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a view to the discovery being at once made
available to the public.

His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand
will from time to time appoint Commissions,
to consist of not less than three persons, to act
at such places as circumstances may require,
and each claim for reward will be referred to
such Commission as may be considered the
most convenient for its proper investigation.
The acts of the majority will be deemed the
acts of the Commission.

Each Commission shall be at liberty to
adopt such means as it may deem most fit for
determining the value and cost of production
of the merchandize, for ascertaining the pro-
cess employed, and for fully investigating in
all respects and reporting upon the validity of
any claim.

Every claim for reward must be preferred in
writing before the 1st January, 1859, to the
principal officer of Customs at the port of
entry nearest to the place where it is desired
that the examination of the merchandize shall
take place, who will at once proceed to ascer-
tain whether the full quantity in respect of
which the reward is claimed is ready for ex-
amination, and if such quantity is ready, he
will give a certificate to that effect, dated on
the day on which he shall have ascertained the
fact, and such day shall be deemed to be the
day on which the merchandize was produced.

Whenever any officer of Customs is required
to go more than three miles from his residence,
his travelling expenses must be paid before-
hand by the person requiring his attendance,
and he cannot be required to attend a second
time if the quantity was found deficient on the
first occasion.

One-half of any reward will be paid at once
to any person whom a Commission shall re-
port and the Governor shall have determined
to be entitled to the same; after which no
other claim to the same reward will be enter-
tained; and the other half upon satisfactory
proof being given to the Governor of the bonâ
fide sale of the merchandize in Europe, at an
advance of not less than 20 per cent. upon
the bonâ fide actual cost of the article landed
in Europe.

By his Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, January 20, 1857.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified that the names of the
undermentioned gentlemen have been added
to the Commission of the Peace for the Pro-
vince of Nelson.

DAVID ROUGH, Esquire;
THOMAS RENWICK, Esquire;
JOHN WALLIS BARNICOAT, Esquire;
WILLIAM WELLS, Esquire;
WILLIAM ADAMS, Esquire.

By his Honor's command,
S. L. MULLER,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, January 20, 1857.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified for general information,
that the Orders of the Justices of the Peace,
dated the eighth day of December, 1856, for
the Alteration of the following Roads, viz.:—

1. A road in Suburban-south,
2. A road in Motueka,
3. A road in Waimea-south,
   as the said alterations were defined in the
   notice of the Commissioner of Public Works,
   dated the 20th day of October, 1856, have
   been confirmed by the Superintendent and
   Executive Council.

By his Honor's command,
S. L. MULLER,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, January 21, 1857.

IN conformance with the provisions of the
"Nelson Trust Funds Act, 1854," the fol-
lowing Report, as adopted by the Trustees of
the Nelson Trust Funds, is published for general
information.

By his Honor's command,
S. L. MULLER,
Provincial Secretary.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE NELSON TRUST
FUNDS, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DE-
CEMBER, 1856.

The Board of Trustees, in conformity with
the directions of the "Nelson Trust Funds
Act," present their second Annual Report and
Statement of Accounts.

Under the several heads of "Steam Com-
munication," "Religious Uses," and "College
and Educational Fund," will be found an ac-
count of the measures which have been adopted
with reference to the specific objects of those
trusts, and of the funds severally applicable to
them; but the intelligence recently received
from England is of a nature most materially to
add to their amount and to influence their
prospects, as well as to justify the hope that
they will exercise a very important influence
on the future welfare of the province.

The question which for the last seven years
has been pending between this settlement and
her Majesty's Government, as representing the