Appointment of Harbour Master under "The Marine Board Act, 1863."

[Re-printed from the New Zealand Gazette.]

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, 30th July, 1864.

In exercise of the authority vested in me by "The Marine Board Act, 1863," I have appointed

John Gibson,
to be Harbour Master for the Port of New Plymouth. The appointment to date from the 1st of June.

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

A PROCLAMATION
Intimating Her Majesty’s Assent to a certain Bill passed by the General Assembly.

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 passed in the Session of Parliament held in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of Her Majesty’s reign, intituled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is amongst other things enacted that no bill which shall be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon shall have any force or authority within the Colony of New Zealand until the Governor of the said Colony shall signify by speech or message to the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said Colony, or by Proclamation, that such bill has been laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same:

And whereas a certain bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said Colony, intituled, "An Act to alter the Civil List," was presented to the Governor of the said Colony for Her Majesty’s assent, and the said bill was reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon:

Now therefore, I, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in part recited Act, do by this proclamation signify and proclaim to all whom it may concern that the said bill has been laid before Her Majesty in Council, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same.

Given under my hand at Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

G. GREY.
By His Excellency’s command,
WILLIAM FOX.

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, 1st August, 1864.

The following Tenders for Blasting Stone, &c., were received and opened on the 30th July, 1864, and are published for general information:

• John Paire, at 2s. per foot, (accepted to the end of month August.)
• Goldie & Co., at 2s. 3d. per foot, (not accepted.)
• James Thompson, ...

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, 1st August, 1864.

The following Tender for building a Cargo Boat, &c., for the Provincial Government was received and opened on the above date:

• W. Brooking & R. Street, £125 0 0 (accepted.)

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Victoria (Australia) Circular, No. 40.
MOORING, WESTERN PORT.

The accompanying Notice respecting a Mooring which has been laid down at Western Port is published for the information of Navigators and others.

JAS. G. FRANCIS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs,
Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 6th July, 1864.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
WESTERN PORT.

Masters of vessels frequenting Western Port are hereby informed that a mooring buoy, colored red, and secured by 20 fathoms of 1¼-inch chain and a 17-cwt. anchor, has been laid down in 7 fathoms water in the narrows between Davis and Moody Point, for the use of vessels loading there.

CHARLES FERGUSON,
Chief Harbour Master,
Department of Ports and Harbors,
Williamstown, 6th July, 1864.