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General Post Office,

London, 26th May, 1863.

Sir,— I am directed by the Postmaster-General to acquaint you, that commencing with the first mail despatched to your office from this country, vid Marseilles, after the 1st proximo, the whole postage on the letters by that route will be collected entirely by the scale in operation for letters forwarded vid Southampton, and in order to cover the transit rate paid to France, 4d. up to the weight of ½-ounce instead of 3d. per ¼-ounce, will be levied.

Thus the new rates of Postage on Letters sent vid Marseilles, will be as follows:—

The Secretary of State for the Colonies has been requested to communicate this decision to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand, and you will no doubt shortly receive instructions to collect the same rates on the correspondence forwarded in the mails from your office for the United Kingdom by the route of Marseilles.

As this new regulation will alter all the rates of postage to be collected at your office on letters sent in transit through the United Kingdom when forwarded vid Marseilles, I have caused an amended Table of Rates to be prepared, and enclose some copies for your guidance.

I am, &c.,

H. Hill,

The Postmaster-General, &c., &c., &c., Auckland.

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority in me vested in that behalf, do hereby further prorogue the said General Assembly to Monday, the nineteenth day of October next; And I do hereby further announce and proclaim that the said General Assembly shall assemble for the despatch of business on Monday, the nineteenth day of October, at two o’clock p.m., at Auckland, and the Honourable Members of the Legislative Council and the Members of the House of Representatives respectively, are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place accordingly.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this eighth day of August, 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!

EXTRACT of Advertisements from the “Provincial Government Gazette” of 19th August, 1863.—

Tenders for Purchase and removal of the Manse of the First Church, to be lodged by noon of 1st September.

Tenders for Firewood (Manuka), to be lodged by noon of 1st September.

A Clerk Wanted for the Goldfields Department. Apply in writing to the Provincial Secretary.

Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Any Person or Persons found depositing Manure, Rubbish, or any other article, inside of the embankment opposite the Government Building, which endangers the wharf wall, will be prosecuted as per the 28th section of the Harbor Regulations.

David Dickie,
Deputy Harbor Master.

SUPREME COURT.

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Sitting of this Court for the despatch of Criminal Business will be holden at the Court House, in the City of Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 1st day of September next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon; and that a Sitting for the despatch of Civil Business will be holden at the Court House aforesaid, on Tuesday, the 15th day of September next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon.

Notice is hereby further given that on the opening of the Court on the days above-named, the Sitting for Criminal Business will be adjourned to Monday, the 7th day of September next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon; and the Sitting for Civil Business will be adjourned to Monday, the 21st day of September next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, at which place and on which last mentioned days all persons under recognizances to appear as prosecutors, defendants, or witnesses, are hereby required to give their attendance.

ROBT. CHAPMAN,
Registrar.
Supreme Court Office,
Dunedin, 1st August, 1863.

From New Zealand Gazette, August 8, 1863

A PROCLAMATION

Summoning the General Assembly for despatch of Business.

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 the General Assembly of New Zealand now stands prorogued to the twenty-seventh day of August instant; And it is expedient further to prorogue the same:

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority in me vested in that behalf, do hereby further prorogue the said General Assembly to Monday, the nineteenth day of October next; And I do hereby further announce and proclaim that the said General Assembly shall assemble for the despatch of business on Monday, the nineteenth day of October, at two o’clock p.m., at Auckland, and the Honourable Members of the Legislative Council and the Members of the House of Representatives respectively, are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place accordingly.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this eighth day of August, 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!