THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 23

Alexander Le Grand Campbell, Esq., Motueka
Henry Godfrey Gouland, Esq., Massacre Bay
Stephen Lunn Muller, Esq., Wairau
George Leslie Lee, Esq., Amuri
John Hall, Esq., Town of Christchurch
John Hall, Esq., Town of Lyttelton
John Hall, Esq., Kaiapoi
John Hall, Esq., Heathcote
John Hall, Esq., Victoria
John Hall, Esq., Ashley
John Hall, Esq., Rakaia
John Hall, Esq., Avon
John Watson, Esq., Akaroa
Belfield Woolcombe, Esq., Timaru
Robert Chapman, Esq., Town of Dunedin
Robert Chapman, Esq., Town of Port Chalmers
Robert Chapman, Esq., Eastern District
Robert Chapman, Esq., Western District
Robert Chapman, Esq., Central District
Robert Chapman, Esq., Tokomariro
Robert Chapman, Esq., Northern District.
Andrew Jamieson Elles, Esq., Southern Dis-
trict
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication of the following Letter from
Dr. F. Hochstetter, for general information.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Auckland, Jan., 13th 1859.
SIR,—With a view to make my stay in New
Zealand as conducive as possible to a more
complete acquaintance with the Natural History
of the country than has hitherto been attainable,
I have the honor to suggest that it would be
desirable that public notice should be given to
the inhabitants of the Colony, that I shall be
happy to receive specimens illustrative of any
branch of Natural History from every part of
New Zealand, together with information re-
lative to the locality from whence obtained, and
any other remarks that may be thought likely
to render the scientific examination more per-
fect.

By sending such specimens in duplicate the
donors would enable me to transmit one set to
Europe for the purposes of the Expedition to
which I belong, and to leave the other here as a
nucleus for a New Zealand Museum,—every
specimen in which being numbered to corres-
pond with those sent home, the future Report
of the Expedition would enable the colonists to
identify them, and to learn all that had been
ascertained in reference to them by the united
labours of men eminent in their respective
branches of science in Europe.

With your permission I would request that
such specimens may be sent to my address at
the offices of the Colonial Government in Auck-
land.

I have, &c.,
DR. FERDINAND HOCHSTETTER.
To the Honorable
The Colonial Secretary.

Attorney General's Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
THOMAS CONNELL, Esq,
of Nelson, to be Coroner for the district of
Nelson.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Esq.,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of
New Zealand.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Esq.,
to be the Judge of the District Court of Otago.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Esq.,
to be a Resident Magistrate.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
WM. HALSE, Esquire,
to be the Judge of the District Court of
Taranaki.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Anckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES RITCHIE, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Taranaki.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
ROBERT CHAPMAN, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Otago.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
ROBERT CLAPHAM BARSTOW, Esq.,
to be a Resident Magistrate.
FREDERICK WHITAKER.