as aforesaid of the said Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare and appoint that on and from the day of the date hereof, that “outside of Jacob’s river between the Reserve for Lighthouse No. 4 on Howell’s Point and the Eastern Boundary of the Maori Reserve and within the entrance to the said river, the beach adjoining the Jetty and the Jetty,” shall be deemed and taken to be the legal landing places for the lading and unloading of goods at the Port of Riverton, under the “Customs Regulation Act, 1858.”

Given under my hand at Auckland, this third day of January, in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,

READER WOOD.

PROCLAMATION

By JAMES A. R. MENZIES, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Southland.

WHEREAS His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers in him vested in that behalf, has been pleased to delegate to the Superintendent of the Province of Southland the several powers vested in the Governor by the 2d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th sections of the “Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” subject to certain Regulations made by the Governor in Council, on or about the 12th day of October 1861;

Now, therefore, I, the said Superintendent, in pursuance of the powers in me vested in that behalf do hereby proclaim and declare that the Inspector of Diseased Cattle at the Harbours of the Bluff and the New River shall not be authorised to grant a certificate to land in the Province of Southland cattle coming from Stewart’s Island, the Island of Ruapuke, or Solander’s Island, or any of the Islands adjacent thereto.

Given under my hand, at Invercargill, this fourteenth day of February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

J. A. R. MENZIES,
Superintendent.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by the “Jetties and Wharves Ordinance, 1868,” of the Province of Otago, I, JAMES A. R. MENZIES, Superintendent of the Province of Southland, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, do hereby make the following Regulations for the management of the Jetties and Wharves in the Ports of Invercargill and Riverton in the said Province: And I do hereby declare that the several sums of money specified, and mentioned in the following Regulations shall be levied and taken as Tolls, Dues, and Wharfages by the Keepers of the Jetties and Wharves in the said Ports respectively:—

REGULATIONS.

1. Every Vessel occupying a berth at, and every Vessel making fast to any wharf or Jetty, and every Vessel making fast to any Vessels occupying a berth at any Wharf or Jetty, shall pay a toll of twopence (2d) per ton on her registered tonnage.

2. Every Vessel occupying a berth at any Wharf or Jetty for the purpose of discharging cargo, whose period for occupying such berth, as fixed by the “Harbour Regulations,” shall have expired, shall pay for every day beyond such time after the following rate:—

   £ s. d.
   For ships under 50 tons - 0 10 0
   ,, from 50 tons and upwards ..... 1 0 0

3. Vessels taking in cargo at any Wharf or Jetty, will be permitted to occupy a berth until required for other purposes by the Harbour Master, in accordance with the 32d section of the “Harbour Regulations.”

4. Upon the recommendation of the Harbour Master to that effect, the Superintendent may exempt any Vessel from payment of the above Tolls, or any of them.

5. There shall be levied upon all import Goods landed at any Jetty or Wharf, the following Dues, that is to say—

   s. d.
   Beer; bottled, per cask - 0 4
   Hogheads, each - 0 9
   Barrels in proportion.
   Bricks, per thousand - 2 0
   Candles, per hundredweight - 0 2
   Carts, drays, each - 2 0
   Earthenware, per crate - 1 6
   Glassware, per cask - 0 9
   Firewood, per cord - 0 6
   Lime, per bushel - 0 0½
   Ploughs - 1 6
   Puncheons (if full) each - 1 0
   Sawntimber, per 100 feet - 0 2
   Spirits, wine, per gallon - 0 1
   Tea, per chest (½ chests in proportion) - 0 4
   Tobacco (if not destroyed for sheepwash) per cwt. - 0 2
   Wool, per bale - 0 6
   Coals, Flour, Iron, Rice, Salt, Soap, Sugar, at per ton of 20 cwt. - 1 0
   Goods, not enumerated, per ton measurement - 1 0

6. There shall be levied upon all Export Goods, shipped from any Jetty or Wharf, the same dues as are hereby authorised to be levied upon import goods.

7. Goods upon which export dues shall have been paid at a Wharf or Jetty in one of the Ports aforesaid, shall not be subject to import dues at a Wharf or Jetty in the other of the said Ports. Provided that the owner or person in charge of such goods shall, when claiming to be exempt from the payment of such dues, produce to the keeper of the Wharf or Jetty claiming such dues, a list of the Goods for which exemption is claimed, and such list having attached or annexed thereto a certificate under the hand of the Keeper of the Wharf or Jetty at the other of the said Ports, to the effect that the Export Dues have been paid in respect of such Goods.

8. The Regulations, published in the Provincial Government Gazette, of the 24th August, 1861, Number 3, are hereby revoked.

9. These Regulations shall come into operation on and after the Twenty-second day of February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

Dated at Invercargill aforesaid, this 7th day of February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

J. A. R. MENZIES,
Superintendent.