numb. 40.

835

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1896.

"The Customs Duties Reciprocity Act, 1895," assented to by
Her Majesty in Council.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session of Parlia-
ment held in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of
Her Majesty's reign, entitled "An Act to grant a Repre-
sentative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is,
amongst other things, enacted that no Bill which shall be
reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure
thereon shall have any force or authority within the Colony
of New Zealand until the Governor of the said colony shall
signify, by speech or message to the Legislative Council and
House of Representatives of the said colony, or by Procla-
mation, that such Bill has been laid before Her Majesty in
Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to
the same:

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives of the said colony,
entitled "An Act respecting Reciprocity as to Customs
Duties," was presented to the Governor of the said colony
for Her Majesty's assent, and the said Bill was reserved for
the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the pro-
visions of the said in part recited Act, do, by this Procla-
mation, signify and proclaim to all whom it may concern
that the said Bill has been laid before Her Majesty in
Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to
the same.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Auckland, this
twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
W. C. WALKER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Woodville Police Gaol ceased to be a Police Gaol.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New
Zealand intituled "The Prisons Act, 1882," it is
enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation in the New
Zealand Gazette, declare that any prison or police gaol shall
no longer be a prison or police gaol; and upon the gazetting
of such Proclamation, or from and after any later date fixed
in such Proclamation for the purpose, such prison or police
gaol shall cease to be a prison or police gaol:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-
recited power and authority, do hereby declare that, from
and after the gazetting of this Proclamation, the police gaol
at Woodville, in the Provincial District of Wellington, shall
cease to be a police gaol.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Auckland, this
twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
T. THOMPSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Greymouth Police Gaol ceased to be a Police Gaol.

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New
Zealand intituled "The Prisons Act, 1882," it is
enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation in the New
Zealand Gazette, declare that any prison or police gaol shall
no longer be a prison or police gaol; and upon the gazetting
of such Proclamation, or from and after any later date fixed

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 15, of the 5th March, 1896, page 398, in clause 1 of the Regulations for the
Examination of Surveyors, made by warrant of the 26th February, 1896, for "the Inspector of Mines" read "the
Inspecting Engineer, Mines Department."
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