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managing of the several Post Offices of the said Colony; for the receiving, despatching, conveying and delivering of Letters, (including the imposition of Fees for Private Boxes and deliveries); for the detaining, opening and return, or other disposal of irregularly posted, unclaimed, and refused letters, or such as from any cause whatsoever cannot be delivered or forwarded, and the contents thereof respectively, and for the publication of the Lists of the same; for the making, custody, and sale of Postage Labels; for the receiving and paying of money in connection with the said Postal Service; and for the conduct of Post Officers; and any such Rules and Regulations at any time in force to alter, vary, or revoke: and, for the purpose of giving effect to the Rules and Regulations so to be made, further power is given to the Governor in Council by the said Act to impose any penalty not exceeding ten pounds for any one offence against such Rules and Regulations.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby make the following additional Post Office Regulation: and doth declare that the same shall be in force from and after the first day of January, 1863, and that in addition and without prejudice to the Regulations published in the Government Gazette, No. 9, dated the 6th February, 1862.

Regulation No. 82.

Newspapers for transmission within the Colony or for Overland Mails shall be posted in single numbers, so put up that the date of publication may be readily seen; Packages of Newspapers consisting of more than one number, shall be treated as Book Packets.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE APPOINTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 4th December, 1862.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD JAMES LEE, Esq., of Brooklands, Rakaia, Canterbury

ALEXANDER JIE GRAND CAMPBELL, Esq., of Motueka, Nelson,

THOMAS SCOTT, Esq., of Auckland,

JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esq., of Nokomai Gold Fields, Otago,

JAMES CROWE RICHMOND, Esq., of Nelson,

THOMAS BASTON ARCHBALD, Esq., of Mount Benger, Otago,

EDWARD BOWES CARGILL, Esq., of Dunedin, and

Major GEORGE STODDART WHITMORE, of Auckland,

to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

ALFRED DOMETT.

J. PATERSON ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 4th December, 1862.

It is hereby notified that a writ issued for the election of a Member of the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of the City of Dunedin, has been returned with a certificate to the effect that

JAMES PATERSON

has been duly elected.

ALFRED DOMETT.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES APPOINTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1862.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS BASTON ARCHBALD, Esquire, J.P., of Mount Benger Gold Fields, Otago,

JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esquire, J.P., of Nokomai Gold Fields, Otago; and

THOMAS SCOTT, Esquire, J.P., of Auckland,

to be Resident Magistrates, under the “Resident Magistrates’ Court Ordinance.”

ALFRED DOMETT.

DUNEDIN, OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND.—TO ARCHITECTS.— Competitive Designs are required by the Provincial Government of Otago, for a Gaol, an Hospital, and a Lunatic Asylum. Drawings, &c., will be received at the Office of the Provincial Secretary, until 4 p.m., the second day of March, 1863. The following Premiums will be given to the successful competitors, viz.:

For the Gaol, 1st Prize, £150. 2nd Prize, £75.

,, Hospital, 1st do £100. 2nd do £50.

,, Lunatic Asylum, 1st do £100. 2nd do £50.

All premiated designs are to become the property of the Government. Plans of the site, and other particulars may be obtained at the Office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin. By order, THOMAS DICK, Provincial Secretary. December 15th, 1862.