statutes of the said Provinee as in the like case
it has been accustomed or ought to be done. to be
And the same offenders and every of them for
their offences by fines, ransoms, amerciaments,
forfeitures, and other means as according to the
laws and customs of the said Province and
form of the ordinances and statutes aforesaid,
it has been accustomed or ought to be done to
chastise and punish. Provided always, that if
a case of difficulty upon the determination of
any of the premises before you, or any two or
more of you shall happen to arise, then let
judgment in no wise be given thereon before
you, or any two or more of you, unless in
the presence of one of our Justices of the
Supreme Court of our said Colony.

And therefore, We command you, and every
of you, that to keeping the Peace, ordinances,
statutes, and all and singular other the premises,
you diligently apply yourselves, and that at
certain days and places which you, or any such
two or more of you as is aforesaid, shall appoint
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 the said Province, saving to us the
amerciaments and other things to us therefrom
belonging. And we command by the tenor of
these presents, our Sheriffs in the said Province
severally, that at certain days and places which
you, or any such two or more of you as is
aforesaid, shall make known to them respec-
tively, they cause to come before you, or such
two or more of you as aforesaid so many and
such good and lawful men of their respective
Bailiwicks by whom the truth of the matter in
the premises shall be the better known and en-
quired into.

In witness whereof, We have caused these
our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great
Seal of Our said Colony, to be hereunto af-
fixed.

Witness our trusty and well-beloved
Colonel THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Companion of the Most Honour-
able Order of the Bath, Governor
and Commander-in Chief in and
over the Colony of New Zealand,
at Government House, at Auck-
land, this first day of November,
in the twenty-second year of our
Reign, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-
eight.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Governor.

By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

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The Honble. H. J. TANCRED
Postmaster-General of New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it
to be notified that

Colonel WYNYARD, C. B.,
has resigned his seat in the Legislative Coun-
cil of New Zealand, and that His Excellency
has been pleased to accept such resignation.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

HENRY STOKES TIFFEN, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of Crown Lands under the
"Crown Lands Ordinance," Session 10, No. 1.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

EDWARD JAMES LEE, 15th November, 1858,
STEPHEN LUNN MULLER, 1st December,
1858, and
JOSEPH ASHE DAY, 2nd November, 1858.
to be Registrars under the "Marriage Act,
1858" and "The Registration Act, 1858," for
the Districts of Amuri, Wairau, and Kaiapoi
respectively, from the dates set opposite their
names.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

The Resident Magistrate, Wanganui
The Resident Magistrate, Napier
The Resident Magistrate, Russell
The Resident Magistrate, Mongonui
The Resident Magistrate, Raglan
The Resident Magistrate, Chatham Islands
H. C. BALNEAVIS, Esq.
I. R. COOPER, Esq.
G. W. D. HAY, Esq.
J. PREECE, Esq.
The Rev. J. F. WOHLERS, and
Mr. R. LUCAS
to be Enumerators under the "Census Act,
1858."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

THOMAS MURRAY
to be Pilot for the Port of Napier.

E. W. STAFFO RD.