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Customs Department,

Ottawa, 26th June, 1868.

AUTHORIZED discount on American Invoices until further notice: 28 per cent.

R. S. M. BOUCHETTE,
Commissioner of Customs.

The above is the only notice to appear in newspapers authorized to copy.


FREE BANK RETURN


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Of the Bank of British North America, in as far as it is carried on under the Free Banking Act, 22nd Victoria, Cap. 55, (Con. Stat.,) for the month of MAY? 1868.

Liabilities—Being Notes under $4, in circulation $78,252

Assets—Debentures deposited with the Receiver General $315,300

JOHN LANGTON,

Auditor.

F. G. SCOTT, Registrar of Free Banks.
Finance Department,
Ottawa, 10th June, 1868.




Parliamentary Notices.



NOTICE.

Parliament House,

Ottawa, 2nd January, 1868.

53. All applications for Private Bills, properly the subjects of legislation by the Parliament of Ca- nada, within the purview of "The British North America Act, 1867," whether for the erection of a Bridge, the making of a Railroad, Turnpike Road, or Telegraph Line; the construction or improvement of a Harbour, Canal, Lock, Data, or Slide, or other like work; the granting of a right of Ferry; the incorporation of any particular Trade or calling, or of any Banking or other joint stock Company: or otherwise for granting to any individual or individuals any exclusive or peculiar rights or privileges whatever, or for doing any matter or thing which in its operation would affect the rights or property of other parties, or relate to any particular class of the community; or for making any amendment of a like nature to any former Act,—shall require a Notice, clearly and distinctly specifying the nature and object of the application, to be published as follows, viz:

In the Province of Quebec—A notice inserted in the Official Gazette, in the English and French languages, and in one newspaper in the English and one newspaper in the French language, in the District affected, or in both languages if there be but one paper; or if there be no paper published therein, then (in both languages) in the Official Gazette, and in a paper published in an adjoining District.

In any other Province—A notice inserted in the Official Gazette, and in one newspaper published in the County, or Union of Counties, affected, or if there be no paper published therein, then in a newspaper in the next nearest County in which a newspaper is published.

Such notices shall be continued in each case for a period of at least two months during the interval of Orne between the close of the next preceeding Session and the consideration of the petition.

54. Before any Petition praying for leave to bring in a Private Bill for the erection of a Toll Bridge, is presented to the House, the person or persons intending to petition for such Bill, shall, upon giving the notice prescribed by the preceding Rule, also, at the same time, and in the same manner, give notice of the rates which they intend to ask, the extent of the privilege, the height of the arches, the interval between the abutments or piers for the passage of rafts and vessels, and mentioning also whether they intend to erect a drawbridge or not, and the dimensions of the same.

J. F. TAYLOR,
Clk. Senate.

WM. B. LINDSAY,
Clk. of the House of Commons.


Office of the Senate,

Ottawa, 13th January, 1868.

Extracts from the Code of Rules of the Senate of Canada.


Bills of Divorce.


71. Every Applicant for a Bill of Divorce is required to give notice of his intention so to do, and to specify from whom and for what cause, by advertisement, during six months in the Official Gazette, and in two newspapers published in the District, in Quebec, or County, or Union of Counties in the other Provinces, where such applicant usually resided, at the time of the separation, or if the requisite numbers of papers cannot be found therein, then in the adjoining District, or County, or Union of Counties.

72. A Copy of the Notice, in writing, is to be served, at the instance of the Applicant, upon the person from whom the Divorce is sought, if the residence of such person can be ascertained; and proof on oath of such service, or of the attempts made to effect it, to the satisfaction of the Senate, is to be adduced before the Senate on the reading of the Petition.

(Attest.,)

J. F. TAYLOR,

Clerk Senate.




Applications to Parliament.



NOTICE is hereby given that application will be made to the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, at the session thereof, next after the expiration of six months from the date of this notice, by John Horace Stevenson, formerly of the town of Napanee, in the county of Lennox and Addington, but now of the city of Toronto, in the County of York, for a Bill of Divorce, from Mary Anne Stevenson, formerly Mary Anne Foote, and now called Mary Anne Petty, on the ground of adultery.

BEVERLEY JONES,

Solicitor for Applicant.

Dated at Toronto, the 23rd day of June, A. D. 1868. 69-26


NOTICE is hereby given that application will be made to the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, at the session thereof, next after the expiration of six months from the date of this notice, by Margaret Elliott, of the town of Ingersoll, in the county of Oxford, for a Bill of Divorce from her husband, Noah Elliott, on the grounds of adultery, cruelty and desertion.

BROWN & WELLS.

Solicitors for Applicant.

Ingersoll, 25th March? 1868. 67-26



CANADA.

PIÈCES D'OR DE L'HOTEL DES MONNAIES
DE SYDNEY DÉCLARÉES UNE
OFFRE LÉGALE.


LE DUC DE BUCKINGHAM A LORD MONCK.

Canada.

Séparé.

Rue Downing,

25 Mai, 1858.

Milord,

Vu votre dépêche No. 200, du 24 Novembre, 1866, j'ai l'honneur de vous transmettre les copies cijointes d'un Ordre de Sa Majesté en Conseil et d'une Proclamation déclarant les pièces d'or de l'Hôtel des Monnaies de Sydney, une offre légale dans celles