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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
KNOW YE, that we have assigned you, and
each and every of you, jointly and severally, to
be Our Justicesof the Peace, in Our Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependencies, to keep and
cause to be kept all Laws, Ordinances, and
Statutes in force within Our said Colony, for
the punishing of offenders, the preservation
of the peace, and for the quiet rule, welfare,
and good government of Our People in Our
said Colony; and to have, exercise, and dis-
charge all the powers, authorities, and duties
belonging or pertaining to the office of a
Justice of the Peace in Our said Colony.

And therefore, We command you and each
and every of you that to keep the Peace and
all Laws, Ordinances, and Statutes, and all
and singular other the Premises you diligently
apply yourselves, and that, at certain days
and places duly appointed or to be appointed
for these purposes, into the Premises to make
enquiry, and all and singular the Premises
hear and determine and perform and fulfil
them, doing therein what to justice appertains,
according to the Law and custom of England
and of Our said Colony.

And we command all Our Sheriffs in Our
said Colony, at certain days and places
appointed or to be appointed, to be aiding by
all lawful means in the performance and due
execution of the Premises.

In testimony whereof, We have caused
these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the
Seal of Our Colony to be hereunto affixed.

Witness Our Trusty and Well Beloved
THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Esquire
Companion of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over
Our Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, at Government
House, at Auckland, in New Zea-
land aforesaid, this 2nd day of July,
in the twenty-fifth year of Our
reign, aud in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command.
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Warrant fixing time for holding Petty
Sessions of the Peace at Picton.

By His Excellency Colonel Thomas
Gore Browne, Companion of
the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS it is enacted by "The Petty
Sessions Act, 1858," that Petty
Sessions of the Peace shall be held in and for
such Districts at such times and places as the
Governor shall, from time to time, fix by
notice in the New Zealand

Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne,
the Governor, do hereby fix and declare that
Petty Sessions of the Peace for the Petty
Sessional District of Picton shall be held at
the Court House, at Picton, on the 12th day
of every month, at 12 o'clock, at noon, or on
the following day if the 12th shall happen
to be a Sunday or a Holiday.

And I do hereby notify the same
accordingly.

As witness my hand this eleventh
day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one.

T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1861.

THE following Bill intituled

"The Commissioners Powers' Act, 1861."

as finally passed by the Legislative Council
and House of Representatives having been
presented to the Governor for the Royal As-
sent, His Excellency has in the name of Her
Majesty assented to the said Bill.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1861.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for
the Election of a Member to serve in the
House of Representatives for the district of
Grey and Bell, has been returned with an
endorsement to the effect that

HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON,

has been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

JOHN GARNER STEDDY,

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Mar-
riages, and of the Registrar of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Taranga.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

WILLIAM BUDGE,

to be Returning Officer for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council of Marl-
borough for the District of Flaxbourne and
Clarence.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint