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Regulations have been laid before Parliament, is thereby repealed: And whereas it is expedient that other Regulations should be made in addition to those so made by the Governor as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," and by with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth hereby make the Regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, for the conduct of immigrants to New Zealand, and for the nomination of immigrants by persons resident therein: Such Regulations shall be in addition to those already in force, and shall takei effect from and after the thirty-first day of August instant: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained, or in the Regulations hereby made, shall prejudice or affect anything lawfully done or any right acquired or duty imposed by or under the said Regulations of the fifteenth day of October aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND, ON THE NOMINATION OF IMMIGRANTS BY PERSONS RESIDENT THEREIN.

1. Except as hereinafter provided, nominations of the following classes only will be accepted, viz.,—

Agricultural labourers, such as farm servants, navvies, shepherds, carpenters, country mechanics, &c., and

Single women suitable for domestic service, such as cooks, housemaids, general servants, dairy-maids, &c.

2. Married men must be under 45 years of age, single men under 40 years of age, and single women between 15 and 35 years of age.

3. Free passages will not be granted to more than 3 children under 12 years of age in one family; but the number in excess may be paid for at the current rate of passage.

4. Immigration Officers may provisionally accept nominations of persons not eligible under the foregoing Regulations if satisfied as to the prospect of employment upon arrival, &c.; but such nominations will be subject to the approval of the Minister for Immigration.

5. The Minister for Immigration may authorize payment in cash of such an amount as he may think fit to be taken for the passage of persons, who under the foregoing Regulations or in his opinion are, ineligible for free passages; and nominators may also deposit with Immigration Officers any sums they may desire the Agent-General to advance to their friends for outfit or other embarkation expenses.

6. Persons wishing to obtain labour of a particular class may send instructions to their friends or agents at home through an Immigration Officer, and such agents will be accredited to the Agent-General, who will provide the persons selected by them with passages, should he deem them suitable.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Assent withheld from Provincial Ordinance of Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th Septembe, 1875.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of Otago for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereof, intituled

"The Moeraki Harbour Board Ordinance, 1875,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to withhold his assent to the from the same.

(From the New Zealand "Gazette," September 9, 1875.)
Limits of Port of All-Day Bay, Otago, defined.

NORMANBY, GOVERNOR.

IN pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the 7th section of "The Marine Act, 1867," I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby, for the purposes of the said Act, define the limits of the Port of All-Day Bay, in the Province of Otago, to be all the navigable waters included within a radius of three nautical miles from the Signal Flagstaff thereat.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the county of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; at the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Justices of the Peace appointed under "The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th August, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES ARKLE, Esq., Mayor of Palmerston; and
ROBERT CRAMOND, Esq., Mayor of Balclutha,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

DUNEDIN:
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by COULLS & CULLING, of Rattray-street, Printers to said Provincial Government for the time being.