GAZETTE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 459, 28 March 1857, Page 7

GAZETTE.

The" following Proclamation by the Governor, appears in the ' General Government Gazette' of March 4th:— '

"Whereas by an Ordinance enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, Sess. 7, No. 8, intituled 'An Ordinance to amend the Customs Ordinance, Sess. 1 No. 3, and the Customs Amendment Ordinance, Sess. 3, No. 6,.it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, by Proclamation, to appoint aud define proper places within, the several ports of the Colony to be legal quays or landing places for the lading and unlading of goods, and to appoint the hours within which such goods shall be so laden or unladen. Now, therefore, I, the Governor, in pursuance of the authority invested in me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the legal Quay or Landing-place at Port Victoria, in the Province of Canterbury, shall be the jetty on Norwich Quay at the end of Oxford-street, Lyttelton, as the said jetty is defined on the maps of the late Canterbury Association ; and the legal Quay or Landing-place at the Port of.Akaroa,iri the said Province, shall be the beach end of Balgueri-street, and the beach frontage of the Ge.ieral Government Reserve, numbered 81 in red, as the same are delineated on the map of the Town of Akaroa, authenticated by the Chief Surveyor of the said Province, aud that all goods shall be laden ancl unladen at. the said Quays or Landing-places, . and not elsewhere in the said Ports. And Ido further proclaim and declare that at Port Victoria aforesaid, and at the Port of Akaroa, in the Province of Canterbury aforesaid, goods shall be laden and unladen only within the hours

hereinafter specified and not otherwise, viz :— Goods under Bond, and entered by a bill or sight, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., except on Saturdays ; and on Saturdays between the hours of- 9 a.m. and 12 at noon. Goods, duty paid, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., except on Saturdays; and on Saturdays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Provided always that nothing herein contained shall prevent the lading or unlading of any such goods at any other time or place at either of the said Ports of Port Victoria and Akaroa, with the permission of the principal officer of Customs.• f A despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies is published in the same Gazette.^ conferring the title of 'Honorable' on Members of the Legislative Council and on the Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.

'■ Mr.. Buchanan's Intentions.—-A distinguished ;gentleman returned from Wheatland last night after a visit of two days. Mr. Buchanan authorises it to he said that he-has extended no invitation for a .seat in his Cabinet to any person, nor expressed any indication by which a .proper inference might-be drawn on that subject. His purpose is to keep himself entirely uncommitted until he has full and fair opportunity of consultation and reflection, and the motive of reserve will no longer exist. One point is settled in his mind and avowed to his personal friends, that is to imitate the example 6f General Jackson, by making the Cabinet a unit, and-unmaking it if the puipose be not attained at the first experiment. He is sensible that General Pierces administration split on the rock of attempting to make harmony with incongruous elements and hostile' factions. • ,He believes himself firm in this and other resolves, forgetting his former facile shortcomings. He also-says that he has-given no assurance, promise, or pledge in any quarter respecting any important places here or elsewhere. - Mr. Buchanan will endeatour to postpone ,his "presence in Washington as long as practicable, and desire to avoid the proposed demonstrations wliich scheming demagogues are now contriving along the route and in this capital. He may ; surprise them all by a quiet and unexpected.appearance. His niece, Miss Lane, will preside exclusively over the social graces of the White House, as she has long done at Wheatland.