INDEX.

Orders in Council (continued)—
Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865—
Official Agents appointed—Wellington, Smith, B., 219;
Official Auditors appointed, 370a.

Native Lands Acts—Claims to be reheard, 1, 218, 463, 464, 465, 466, 634.
Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870—Form of certificate, 1.
Native Reserves Acts—Assent of Natives to bringing land under the Act, Marlborough, 517.
Commissioner appointed, Locke, S., 294.
Land to be sold to Superintendent, Nelson, 2.

New Zealand Settlements Acts—Paymaster resigned, Hawke’s Bay, Scaly, H. B., 146.
Land may be sold to Major Brown, 91; to Opunake Flax Company, 219.
Regulations, 258.

New Zealand University Act, 1870—Council nominated, 97.

Otago Settlements Act, 1869—Land reserved, Martin’s Bay, 79.

Outlying Districts Sale of Spirits Act, 1870—Section 17 suspended in Auckland, 33; Coromandel, 35; Napier and Waipukurau, 37; New Plymouth, 36; Onehunga, 35; Otaki, 37; Papakura, 34; Waikato, 35; Wairarapa, 38; Waiuku, 34; Wellington, 38; Westland, 30; Whanganui, 37; Whangarei, 36.

Patents Act, 1870—Regulations, 60, 172, 525.

Payments to Provinces Act, 1870—Schemes approved of, Auckland, 79; Nelson, 61; Wellington, 61; Westland, 61.

Petty Sessions Act, 1865—Time for choosing Chairman and fixing rota, Mataura, 139.

Polling places, General Assembly elections, appointed—Ashley, 16; Auckland City West, 29; Caversham, 15; Cheviot, 3; Coleridge, 3, 537; Dunedin, 16; Eastern Maori District, 3, 7; Grey Valley, 3; Mataura, 16; Northern Maori District, 7; Selwyn, 538; Southern Maori District, 7; Wakaia, 16, 29; Western Maori District, 3, 7.

Polling places, Provincial Councils and Superintendents, appointed—Canterbury, 294, 537, 538; Hawke’s Bay, 88; Marlborough, 539; Nelson, 295; Otago, 16, 25, 86, 109, 110, 126, 131, 151; Wellington, 151; mistake as to Kawarau and Dunstan rectified, 336.

Polling places, Westland Road Boards, appointed, 517.

Ports proclaimed, Patea, 105.

Post Office Act, 1858—Newspapers to Athenaeums, &c., free, 15.
Obscene letters, &c., not to be sent, 175.
Unpaid letters, how dealt with, 305.
Chief Clerk, Warburton, T. K., appointed, 153.
Colours of new postage stamps, 540.
Franking powers given—Acting Engineer-in-Chief, 98.
Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, New Zealand University, 339.
Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, Otago University, 467.
Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Judicial Branch, 49.
Chief Clerk, Registrar-General of Lands’ Office, 92.
District Engineers—Christchurch, 98; Hokitika, 467; Manawatu, 98; Otago, 230.
District Land Registrars, 540.
Engineer-in-Chief, 467.
Inspector of Stores, 108.
Inspector of Telegraphs, 142.
Registration and Returning Officers, 310.
Resident Engineer, Timaru and Temuka Railway, 561.
Superintendent Collectors, 664.
Surveyor in Charge of Roads, Bay of Islands, 98; West Coast, 98.
Translator to Native Department, 122.
Under Secretary, Public Works, 230.

Protection of Animals Act, 1867—Governor’s powers delegated to Chairman, Westland, 65; Superintendent, Hawke’s Bay, 262; Wellington, 264.

Provincial Compulsory Land Taking Act, 1866—Rules, Taranaki, approved, 215.

Public Debts Sinking Funds Act, 1869—Order as to Canterbury Sinking Funds revoked, 653.

Public Revenues Act, 1867—Trust Funds to be invested in Treasury Bills, 653; Wellington Debentures, 653.

Railways Act, 1870—Dunedin and Clutha Railway, commencing point, 217.

Regulation of Election Acts, 1870—Mistake as to Kawarau and Dunstan polling places rectified, 336.

Stamp Duties Act, 1866—Regulations as to spoiled stamps, 559.

Supreme Court Act, 1860—Sittings fixed, Auckland, 398; Napier, 629.
Times and places for sittings of Circuit Courts, 586.

Tauranga District Lands Act, 1867—Commissioner appointed, 66; appointment revoked, 66.

University Endowment Act, 1868—Land reserved, Auckland, 86.

Waste Lands Act, 1858—Lands reserved, Auckland, 220; Canterbury, 78; Taranaki, 222.

Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870—Land sold, 261.

Kakanui to be called Maheno, 587.

Lowther to be called Elbow, 403.

Ordinances and Statutes, 1841 to 1860, advertised, 622.

Otago Hundreds proclaimed, 85, 229, 463.

Otago Settlements Act, land reserved at Martin’s Bay, 79.

Otago Southern Trunk Railway—Tenders called, 9, 161.
Line fixed, 217, 227.

Outlying Districts Sale of Spirits Act—Assessors appointed, 153, 293.

Paroa Road Board, time for electing members, 654.

Partnerships dissolved—Adams and Kingdon, 166; Baucke and Engst, 181; Brown and Campbell, 370; Cam Flax Co., 298; Campbell, R. H. and R. D., 564; Carmont and Haigh, 523; Crawford and McBarnet, 201; Cunnabell, Rickards, and Abram, 344; Edwards, N., and Co., 370; Foster and Moore, 271; Gillespie and Martin, 409; Hallenstein, J., and Co., 409, 472; Hanson and Swords, 129; Herren and Belfield, 132; Julius and O’Meagher, 358, 370, 377; Levin and Co., 161; Maxwell, E. C. and W. C., 132; Must and Co., 579; Power, Pantlin, and Co., 181; Poynter and Evans, 558; Shepherd and Young, 129; Tookey, D., and Co., 564, 579; Vance, W. J., and Co., 514; Williams and McLean, 377.

Patents—
Applied for—Atkinson, R., 673; Cornforth and Plumley, 589; Gray, J., 280; White, J. C., 376; Wolff, G., 533.
Granted—Bertram, J. M., 268; Carpenter, T., 197; Lande, W. J., 197; Lord, T., 309; Plimmer, J., 267; Pownall, C. J., 267; Rasche, W., 354; Richardson and Hambleton, 6; Stephen, G. M., 6; Thomson, R. W., 6, 267; Toogood, W., 267.
Notice as to specifications, 371.
Patent Office, Turton, H., appointed, 5.
Patent Slip, Wellington, approved, 466.

Payments to Provinces Act—Schemes approved of, Auckland, 79; Nelson, 61; Wellington, 61; Westland, 61.

Petty Sessions Act, 1865—Time for choosing Chairman and fixing rota, Mataura, 139.

Polling places, General Assembly elections, appointed—Ashley, 16; Auckland City West, 29; Caversham, 15; Cheviot, 3; Coleridge, 3, 537; Dunedin, 16; Eastern Maori District, 3, 7; Grey Valley, 3; Mataura, 16; Northern Maori District, 7; Selwyn, 538; Southern Maori District, 7; Wakaia, 16, 29; Western Maori District, 3, 7.

Polling places, Provincial Councils and Superintendents, appointed—Canterbury, 294, 537, 538; Hawke’s Bay, 88; Marlborough, 539; Nelson, 295; Otago, 16, 25, 86, 109, 110, 126, 131, 151; Wellington, 151; mistake as to Kawarau and Dunstan rectified, 336.

Polling places, Westland Road Boards, appointed, 517.

Ports proclaimed, Patea, 105.

Postal—
Charleston to be subordinate to Westport, 636.
Chief Clerk, Warburton, T. K., appointed, 153.
Colours of new postage stamps, 540.
Franking powers given—Acting Engineer-in-Chief, 98.
Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, New Zealand University, 339.
Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, Otago University, 467.
Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Judicial Branch, 49.
Chief Clerk, Registrar-General of Lands’ Office, 92.
District Engineers—Christchurch, 98; Hokitika, 467; Manawatu, 98; Otago, 230.
District Land Registrars, 540.
Engineer-in-Chief, 467.
Inspector of Stores, 108.
Inspector of Telegraphs, 142.
Registration and Returning Officers, 310.
Resident Engineer, Timaru and Temuka Railway, 561.
Superintendent Collectors, 664.
Surveyor in Charge of Roads, Bay of Islands, 98; West Coast, 98.
Translator to Native Department, 122.
Under Secretary, Public Works, 230.

Kakanui to be called Maheno, 587.

Kirton, W., Postmaster, dismissed, 579.

Lowther to be called Elbow, 403.

Money Orders—
Offices abolished—England, 7; New Zealand, 372; Queensland, 588.
Offices opened—England, 7, 146, 278, 467, 588; New South Wales, 68, 142, 389, 636; New Zealand, 8, 49, 179, 339, 372, 403, 467, 550, 587; Queensland, 49, 467; Tasmania, 664; Victoria, 98, 164, 388, 562, 588, 621, 664.

Returns, 94, 234, 543, 594.

Newspapers to Athenaeums, &c., exempt from postage, 15.

Obscene letters, &c., not to be sent, 175.

Palmerston to be called Palmerston North, 365.

Picton and Manukau service, agreement, 665.

Postage on correspondence to Belgium, 164.

Postage via Brindisi, 521.

Postmasters appointed, 198, 372.

Post Offices abolished, 198.

Post Offices opened, 198.

Rangitikei to be called Middle Rangitikei, 164; cancelled, 179.

Rates of postage, 204, 601.

San Francisco mail service contracts, 345.

Savings Banks Returns, 95, 233, 544, 593.

Unpaid letters, how dealt with, 305.

Prisoners Removal Act—Governor’s powers delegated to Superintendent, Hawke’s Bay, 268; Wellington, 268.

Private Bills, Standing Orders, 122.

Prize Firing, 1871, when to take place, 92; result, 319; regulations, where procurable, 620.