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has been laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

A PROCLAMATION

Intimating Her Majesty’s assent to a certain Bill passed by the General Assembly.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament, held in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her Majesty’s reign, intituled “An Act to grant a Representative 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 or House of Representatives of the said Colony, or by Proclamation, 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, intituled “An Act to amend the Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1858,” 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, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in part recited Act, do by this Proclamation signify and proclaim to all to 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 my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Act of the General Assembly which Her Majesty has not been advised to disallow.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 31st July, 1863.

THE following Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, in the Session held in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled—

“An Act to amend the Customs Duties Act, 1858, in relation to Military supplies,”

having been laid before the Queen in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution Act, His Excellency the Governor has been informed by the Secretary of State, that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to that Act.

Alfred Domett.

Warrant abolishing a Polling Place and appointing another in lieu thereof.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting—

WHEREAS by “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Warrant under his hand, from time to time to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral District, within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling