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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, June 5th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
to preside in all cases tried by a Jury, under
the provisions of the "Resident Magistrates'
Courts Extension of Jurisdiction Act, 1856,"
in the Wanganui-Rangitiki and Hawke's Bay
Districts.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, June 10th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN GILLIES, Esq.,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Province
of Otago.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, June 10th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN GILLIES, Esq.,
to be a Resident Magistrate.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, June 10th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN GILLIES, Esq.,
to be Sheriff of the Province of Otago.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, June 10th, 1857.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the
"New Zealand Native Reserves Act,
1856," the following Report is published for
general information.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Ahuriri,
March 31st, 1857.
SIR, - In obedience to the instructions con-
tained in your letter of the 16th of October
last, I have the honor to report to you for the
information of His Excellency's Government,
that I have ascertained the assent of the Abori-
ginal Inhabitants to a grant, under the 16th
section of the "New Zealand Native Reserves
Act, 1856," of certain lands in this District set

apart by them as an endowment for an Indus-
trial School.

I herewith transmit deeds of gift of two
blocks of land, containing respectively 1745
acres and 1408 acres more or less, situated in
the neighbourhood of Te Aute, and which are
more particularly described in the deeds by
plans and written descriptions of boundaries;
and which lands the Aboriginal owners have
surrendered to Her Majesty, her heirs, and
successors, on condition of their being granted
to the Bishop of New Zealand and his succes-
sors for the purpose above named.

I have also the honor to acquaint you that,
when in Auckland in December last, I deposi-
ted in the Chief Commissioner's Office a copy of
the plan of the land set apart by the late Go-
vernor, Sir G. Grey, for the like object.

I have, &c.,
G. S. COOPER,
District Native Land Commissioner,
Hawke's Bay District.

The Honorable
the Colonial Secretary,
&c., &c., &c.,
Auckland.

Report adopted with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the Colony.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Governor.

F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

FLAX REWARD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, June 10th, 1857.

WITH reference to a Notice dated De-
cember 20th, 1856, published in the
Government Gazette, No. 43, of the 24th
of December, 1856, offering, on certain con-
ditions, Rewards to the amount of £4000 for
the discovery of efficient means for rendering
the Flax, and other Fibrous Plants of New
Zealand, available as articles of export, it is
hereby notified, with respect to the first and
second Rewards of £2000 and £1000 res-
pectively, that, although the whole quantity of
One Hundred Tons must be produced to entitle
any Claimant to the Reward, an examination
of the merchandise will take place, if desired,
whenever Twenty Tons are ready for inspec-
tion, and will in like manner be repeated on
any further separate quantities of not less than
Twenty Tons each, until the whole amount of
One Hundred Tons is made up.

With respect to the third Reward of £1000,
an examination will take place whenever Five
Tons are ready for inspection, until the whole
quantity of Twenty-five Tons is made up.

E. W. STAFFORD.