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Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments.

T. M. HAULTAIN, Esquire,
to be Resident Magistrate at Howick, vice
A. Macdonald, Esquire, deceased, and
J. J. SYMONDS, Esquire,
to be Resident Magistrate at Onehunga.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
THE Resident Magistrate at Auckland
having resigned the office of Principal
Returning Officer of the Province of Auck-
land, His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
J. J. SYMONDS, Esquire,
to be Principal Returning Officer of that
Province; also Returning Officer for the un-
dermentioned Electoral Districts :—
The City of Auckland,
The Suburbs of Auckland,
The Northern Division.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
THE Governor directs it to be notified for
general information, that the undermentioned gentleman having tendered the resigna-
tion of his seat in the Legislative Council of
the General Assembly, His Excellency has
been pleased to accept the same.
HENRY ST. HILL, Esq.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned
gentleman to be Registrar under the Act
of the General Assembly, No. 12, Session 2,
intituled "The Marriage Act, 1854," for the
District set opposite his name.
DAVID STARK DURIE, Whanganui.
This appointment to have effect during the
absence of C. C. Des Vœux,
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
DAVID STARK DURIE, Esquire,
to perform the duties of Sub-Collector of
Customs at Whanganui, Province of Wel-
lington, during the absence on leave of C. C.
Des Vœux, Esquire.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excel-
lency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

THE HARBOUR OF WAITANGI,
Chatham Islands, to be a
PORT OF ENTRY
for the Colony.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Government House, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
IN pursuance of the 20th clause of the
"Resident Magistrates' Courts Ordinance,"
Session 7, No. 16, I hereby select and ap-
point the undermentioned Aboriginal Na-
tives to be Assessors for settling disputes,
along with the Resident Magistrate, at
Rotorua, between persons of the Aboriginal
Race; that is to say—

PAORA TE AMOHAU, of Maketu, Bay of
Plenty; and
WIREMU KINGI MURIWHENUA, of Puhi-
rua, Rotorua Lake.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Governor.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
18th March, 1856.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the publication of the
following additional Bye Laws for the Hun-
dred of Onehunga, which have received His
Excellency's assent, and which will come into
operation on the 21st April, 1856, according
to the provisions of the Crown Lands Ordi-
nances.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Additional Bye Laws for the Hundred of
Onehunga, February 15, 1856.

9.--That sheep shall not be allowed to de-
pasture on the Hundred of Onehunga except
by Special License from the Wardens of the
said Hundred; such License to be issued only
for certain Districts as the Wardens may deem
it just or necessary.

Parties applying for Sheep Licenses to bear
in mind that the application shall be accom-
panied by a recommendation signed by at least
two License holders of such District.

MARTIN MAY, } Wardens Hundred
GEO. FARRALL } of Onehunga.