Friday, the tenth day of February, at noon, in the office of the Town Board, Invercargill, for the purpose of electing Seven legally qualified persons who shall be Members of the Town Board, in the room of Isaac Broad, Robert Murdoch, George Reese, Henry Jaggers, William Livesey, David Webster, and Charles H. Reynolds, whose seats have become vacant under the provisions of the Ordinance aforesaid: And I hereby appoint J. C. Hunter, of Invercargill, Returning Officer, to preside at the said meeting; and in the event of a Poll being demanded, I hereby appoint the polling to take place in the office of the said Board, on Saturday, the eleventh day of February current.

Jno. P. Taylor,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 24th Jan., 1865.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 24th Jan., 1865.

It is hereby notified that, on and after the first day of February next, the Pilotage Fees in all the ports of the Province of Southland will, in future, be as follows:—Steamers, 4d. per ton; Sailing Vessels, 6d. per ton.

Jno. P. Taylor,
Superintendent.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, December 31, 1864.]

PROCLAMATION

Fixing Rate of Postage on Newspapers.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, 21st and 22nd Victoria, Number 15, intituled the “New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, by Proclamation to be published in the New Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the rates of Postage at any time payable within the Colony, for the transmission of letters by Post, either between places within New Zealand, or to or from places beyond seas, and at what time the same shall be paid; and that the postage so made payable shall be charged and paid accordingly; and by the same Act it was declared that the term “letters” should include, amongst other things, Newspapers:

And whereas by a Proclamation, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of December, 1860, made in pursuance of the said recited power, certain rates of Postage have been fixed for transmission of letters, and for the transmission in certain cases, as set forth in the Schedule to the said Proclamation, and it is expedient to alter the rates of Postage for the transmission of Newspapers:

Now therefore I, the Governor, in further pursuance of the said power and authority, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, do hereby alter so much of the Proclamation of the 29th December, 1860, as provides for the transmission of Newspapers free by post; and do proclaim and declare that a postage rate shall be charged and paid before the same shall be transmitted by post as follows, that is to say:

1. On each Newspaper published in the Colony, and posted in New Zealand for any other part of the Colony—One Penny.

2. On each Newspaper posted in New Zealand for England, via Southampton, or by ship direct, or for any place beyond seas (except as is specially provided for in the above-recited Proclamation)—One penny.

And I do further appoint and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the First day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-five.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this Twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,

Henry Sewell.

Approved in Council,

Forster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.

God Save The Queen!