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to keep our Peace in our Colony of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies, and to keep and
cause to be kept all Ordinances and Statutes
for the preservation of the Peace, and for the
quiet rule and Government of our people made
in all and singular their Articles in our said
Colony and its Dependencies, according to the
form and effect of the same, and to punish all
persons offending against the said Ordinances
and Statutes, or any of them, in the said Co-
lony and its Dependencies; and to cause to
come before you, or any one or more of you,
all those within our said Colony and its De-
pendencies, who to any one or more of our
people concerning their bodies, or the firing of
their houses, shall have used threats, to find
sufficient secürity for the Peace, or their good
behaviour towards us and our people; and if
they shall refuse to find such security then
them in our prisons, until they shall find such
security to cause to be safely kept. We have
also assigned you, or either of you, with any
one or more of such Justices as are hereby, or
shall hereafter be duly commissioned by us in
that behalf, to enquire the truth more fully by
all lawful means by which the truth of the
matter shall be better known, of all and all
manner of Felonies, Poisonings, Trespasses,
or Extortions whatsoever, and of all and sin-
gular other Crimes and Offences of which the
Justices of our Peace may or ought lawfully to
enquire, by whomsoever and after what man-
ner soever in the said Colony and its Depen-
dencies, done or perpetrated, or which shall
happen to be done or attempted. And, also
of all those who in the aforesaid Colony or its
Dependencies, in companies against our Peace,
in disturbance of our people with armed force,
have gone or rode, or hereafter shall presume
to go or ride, and also of all those who have
there lain in wait, or hereafter shall presume
to lie in wait, to maim, or cut, or kill our peo-
ple. And, also of all Victuallers, and all and
singular other persons, who in the abuse of
weights or measures, or in selling victuals,
against the form of the Ordinances and Sta-
tutes, or any of them therefore made for the
common benefit of our said Colony and its
Dependencies, and our people thereof, have
offended, or attempted, or hereafter shall pre-
sume in the said Colony or its Dependencies
to offend or attempt. And, also all Sheriffs,
Constables, Keepers of Gaols, and other offi-
cers, who in the execution of their offices about
the premises, or any of them, have unduly be-
haved themselves, or hereafter shall presume
to behave themselves unduly, or have been or
shall happen hereafter to be careless, remiss, or
negligent in our aforesaid Colony or its De-
pendencies. And of all and singular articles
and circumstances, and all other things what
soever that concern the premises or any of
thein, by whomsoever and, and after what
manner soever, in our aforesaid Colony, done
or perpetrated, or which hereafter shall happen
to be done or attempted in what manner
soever. And to inspect all Indictments what-
soever so before you, or any of you, with such
Justice or Justices as aforesaid, taken or to be
taken, or before others late our Justices of the
Peace in the aforesaid Colony or its Depen-
dencies, made or taken, and not yet deter-
mined; and to make and continue Processes
thereupon against all and singular the persons
so indicted, or who before you hereafter shall
happen to be so indicted, until they can be
taken, surrender themselves, or be outlawed.
Provided always, that if a case of difficulty
upon the determination of any of the premises
before you, or any one or more of you shall hap-
pen to arise, then let judgment in no wise be
given thereon before you, or any of you, unless
in the presence of one of our Justices of the
Supreme Court of the said Colony.

And, therefore, We Command you, and
each of you, and every of you, that to keep
the Peace or Ordinances and Statutes, and all
and singular other the Premises, you diligently
apply yourselves, and that at certain days and
places duly appointed, or to be appointed for
these purposes into the premises, ye make
enquiries, and all and singular the premises
hear, and determine, and perform, and fulfil
them in the aforesaid form, doing therein what
to Justice appertains, according to the Law
and Custom of England, saving to us the
amerciaments and other things to Us there-
from belonging. And We Command Our
Sheriffs of the said Colony, at certain days and
places duly appointed, or to be appointed as
aforesaid, to be aiding by all lawful means
in the performance and due execution of the
premises.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused
these our Letters to be made Patent, and the
Great Seal of Our said Colony to be hereunto-
affixed.

L. S.

Witness, Our Trusty and Well beloved
George Grey, Esquire, Our
Lieutenant-Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of Our said
Cclony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, at Govern-
ment House, Auckland, in qur
said Colony, this thirtieth day
of September, in the tenth year
of Our. Reign, and in the year
of Our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-six..

GEORGE GREY.

By Command of His Excellency,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary..

LIST OF MAGISTRATES.

Honble. Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary,
Auckland,
Honble. William Swainson, Attorney General,
Auckland,
Honble. Alexander Shepherd, Colonial Trea-
surer, Auckland,
His Honor Matthew Richmond, Superin-
tendent, Southern Division, Wellington,