PROCLAMATION

Now therefore I, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise of the said recited power and authority, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby alter the rate of Registration Fee on Letters for transmission by post between places within the Colony; and I do proclaim and declare that such Fee shall be Sixpence, in addition to the Postage. And I further appoint and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the First day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-five.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this Twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.

Approved in Council,
Forster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.

God Save the Queen!

And such Officers shall be authorised to frank official Letters and Packets, provided that there be endorsed on any such Letter or Packet the words “On Public Service only,” and that the signature of the Governor, or of such Officer as aforesaid franking the same, shall be subscribed thereto: And I do appoint and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of February, next ensuing.

Given under my hand, at the Government House at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this Twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Henry Sewell.

Approved in Council,
Forster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.

God Save the Queen!

PROCLAMATION

Limiting the Power of Franking

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 “The Post Office Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation to be published in the New Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the Rates of Postage at any time payable within the Colony for the transmission of Letters and Newspapers by Post, either between places within New Zealand or to and from places beyond seas, and at what time the same shall be paid, and that the Postage so made payable shall be charged and paid accordingly: And whereas, by Proclamation dated the Twenty-ninth day of December, 1860, certain Rates of Postage were fixed for the transmission of Letters in manner aforesaid: And whereas, by Proclamations dated respectively the Fourth day of February and the Twelfth day of February, 1862, all Letters and Packets on the Public Service of the Colony, addressed and marked as therein provided, were exempted from the operation of the said Proclamation of the Twenty-ninth December, 1860: And whereas, it is expedient to limit such exemptions: Now therefore I, the Governor, in further pursuance of the said recited power and authority, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said two lastly recited Proclamations shall be, and the same are hereby repealed, save only as respects the Letters of Aboriginal Natives; and do declare that no Postage shall be paid or payable for transmission by Post of Letters or Packets which shall be solely on the Public Service of the Colony of New Zealand, and shall be so marked on the outside, and also signed with the name of the sender, and addressed to any of the following officers:—

• His Excellency the Governor of the Colony.
• The Officer commanding Her Majesty’s Troops in the Colony.
• The Senior Naval Officer on the New Zealand Station.
• The Members of the Executive Council of the Colony.

And such Officers shall be authorised to frank official Letters and Packets...

Honorable Henry Sewell appointed Registrar-General of Land.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 19th December, 1864.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint The Honorable Henry Sewell, to be Registrar-General of Land.

Fred. A. Weld.

Resignation of Fred. Whitaker, Esq., of Seat in Legislative Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 27th December, 1864.

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that Frederick Whitaker, Esquire, has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council of New Zealand, and that His Excellency accepted such resignation on the 19th instant.

Fred. A. Weld.

Resignation of T. B. Gillies, Esq., of his appointment of Registrar-General of Lands, accepted.

Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 19th December, 1864.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of T. B. Gillies, Esquire, of the Office of Registrar-General of Land.

Henry Sewell.

A. W. Smith, Esquire, appointed Revising Officer, under the “Building and Land Societies’ Ordinance, Session XI, No. 11.”

Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 19th December, 1864.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Alfred William Smith, Esquire, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, to be Revising Officer, under the “Building and Land Societies’ Ordinance, Session XI, No. 11.”

Henry Sewell.