[From the New Zealand Gazette, December 22, 1865, No. 49.]

Deputy-Registrars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Otago), appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1865.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to be Deputy-Registrars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the districts set opposite their names, as defined in Proclamation of 30th November, 1865, and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 48, of 11th December, 1865:—

James Ashcroft, Oamaru;
John Burnside, Dunedin.

These appointments to take effect from 1st February, 1866.

E. W. Stafford.

[From New Zealand Gazette, Jan. 6, 1866, No. 1.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 28th December, 1865.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of Robert Henry Forman, Esq., of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, of his appointments of Sheriff for the District of Otago, Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand, and Resident Magistrate.

E. W. Stafford.

G. Grey, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the eleventh day of January, 1866.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor in Council.

Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Resident Magistrate’s Court Act, 1858,” it is enacted that the fees to be taken in respect of any proceedings in any Resident Magistrate’s Court, may be varied, abolished, and fixed as the Governor in Council shall from time to time direct and appoint. And whereas by an Order in Council, bearing date the sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, His Excellency the Governor in Council appointed certain fees therein specified to be taken in respect of proceedings in any Resident Magistrate’s Court in the Colony; and whereas it is expedient to abolish the same, and to appoint other fees to be taken in lieu thereof: Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby abolish the fees so appointed to be taken as aforesaid, and doth hereby fix that from and after the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the fees to be taken in respect of proceedings in any Resident Magistrate’s Court in the Colony shall be as follows, that is to say—

[From the New Zealand Gazette, January 18, 1866, No. 3.]

G. Grey, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the eleventh day of January, 1866.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor in Council.

Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” it is amongst other things enacted that if any goods enumerated or described in the Table of Prohibitions, contained in the 32nd section of the said Act, shall be imported or brought into New Zealand, then and in every such case, such goods shall be forfeited, and shall be destroyed or disposed of as the Commissioner of Customs may direct.

And whereas in the said Table of Prohibitions of Goods absolutely prohibited to be imported, are included infected cattle, sheep, or other animals, and hides, skins, horns, hoofs, or any other part of cattle or other animals, which the Governor in Council may prohibit in order to prevent any infectious or contagious distemper or disease:—Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, doth, in pursuance of the hereinbefore recited provisions of the said Act, by this present Order, absolutely prohibit the importation from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or from any part of the Continent of Europe into New Zealand, of any cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, or poultry, and of hides, skins, horns, hoofs, and all other parts of such animals, in order to prevent the infectious or contagious distemper or disease now prevalent in the said United Kingdom, and in divers parts of the Continent of Europe, among animals of the several kinds aforesaid, from spreading in New Zealand.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

FEES IN RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. Grey,
Governor.