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No. 282, in red.—12 acres in the Timaru District, having three chains frontage to the south bank of the river Rangitata, on each side of the Railway Reserve, and extending back southerly a distance of twenty chains on either side of the said Railway Reserve; for purposes of a railway station.

No. 283, in red.—77 acres in the Timaru district, bounded on the north by section 4,930; on the east by the Railway Reserve; on the south by section 2,692; and on the west by the South Road; for purposes of a railway station.

SAMUEL BEALEY,
Superintendent.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
18th September, 1863.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Returns of Births and Deaths for the month of June, 1863, for general information.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Gee, Thomas, Pastry Cook, Colombo-street, Christchurch.

Hinge, Henry, Hotel Keeper, Woodend.

Lawrence, William, Gentleman, Heathcote Valley.

Ross, Thomas, Clerk, and Forbes, William, Stable Keeper, Weka Pass.

Thompson, Anthony, Blacksmith, Ashburton.

Whale, John, Laborer, Colombo-street, Christchurch.

Willis, George, Farmer, Kowai.

Wilson, Thomas, Publican, Colombo-street, Christchurch.

THOMAS B. BAIN,
Clerk to the Bench.

Resident Magistrate’s Office,
Christchurch, 16th September, 1863.

COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT

ACCRINGTON.

THE Commissioners were much pleased with the arrangements for hospital accommodation and berthing the passengers of the ship Accrington, with the exception of the store-room hatchway opening into the female hospital, and the fact that seventeen single men were berthed on a lower deck without other light and ventilation than afforded through the hatchway.

The cleanliness of the several compartments was satisfactory.

The distilling apparatus (Normanby’s) and the baking arrangements were satisfactory.

The medicine chest from Apothecaries’ Hall was well furnished, and the scale of medical comforts much more liberal than in most ships previously inspected, though less so than in the Government Commissioners’ ship.

The Commissioners regret to find that many irregularities occurred during the voyage, the seamen frequenting the compartment of the married people, in one instance forcibly entering that of the single females. The medical officer not having the experience, and not being armed with the authority of a surgeon superintendent under the Government Commissioners, was unable to prevent these occurrences, and the Master’s authority was openly defied by the sailors.

The Constables appointed to keep order do not appear to have exerted themselves to assist the Officers at the time of the intrusion into the single women’s saloon.

(Signed) WM. DONALD, R.M.,
Chairman.

JOHN T. ROUSE,
H. S. McKELLAR.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Quarterly Meeting of Justices of the Peace will be held at the Resident Magistrate’s Court House, at Christchurch, on the 6th day of October next, at Eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the consideration of the following applications for Public House Licences:

• Coxen, John, Accountant, Cathedral-square, Christchurch.
• Fairbrass, Isaac N., Hotel Keeper, London-street, Lyttelton.
• Fuchs, Joseph, Cabinet Maker, and Mueller, John, Baker, Colombo-street.

CANTERBURY ORDINANCE LEFT TO ITS OPERATION.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 25th August, 1863.

The following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial Council of Canterbury, entitled “The Superintendent’s Corporate...