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IT is hereby notified, that a writ, issued for the election of one Member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, for the electoral district of Aparima, has been returned with a certificate to the effect that

WILLIAM HUGH NURSE, ESQ.,

has been duly elected.

THEOPHILUS HEALE,

Deputy Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, June 13, 1864.

IT is hereby notified, that a Writ, issued for the election of one member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, for the electoral District of Waihopai, has been returned with a certificate to the effect that

WALTER HENRY PEARSON, ESQ.,

has been duly elected.

THEOPHILUS HEALE,

Deputy Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, June 14, 1864.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, June 6, 1864.)

PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.

Ordinance assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 28th May, 1864.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, intituled, "The Debentures Ordinance, No. 1, 1864," which Ordinance was reserved for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to assent to the same.

FREDK. WHITAKER,

In the absence of Mr Fox.

P O S T A L.

Appointment of Postmasters.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1864.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-General by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made in the Postal service of the Colony.

FREDERICK WHITAKER,

For the Postmaster-General.

Southland.

Alexander Dunlop, to be Postmaster at Greenhills, from 18th May, 1864.

P O S T A L.

Alteration of the Rates of Postage on Correspondence for Venezuela.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1864.

THE following Despatch respecting Rates of Postage on Correspondence for Venezuela is published for general information.

FREDERICK WHITAKER,

For the Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
London, 16th March, 1864.

SIR,

I am directed by the Postmaster-General to inform you that on the 1st April next, and thenceforward, the postage upon letters conveyed between the United Kingdom and Venezuela will be increased from Sixpence to One Shilling the single rate (half an ounce), thus assimilating the rates of postage on correspondence for Venezuela to the rates recently authorized to be levied upon correspondence for British Colonies and Foreign Possessions in the West Indies, announced to you by my letter of the 19th March, 1863.

In acquainting you with this alteration, I request that you will be good enough to cause credit to be given to this Department in future upon all letters for Venezuela transmitted via the United Kingdom at the rates mentioned in my letter above referred to.

I have, &c.,

F. HILL.

The Postmaster-General, &c., &c.,
Auckland, New Zealand.

P O S T A L.

Respecting Abuse of System of Franking.

General Post-Office,
Auckland, 29th May, 1864.

REPRESENTATIONS having been made to the Government that the privilege of franking letters free by Post has, in several instances, been greatly abused; Notice is hereby given to the Public Officers empowered to frank, that any abuse of this authority is a breach of the Law which renders the offenders liable to fine under the "New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858."

FREDERICK WHITAKER,

For the Postmaster-General.

Printed for the Provincial Government by HARNETT & CO., Dee-street, Invercargill.