enclosure, or compartment, numbered 2, in Lock-up or Watch-house at the Molyneux Ferry in the said Province shall henceforth be a Public Gaol.

Given under my hand at Dunedin, and issued under the seal of the Province of Otago, this seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

J. HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
JAMES PATERSON,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 17th January, 1865.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM COBDEN,
A member of the Otago Police Force, to be Gaoler of the Public Gaol, situate at the Molyneux Ferry in the said Province.

JAMES PATERSON,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION,

Appointing a certain portion of the Province of Otago a Quarantine Ground, under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861.”

By His Honor John Hyde Harris, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby appoint to be a Quarantine Ground under the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” all that piece or parcel of Land, being part of section numbered 6, North Harbour and Blueskin District, and part of section numbered 3, North-East Valley District, in the said Province; bounded on the north-west by another part of the said section numbered 6; on the south-east by sections 3, 5, and 7, North-East Valley aforesaid, and the Main North Road; on the north-east by section numbered 7, North Harbour and Blueskin District aforesaid; and on the south-west by section numbered 3 of the said last mentioned District.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

J. HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
JOHN LOGAN,
Secretary to the Superintendent.

AMENDED NOTICE.

JETTIES and WEIGHBRIDGE, at Jetty-street, Dunedin.

JETTY and WEIGHBRIDGE, at Stuart-street, do.

JETTY at Rattray-street, do.

JETTY at Pelichet Bay, do.

JETTY at Port Chalmers.

JETTY at Moeraki.

Sale at noon of Monday, 20th February, 1865, at the Office of the Secretary for Public Works, Dunedin, as provided by the “Jetties and Wharves Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1864.”

THE TOLLS, DUES, WHARFAGES, &c., from 1st March next until the end of 1865, of the above-mentioned Jetties will be let by public auction to the highest bidder, on his depositing one month’s rent at the time and place above-mentioned, and on his finding sufficient sureties for the payment of the money or rent-monthly in advance during the lease, and for the due fulfilment of the other conditions.

CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE DUNEDIN JETTIES.

1. All the Jetties in Dunedin will be let in one lot. Rattray-street Jetty will be handed over when finished to the lessee.

2. The lessee must keep three lamps on each of Jetty-street new Jetty, and Rattray-street Jetty, same as at present on Jetty-street new Jetty; also one lamp on each of Pelichet Bay Jetty, Stuart-street Jetty, and Jetty-street old Jetty, the same as at present on the said old Jetty.

3. The Lessee shall pay as required what the Harbor Master shall consider reasonable wages to a Night Watchman, who shall be appointed by and be under the direction of the Harbor Master.

4. The Shed on the new Jetty must be at all times available for passengers’ and immigrants’ luggage. The charge for receiving, including delivery, of luggage and goods shall be at the rate of not more than 2s. per ton; and for storage at the rate of not more than 1s. per ton per week. No charge for storage shall be made for immigrants’ luggage for the first 48 hours. So much of the Shed as is not required for luggage may be used for all unclaimed goods found on the Jetty, and for goods requiring shelter for a short time only. The Harbor Master shall have an office in the Shed.

5. Water not to exceed the rate of 2s. 6d. per ton; but the Government will not be in any way responsible for the continuance of the water supply.

6. Weighbridge Dues shall be the same as at present, viz., 6d. for every cart, and 1s. for every waggon.

CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO PORT CHALMERS JETTY.

7. The lessee of Port Chalmers Jetty must keep a lamp upon the Jetty, the same as at present.

CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL JETTIES.

8. Jetties will be let, subject to all Acts, Ordinances, and Harbour Regulations in force for the time being and the Harbour Master shall retain control over all Jetties, so far as these Acts, Ordinances, and Regulations will apply.

9. The lessee must keep all the property under lease in thorough repair.

10. No offices to be erected on any Jetty, except by permission of the Government, save sentry-box for the Night Watchman.

11. All Jetties to be clean swept every Saturday afternoon.

12. The Government shall be entitled to the free and sole use of any Jetty at any time, for the purpose of receiving distinguished visitors, or for any other public purpose.

13. The Landing Steps at all Jetties shall be open to the public, and no charge shall be made for watermen’s boats plying to and from said Landing places.

14. The Jetty Dues shall be at the following rates, on all goods shipped or landed, and shall be paid by the master or owner of the vessel:—

    Coals
    Bricks
    Lime
    Wooden Posts and Rails ... 6d. per ton of 40 ft. or 20 cwt.
    Salt
    Sawn Timber
    Stone
    Firewood, 1s. per cord; Wool, 6d. per bale; Horses, 1s.; Cattle, 9d.; Sheep, 1d.; Pigs, 2d. per head; Immigrants’ Luggage direct from Britain, free; all other goods at the rate of 1s. per ton.

Vessels under 40 tons register shall be allowed four, and vessels above that tonnage shall be allowed six, working days to load and unload at the Jetties, as the case may be; and any vessel remaining longer at any Jetty shall be charged one penny per registered ton per day.