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been marked out by posts, and which extends from the corner of Mr. Geo. Scott’s store, in Mulgrave-street, and thence to the end of the said street, and along Lambton-quay to the corner of Willis-street, and also that footpath now formed along the East side of Willis-street from the beach to the corner of Ghuznee-street, in the town of Wellington, are hereby declared and intended to come within the meaning of the said Ordinance.

His Excellency also directs that the following clause of the Ordinance before referred to, be published for general information —

Clause 4. “If any person who shall be found running, drawing, or driving any truck, wheelbarrow, cart, or carriage, or who shall be found riding, leading, or driving any horse, or any horned or neat cattle, upon any such footpath as aforesaid, shall continue so to do, after being warned to the contrary, by any constable or other person, every person so offending shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of Five Pounds, to be recovered in a summary way.”

By His Excellency’s Command,

Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1848.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR directs it to be notified that His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to order that no person holding office under the Government of New Zealand, shall be engaged in agencies of any kind, and that therefore all officers who may heretofore have been acting as agents have been apprised that they must resign such agencies.

His Excellency also desires it to be made known that all Public Officers are strictly prohibited from receiving fees or rewards of any kind, whether in or out of office hours, for services rendered in connection with their particular duties, excepting the Attorney-General, Crown Solicitors, and Medical Officers, and in those cases which are specially authorised.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Treasury, Wellington,
12th October, 1848.

INTEREST due upon 8 per cent. Debentures, up to the 1st instant, is payable on or after the 17th instant.

(Signed) Henry W. Petre,
Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1848.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR has been pleased to direct the publication of the following extracts from the Report of Dr. Fitzgerald, the Colonial Surgeon, dated July 12th, 1848, with the accompanying returns:—

By His Excellency’s Command,

Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Hospital,
Wellington, July 12th, 1848.

“The system which I alluded to in a former Report (of mixing Europeans and natives in the same ward) I still consider a most important and useful adoption, and capable (from what I have seen of the kindness of the white patients towards the natives) of producing a great deal of good.”

“The establishment is found to produce a marked change in the habits and tastes of the Native patients who may have been any time in it, and in almost all instances they show a disinclination to leave the Hospital. There are two natives at present in the house who declare they will not return to their pas: one is a native of Wainui, who was cured of a most inveterate leprosy. The young man’s father came to bring him home a few days ago, but he declined going, and said he would remain amongst the white people and get work. The other is a native of Otaki, both well conducted young men; they were good specimens of uncivilized Maories when admitted, but are now comparatively civilized.”

“The friends of the native patients almost always come dressed in European clothes to the Hospital; and whenever patients once discharged revisit it, they are invariably so attired.”

“Natives submit with perfect confidence to any treatment which their individual diseases may require, and bear operations with the greatest fortitude.”

“The different baths, as used in this establishment, are most important in the treatment of various diseases; and I recommend all the Colonial Hospitals to be well and efficiently fitted up in this respect.”

(Signed) J. Fitzgerald, M.D.,
Colonial Surgeon.