Custom House Sale.

NOTICE.

THE undermentioned package will be
sold by Public Auction, on Monday,
the 28th day of September, 1863, at 12 o’clock, at noon, under authority of the Customs, Reg. Act 1858, Sec. 89, for duty and warehouse rent.

At W. M. Bannatyne and Co’s Warehouse.

Q. M. 1644 1 Qr. Cask 17 Gls. Wine.
Ex “C. Newton,” from London, warehoused 29th November, 1859.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

Custom House, Wellington,
11th September, 1863.

Examination of Mr. Meredith’s Testimonials.

Provincial Hospital,
September 11, 1863,

At a meeting of the Medical Board this day, the diploma of Henry Price Meredith, Esq., of Wellington, was examined and found correct.

CHARLES FRANCE,
Secretary to the Medical Board
Wellington.

General Government Notices.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th Sept., 1863.

THE undermentioned Proclamation and Notifications are republished from the New Zealand Gazette, for general information.

J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

A Proclamation

Fixing a day vesting in the Governor, Powers and authorities contained in “the Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862.”

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.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand entitled “The Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862” it is enacted that from and after a day to be fixed by the Governor by Proclamation, to be inserted in the Government Gazette of the Colony, and of each of the Provinces of New Zealand, all the powers and authorities which by the “Native Reserves Act, 1856,” are given to or vested in or which may be exercised by Commissioners appointed, or to be appointed, under that Act, shall vest in and may be exercised by the Governor.

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in execution of the said in part recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that all such powers and authorities as aforesaid, shall vest in and may be exercised by the Governor of the said Colony of New Zealand from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty three.

G GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Militia and Volunteers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 21st August, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the “Wellington Rifle Volunteers”:

Alexander Pilmer to be Captain. Date of Commission, 20th August, 1863.

Edward Mills to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 20th August, 1863.

William Howard Holmes to be Ensign. Date of Commission, 20th August, 1863.

In the Porirua “Rifle Volunteers”:

Henry Taylor to be Captain. Date of Commission 21st August, 1863.

James Taylor to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission 21st August, 1863.

William Broderick to be Ensign. Date of Commission, 21st August, 1863.

T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 21st August, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the “Wairarapa” Militia:

Smith to be Captain. Date of Commission... 20th August, 1863.

George Smith to be Ensign. Date of Commission... 22nd August, 1863.

T. RUSSELL.

Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Thomas McKee and James Hughes, Printers for the time being to such Government.