General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES MELVILLE BALFOUR, Esq.,

to be Marine Engineer for the Colony of New Zealand.

JOHN HALL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.

IN virtue of the power vested in me for that purpose, the following appointments have been made in the service of the Colony :

JOHN HALL.

OTAGO.

George Bond, to be Postmaster at Arthur’s Point from 1st July, 1866.

W. Bruce Mackay, to be Postmaster at Anderson’s Bay from 1st August, 1866.

John Grubb, to be Postmaster at Clyde from 1st September, 1866.

George McKay, to be Postmaster at Teviot Junction from 1st September, 1866.

George Barker, to be Postmaster at Twelve-mile Creek from 1st September, 1866.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, October 31, 1866, No. 57.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. JOHN HALL

to be Electric Telegraph Commissioner for the Colony of New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1866.

THE following sections of “The Aliens Act, 1866,” relating to the mode of applying for Letters of Naturalization, are published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

V. When any alien friend now residing in or who shall hereafter reside within the Colony of New Zealand desires to be naturalized, if he be of good repute and if he take the oath prescribed in the Schedule hereto, the Governor may, if he think fit, grant to him under the seal of the Colony letters of naturalization, subject to such conditions (if any) as he may consider necessary or advisable, and may thereby grant to him all the rights and capacities of a natural-born British subject within the Colony, except the rights and capacities (if any) specially excepted in and by such letters of naturalization.

VII. When any person desires to obtain naturalization under this Act, he may present to the Governor a memorial signed by himself and verified upon oath, stating his name, age, birth-place, residence, and occupation, the length of his residence in the Colony, and his desire to settle therein, and praying that letters of naturalization may be granted to him; and also a certificate signed by some Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, to the effect that the applicant is known to the person so signing, and is, to the best of such person’s belief and knowledge, a person of good repute.

VIII. If the Governor think fit to grant such letters, he shall direct the applicant to take the oath prescribed by this Act before some Judge of the Supreme Court or of a District Court or before some Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace; and upon the certificate of such Judge or Magistrate or Justice that the applicant has taken before him the said oath, he shall issue to the applicant letters of naturalization accordingly; and upon such letters of naturalization being issued to him, the applicant shall enjoy all the rights and capacities which a natural-born subject of the United Kingdom can enjoy or transmit within this Colony, except such rights and capacities (if any) as are specially excepted in the letters of naturalization granted and issued to him.

IX. When any person resident in New Zealand has previously obtained any certificate or letters of naturalization in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or any part thereof, or in any British Colony on the Continents of Australia, Africa or America, or in the Colony of Tasmania, and desires to be naturalized in New Zealand, if he submit such certificate to the Governor in Council, and if he further state in his memorial as aforesaid that he is the person named in such certificate, and that the same has been obtained without any fraud or intentional false statement, and that the signature and the seal (if any) thereto are, to the best of his belief and knowledge, genuine, the Governor may, at his discretion, grant the letters of naturalization without requiring from the applicant any further residence in New Zealand, or (if the applicant has previously taken a similar oath) the oath prescribed by this Act.

X. The Colonial Secretary shall enrol for safe custody, as of record, all such letters of naturalization and a certified copy of every such certificate as aforesaid; and shall demand and receive from every person to whom such letters are granted the fee of one pound in respect of such enrolment; and shall cause to be made proper indices to such letters and certificates, and shall permit every person desirous of so doing to inspect the same and make copies of such letters and certificates on payment of the fee of one shilling for every such inspection.

SCHEDULE.

I do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria as lawful Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of this Colony of New Zealand. So help me God.

For mode of obtaining passports for travelling in Foreign countries, see General Government Gazette, 31st October, 1866, page 403.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1866.

THE following Act passed by the Imperial Parliament is published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

CAP. CVI.

An Act to authorize Loans in aid of the construction of Docks in British Possessions. [5th July, 1865.]

WHEREAS, with a view to secure accommodation for vessels of the Royal Navy in British Possessions abroad, it is expedient to authorize loans in aid of the formation there of docks of dimensions greater than would be requisite for commercial or other private purposes only.

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :

See General Government Gazette, 31st October, 1866, page 402.