General Post Office,
Auckland, 21st November, 1861.

THE following appointments in the Postal service of the Colony made since the 12th July, 1861, are published for general information.

CROSBIE WARD.

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

6th August, 1861—Rev. Henry Torlesse to be Postmaster at Okain’s Bay, Banks’ Peninsula.

7th September, 1861—James S. Ffizon to be Postmaster at Pareora.

G. G. Gazette, No. 40, 22nd November, 1861.

Attorney General’s Office,
Auckland, 28th November, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint Alexander Back, Esq., to be Sheriff of the District of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury.

HENRY SEWELL.

G. G. Gazette, No. 50, 29th November, 1861.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 28th October, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

Major Thomas Woolaston White to be His Excellency’s Deputy in the Militia District of Canterbury.

WILLIAM FOX.

G. G. Gazette, No. 46, October 28, 1861.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 29th November, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

Mr. Alexander Rose to be Sub-Collector of Customs at the Port of Timaru.

READER WOOD.

G. G. Gazette, No. 50, 29th November, 1861.

RETURN OF SHEEP IMPORTED BY SEA INTO THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1862.

I certify the above to be a correct Return.

Christchurch, 3rd February, 1861.

P. B. BOULTON,
Inspector of Sheep.

*DECLARATION.—I, William Arthur Simpson, of Sydney, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 8000 in number, marked M W on board the vessel White Star (Kerr, commander), now lying at Port Cooper, in the said Province, have not within three months last past been subject to any dressing for the cure of the scab, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

W. A. SIMPSON.

Declared before me, at Port Cooper, this 17th day of January, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON,
Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 8000 sheep, branded M W, the property of W. A. Simpson, on board the White Star, at Port Cooper, and that I find such sheep to be entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Port Cooper, this 17th day of January, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON,
Inspector of Sheep.

*DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Bygrave Trew, of Lyttelton, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 14 in number, on board the Mary Merrill (Taylor, commander), now lying at Port Victoria, in the said Province, have not within three months last past been subject to any dressing for the cure of scab, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

THOMAS B. TREW.

Declared before me, at Christchurch, this 25th day of January, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON,
Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 14 sheep, the property of T. B. Trew, on board the Mary Merrill, at Port Victoria, and that I find such sheep to be entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this 25th day of January, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON,
Inspector of Sheep.