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appointment thereto. If references be required
I am ready to forward you the desired names
of referees.

(Signed) Joseph Cunningham
His Honor The Superintendent

Superintendent’s Minute on this letter.
Referred to the Resident Magistrate.
(Signed) J. Williamson
April 7, 1857.

Letter returned with Mr. Beckham’s Minute.
Mr. Barry left the service of this Court on
the 1st April.

(Signed) Thos. Beckham
Resident Magistrate’s Court,
April 9, 1857.

Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Auckland, 9th April, 1857.

Sir,—I have honour to report for your
Honour’s information that Mr. Barry left the
service of this Court on the 1st inst., and to state
that it is essential that an eligible person be
forthwith appointed.

I have &c., &c.,
(Signed) Thos. Beckham
His Honour The Superintendent

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 11th April, 1857.

Sir,—With reference to your letter of date
9th instant, reporting that Mr. Barry had left
the service of the Resident Magistrate’s Court
on the 1st inst., I have the honour to forward
closed applications for the vacant office by Messrs.
Tabuteau, Flower, Wayland, and Hickson, and
to request that you will recommend for appoint-
ment the one whom you consider the most suit-
able.

These applications, with that of Mr. Cun-
ningham, are all that have been received.

I have &c., &c.,
(Signed) J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

The Resident Magistrate,
Auckland.

[Enclosure No. 1.]
Parnell, 9th April, 1857.

Sir,—Understanding that there is a vacancy
in the Resident Magistrate’s Court by the de-
parture of Mr. Barry, I beg to offer myself as a
Candidate for the situation.

I have &c., &c.,
J. Moliner Tabuteau,
His Honor the Superintendent.

[Enclosure No. 2.]
3, York Street, Parnell, 11th April, 1857.

Sir,—I beg respectfully to solicit the favour
of being appointed to fill the vacant office of
Clerk to Thos. Beckham Esq., and should it be
your pleasure to confer on me the situation, I
will steadily endeavour to discharge the duties
of the same and remain,

&c., &c.,
Joseph Flower.

To His Honor, the Superintendent
of the Province of Auckland.

[Enclosure No. 3.]
Auckland, 11th April, 1857.

Sir,—Having heard this day that the situa-
tion of Clerk in the Resident Magistrate’s
Court has become vacant, the nomination to
which rests with your Honor, I beg leave to
offer myself as a Candidate for the appointment,
my time being wholly unoccupied, and I am
anxious to obtain employment under the Go-
vernment of the Province where I have resided
for 9 years, the welfare and prosperity of which
naturally deeply interest me.

As I have not the good fortune to be per-
sonally known to your Honor, I beg to say that
in the event of my request being favorably con-
sidered, I am prepared to offer such Testimonials
as to character and capacity as will I trust be
found satisfactory.

I have, &c., &c.,
(Signed,) John S. Hickson.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Auckland.

[Enclosure No. 4.]
Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Onehunga, 12th March, 1857.

Sir,—Having learned that the post of Chief
Clerk in the Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Auckland, is vacant, I beg most respectfully to
apply for the situation, and in support of my
pretensions, beg to state that I have held the
appointment of Clerk to the Bench at One-
hunga since January, 1855, I think I may
venture to say to the entire satisfaction of the
Resident Magistrate.

I have, &c., &c.,
John M. Wayland.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Auckland.

Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Auckland, 17th April, 1857.

Sir,—Adverting to your Honor’s letter of the
11th inst., transmitting the applications of the
individuals named in the margin—[Messrs.
Tabuteau, Flower, Wayland, Hickson]—for
the vacant Clerkship in this Court
caused by the resignation of Mr. Barry,
and requesting me to recommend for
appointment the “one whom I consider
the most suitable,” I have the honor to
state, that I believe Mr. Wayland to be the
most suitable; but as the duties to be performed
by the Clerks in this Court are difficult and
onerous, and can only be accomplished by per-
sons of considerable experience, I beg to propose,
that Mr. Piercy perform the duties of Chief
Clerk and Interpreter, Mr. Sanders those of
second Clerk, and that Mr. Barry’s successor be
appointed third Clerk.

I have, &c., &c.,
Thomas Beckham,
Resident Magistrate.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Auckland.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, April 18th, 1857.

Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of date 17th inst., trans-