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AUCKLAND ISLANDS.

It is hereby notified that a Register-Book,
containing entries of the Marriages, Births,
and Deaths which took place in the Auck-
LAND ISLANDS during their occupation by the
Southern Whale Fishery Company, has been
deposited at the office of the Registrar-
General, in the Post Office, Building, Auck-
land, New Zealand, where the Register is
now accessible to the public under the usual
regulations.

The following Abstract of the contents of
the Book has been compiled, and is published
for the information of persons at a distance
who may be interested in the facts.

MARRIAGES.

1. George Cook, Bachelor, Mariner, and
   Matilda Hannah Fawkes, Spinster, married
   on board the Barque Brisk, at Port Ross, on
   the 22nd December, 1849, by Lieut. Gover-
   nor Enderby. Witnesses-Thos. Jas. Tap-
   rell, Hephzibah Elizabeth Hallett, Mary
   Rumsey Rodd, J. O. Smith, W. H. Hender-
   son, J. S. Rodd.

2. Thomas Dewson, Bachelor, Policeman,
   and Eliza Amelia Hyde, Spinster, married on
   board the Barque Augusta, at Port Ross, on
   the 28th February, 1850, by Lieut. Governor
   Enderby. Witnesses-William A. Mack-
   worth, Robert H. Barnett, Eliza. Barnett,
   William Smith, Elizabeth Smith.

3. William John Munce, Widower, Gen-
   tleman, and Elizabeth Eleanor McKenny,
   Spinster, married at Port Ross, on the 17th
   December, 1850, by Lieut. Governor Ender-
   by. Witnesses-Mary R. Rodd, A. Brooks,
   William A. Mackworth, C. Mc A. King.

4. Robert Reuben Bishop, Bacbelor, Sea-
   man, and Hannah Tawerangi, Spinster (de-
   scribed as daughter of Koko, a New Zealand
   Chief), married at Port Ross, on the 3rd No-
   vember, 1851, by Lieut. Governor Enderby.
   Witnesses-William A.Mackworth, Mateoro,
   E. Pueta.

5. James Lomax, Bachelor, Sawyer, and
   Esther Davies, Spinster, married at Port Ross
   on the 28th November, 1851, by Lieut. Go-
   vernor Enderby. Witnesses-James Bell,
   Caroline Bell, Thomas Flashbon, William J.
   Munee.

BIRTHS.

[The Register of Births is defective in
some particulars, especially the Christian
names of the children are in most cases want-
ing. The names included in brackets are
those which appear—from entries in another
part of the book—to have been given at bap-
tisms solemnized, on the 17th February, 1850;
by the Rev. John Milner, Chaplain of H.M.S.
Havannah, and on the 31st March, 1852, by
the Rev. G. E. Carwithen, Chaplain of H.M.S
Calliope, respectively.]

1. Louisa Hannah Auckland, daughter of
   John and Louisa Maish, born January 26th,

3. A Male Child of Thomas Clarke, born
   April 3rd, 1850.

4. A Male Child of George Ekins Crane,
   born May 24th, 1850.

5. A Male Child of William Evans, born
   July 26th, 1850.

6. A Female Child of Thomas Younger,
   born August 23rd, 1850.

7. A Female Child of George and Matilda
   Hannah Cook, born September 5th, 1850.

8. A Male Child of Thomas Goodger, born
   October 22nd, 1850.

9. [Mary Jane] a Female Child of Peter
   Mann, born October 26th, 1850.

10. A Male Child of Charles Smart, born
    February 2nd, 1851.

11. A Female Child of William Pakinson,
    born February 13th, 1851.

12. [Harriet Sophia] a Female Child of
    Isaac Cripps, born April 4th, 1851.

13. A Female Child of J. S. Stove, born
    June 3rd, 1851.

14. [George Edward] a Male Child of Wil-
    liam John and Elizabeth Eleanor Munce, born
    December 11th, 1851.

15. [Maria Louisa Thornley] a Female
    Child of Robert Barton, born February 14,

17. [James Hindsley] a Male Child of
    James Bromley, born March 9th, 1852.

18. A Male Child of John Chapman, born
    March 16th, 1852.

DEATHS AT PORT ROSS.

1. Isabel Younger, aged 3 months, died
   Nov. 19th, 1850, of Inflammation.

2. Thomas Cook, Mariner, aged 22,
   drowned on September 7th, 1851.

3. Janet Stove, aged 14 weeks, died on
   Oct. 10th, 1851, of Convulsions.

4. John Edward Downes, Mariner, died
   on Feb. 21st, 1852. of Dysentery.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

Registrar-General's Office,
Auckland, Jan. 10th, 1855.

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