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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 3, 21 January 1867, Page 18

Sir • - George i Grey.-^— Yesterday afternoon (saystithe Evening Post of the 14th instant) his Excellency the Governor accompanied by Major Gray, A.D.C., the Rev. F.Thatcher,' Private Secretary, the Hon. Major Richardson, member of the Executive 7 Council, Messrs Fitzgerald, Monro, and Hamlin, and three native chiefs, embarked on board thes.s. Queen, and proceeded on liis long promised visit td a the Middle Island, where it is said" he will make a tour through the country visiting Canterbury, the West Coast,and,kelson. : His Excel-; lency will remain for the next few.'days in Canterbury:; X telegram from Eyttelton announces the arrival 'there at noon to-day of the Queen., f s By a Post office .notice in- another oolumn (says the New Zealand .Advertiser, of the 14th instant) it r ! will be seen that .in consequence of February being a short month, an alteration has been r made-' in-- the’ • time" of the arrivals and. .departures: of : the In ter-provincial mail steamers; It is notified,,that the, steamer ;for Pa; nama will arrive from !Sydney on "tjfcie sth’, and sail for ipaihama; bm thV 6th’.

The-Suez portion - of, the homeward mail wilLjie ili e :^sth.,, jOn and after. Ist the ipreseut dates of arrival aa& departure '' uj

THE * ,/AcT : AND' "IT S PENALTIES;—The Taranaki News, of -the! 10th i-^—Stamp Duties; came in. force ron New Years Day* and unless pebpl6 i ; be4T this in mind they: will be offences sant !eonsequerices; ; ; .For ihstahcejiany persbir issuings /accepting; .ov ! 5 paying any unstamped .bill :of : exchange: or promissory note, : incurs:a. penalty of £soany person ; not. cancelling; a stimp when he uses it ;by writing" his ndme : and the : date : uponit, is Table to! a penalty of jBIO ; /while any :o‘ne without Tiirther effacing ; the stamp by writing* the .word *.* paid on-it incurs a fine!of £2o] anyone selling, buying, or leasing anything, j and not /setting forth the foil amount paid for the'same in; the deed is liable to a fine of £SO, besides five times the duty; and any solicitor doing so is liable to a fine of £SOO, and to be struck off the rolls.) Eyery cheque drawn must have a penny stamp on it, and alsb every-re-ceipt except for sums under £5; agreements * or of - agreement under >£2o are-free, over that they must have A shilling stamp. There are, as we have said, a variety of penalties, provided for the incautious, but any one who gets the Act and studies it with the help of a lawyer, will probably; be able~to them all—if he is fortunate.-!.. /‘ -•;

: Wreck of : the Barque CariKouia at Mantjkatr— r The ; New Zealand Herald; 12th; January, "says“We announced- in our last that-a -barque, thje Cambodia, had-been >wrecked- in the Manukau, and that a Government inquiry was then pending. The inve>stigation;lasted three days, and the Court came to the following decission: —‘ The Court is not called upon to make any remarks on the evidence adduced before it touching the wreck and abandonment on the 25th of De cember last. Under all the circumstances :of. the 1 case, It does not feel justified in cancelling or suspending the certificate of the master, Fred. John Croft.,. It is. therefore returned to him,, and the Court will transmit a report with the whole of "the evidence to. the Governor for confirmation and transmission to . the Board of Trade. 5 ”

Floods -on the West Coast.— By the papers received last night we learn- that very heavy floods have recently' occurred on the West Coast, —said to be. the worst that, have taken place there for several years.