round it. The ground on every side rises
round the Hospital, which is thus placed in
a hollow, with a rather swampy gully close
to it. There are several sites available near
the sea. We beg especially to draw attention
to the reserve marked on the map as a
General Government reserve, on a corner of
which the old Police office was built. This
reserve, an acre in extent, runs down to the
sea. It is high and dry, and slopes towards
the north. No better site could be found
for a Hospital, and it is close to the main
road. If this site is available for this pur-
pose, we venture to suggest that the present
site, with the buildings on it, would, if sold,
provide sufficient funds for erecting a better
Hospital in a situation which could not well
be surpassed.

After inspecting the Hospital on Friday,
we proceeded to the Court-house, and heard
all the evidence that was offered by the
petitioners and any other persons who chose
to present themselves. We then adjourned
to the next day, to give an opportunity to
the petitioners to bring forward any further
evidence, and to hear that adduced by
Dr. Christy.

The evidence herewith enclosed speaks for
itself.

We beg to report that not only was no
charge of neglect, on the part of Dr. Christy,
substantiated, but we failed to discover any
grounds for making such accusations. The
fancies of a sick boy, and the suspicions of a
weak father, appear to have been made the
most of; and we regret to have to add, that
there are abundant signs of jealousy of the
new doctor.

The answers to questions made by Dr.
McLean and Mr. Tucker, although they con-
tain nothing that can be called evidence, are
suggestive. All that can be said is, that
Dr. McLean inferentially expresses a bad
opinion of Dr. Christy’s medical practice,
and Mr. Tucker complains that the new
arrangements at the Hospital deprived him
of a considerable annual income derived
from the sale of drugs to the Provincial
Government.

Other evidence proved that the latter
petitioner has often expressed his desire to
get rid of the new doctor.

Some persons appear to have signed the
petition in consequence of the stories told
them, and in order to obtain an enquiry.

As for the chief promoter of the petition,
Mr. Riley, he could give no information as
to the charges made in the petition, and
only had to complain of some uncompli-
mentary remarks made by Dr. Christy since
it was forwarded to your Honor. We do
not quite understand his statement that he
acted as a commission agent in the matter.
On the other hand, the evidence adduced by
Dr. Christy was explicit and to the point.
Both the matron and the night-nurse
gave their evidence in a remarkably straight-
forward and candid manner, and it was not
in any way shaken on cross-examination.
Captain Scott, who was mentioned by the
petitioners as the person who obtained ad-
mittance for the young Kippenbergers, and
who had so far interested himself in the case
of the sick family as to visit them every day,
came forward to express his entire satis-
faction with their treatment in the Hospital.
He further stated that the father led him to
understand that he was influenced to re-
move the children by an agitation got up
between Dr. McLean and the chemist, Mr.
Tucker. On the whole, the enquiry we have
made convinced us that the charges made
against Dr. Christy are groundless, and that
he is entitled to credit for the zeal and atten-
tion which he has shown in the performance
of his duties.

We cannot close this report without ex-
pressing our regret that the Government
have so needlessly been put to the trouble
and expense of a formal enquiry by the al-
legations of the petitioners. If, however, our
suggestion with respect to the site of the
Hospital is approved, we trust that the
enquiry may after all not be fruitless.

We have the honor to be,

Sir,
Your most obedient servants,

(Signed)
Chas. C. Bowen.
Thomas Fisher, M.D.
C. Percy Cox.

To His Honor the Superintendent.

NOTICE.

FREE PARDON TO AN ACCOMPLICE.

Attorney-General’s Office,
Wellington, Oct. 11, 1865.

WHEREAS, on Monday, the 4th day
of September, 1865, Mr. Walmsley,
of the Bank of New South Wales, was
attacked and robbed, about 12 o’clock in
the day, by about four or five armed men,
between No-Town and the Twelve-Mile, on
the Grey River Gold Fields, in the Province
of Nelson, about fourteen miles distant from
the Grey mouth, in the Province of Canter-
bury, of 821 ounces of Gold Dust and about
£1000 in Bank Notes.

This is to notify that His Excellency the
Governor will grant a Free Pardon to any
Person implicated in the Robbery aforesaid,
who shall give such information as shall lead
to the apprehension and conviction of any
one or more of the other offenders.

HENRY SEWELL.