Northern Maori Electoral District
Waimate—Court House.

Western Maori Electoral District.
New Plymouth—Court House.
Opunake—Old Redoubt.

Eastern Maori Electoral District.
Porangahau—Paora Ropiha’s House.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross 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 third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the eighteenth day of March, 1868.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, 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 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 the postage so made payable shall be charged and paid accordingly. And it is also by the said Act enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make rules and regulations for the managing of the several post-offices, and for the conduct of post officers. And whereas by “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866,” it is provided that certain postage shall be levied upon newspapers posted within the Colony, and by the said last-mentioned Act it is provided that every copy of a paper containing any public news or occurrences, or any remarks or observations thereon, or any political matter, or containing only or principally advertisements, and printed for sale or gratuitous distribution, may be sent by post as a newspaper if it shall be periodical published in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding one month. And whereas by “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866,” (No. 2), it is provided that the power conferred by “The New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858,” on the Governor in Council, to fix, alter, and abolish rates of postage, and to make rules for regulating post office services, shall and be deemed to be limited, altered, or affected by “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866,” subject however to the proviso in “The Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866” (No. 2), mentioned. And whereas it is expedient that the New Zealand Gazette printed and published under the authority of the New Zealand Government should not be treated as a newspaper, but should be exempt from postage: And whereas it is also expedient that the several Gazettes printed and published under the authority of Superintendents of Provinces, and the Gazette printed and published in and for the County of Westland under the authority of the Governor or his delegate, should respectively be exempt from postage:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby order that the printed papers mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be allowed to pass through all Post Offices in New Zealand free of postage, if enclosed in a paper wrapper open at each end, having written or printed on such wrapper in legible characters the words following, that is to say—“Exempt from postage, being a Government Gazette.”

SCHEDULE.

Name of Gazette.

“The New Zealand Government Gazette, Province of Taranaki.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 19th March, 1868.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Resident Magistrate under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” for the District of New Plymouth, from and after the 1st April next.

J. C. RICHMOND.

(for the Colonial Secretary)

Stamp Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1868.

IT is notified for general information that

Mr JAMES HIRST,

Postmaster at Patea, has been appointed Official Distributor of Duties Stamps at that place.

J. C. RICHMOND.