NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereunto
annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate,
and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Excellency's Command,
JOHN HALL, Colonial Secretary.

VOL. IV.] AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1856. | No. 18.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
20th May, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it
to be notified for general information
that

HENRY SEWELL, Esq.,
The Hon. FREDERICK WHITAKER, Esq., and
FRANCIS DILLON BELL, Esq.,
have resigned the Offices of Colonial Secre..
tary, Attorney-General, and Colonial Trea-
surer respectively, and that their resignations
have been accepted.

By His Excellency's command,
JOHN HALL,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
20th May, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified for general information that
the undermentioned Gentlemen have resigned
their seats in the Executive Council, and that
their resignations have been accepted.

HENRY SEWELL, Esq.,
The Hon. FREDERICK WHITAKER, Esq.,
FRANCIS DILLON BELL, Esq., and
The Hon. H. J. TANCRED, Esq.

By His Excellency's command,
JOHN HALL,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
20th May, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified for general information, that

WILLIAM FOX, Esquire,

has been appointed Attorney-General of New
Zealand, (with the first seat in the Executive
Council,) and has taken the Oaths of Office ac-
cordingly.

By His Excellency's command,
JOHN HALL,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
20th May, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it
to be notified for general information
that

JOHN HALL, Esquire,

has been appointed Colonial Secretary of New
Zealand, and has taken the Oaths of Office
accordingly.

By His Excellency's command,
JOHN HALL,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
20th May, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it
to be notified for general information
that

CHARLES BROWN, Esquire,

has been appointed Colonial Treasurer of
New Zealand, and has taken the Oaths of
Office accordingly.

By His Excellency's command,
JOHN HALL,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
20th May, 1856.

WHEREAS, by the Royal Instructions
bearing date the 9th day of February,
1855, certain persons therein expressly de-
signated are nominated and appointed to be
Members of the Executive Council, and such
other persons as the Governor may deem to be
qualified and capable to advise him, subject
to the proviso that any appointment to be
made by the Governor shall be provisional
only, and subject to be confirmed or disallowed
by Her Majesty. Now Notice is hereby
given, that pursuant to the authority vested in
him by such instructions as aforesaid, His Ex-
cellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

WILLIAM CRUSH DALDY, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Executive Council of
New Zealand.

By His Excellency's command,
JOHN HALL,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
20th May, 1856.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified for general information that
the undermentioned Gentlemen have this day
taken and subscribed the proper Oath as
Members of the Executive Council.

WILLIAM FOX, Esq.,
JOHN HALL, Esq.,
CHARLES BROWN, Esq.,
WILLIAM CRUSH DALDY, Esq.

By His Excellency's command,
JOHN HALL,
Colonial Secretary.

Frinted by Williamson & Wilson, for the New Zealand
Government.