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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
19th August, 1861—John Porter to be Post-
master at Little Muddy Creek (Appoint-
ment to date from 1st October)
30th September, 1861—James Speedy, Esq.,
R.M., to be Postmaster at Mauku
30th September, 1861—John Dinnison to be
Postmaster at Mangawai
7th October, 1861—Robert Ormsby to be
Postmaster at Te Tarata, Waipa
24th October, 1861—William Bailey Baker,
Esq., R.M., to be Postmaster at Rangi-
tukia, East Cape.

Province of Hawke's Bay.

6th August, 1861—Richard Plummer Bur-
gess to be Postmaster at Te Mahia
30th September, 1861—Henry Martin Ham-
lin to be Postmaster at Wairoa
7th October—Joseph Herbert to be Post-
master at Wainui. (Appointment to date
from 1st September)

Province of Wellington.

6th August, 1861—Joseph Angill to be Post-
master at Porirua. (Appointment to
date from 1st October)

Province of Marlborough.

25th September, 1861—Francis James Blun-
dell to be Postmaster at Birch Hill
November 1st—Richard Monk to be Post-
master at Kekerangu

Province of Canterbury.

6th August, 1861—Reverend Henry Torlesse
to be Postmaster at Okaiu's Bay, Bank's
Peninsula
7th September—James S. Fitch to be Post-
master at Pareora

Province of Otago.

6th August, 1861—Robert Telford to be
Postmaster at Waiwero Bridge
30th September, 1861—William Young to
be Postmaster at Warepu
1st November, 1861—William Henning
Mansford to be Postmaster at Tokomai-
riro. (Appointment to date from 1st
October).
1st November—William Ellison Burke to be
Postmaster at Waitahuna. (Appoint-
ment to date from 15th October).

Province of Southland.

5th October, 1861—Andrew Jamieson Elles,
Esq., J.P., Postmaster of Invercargill,
to be Chief Postmaster of the Province.

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Auckland, Oct. 14th, 1861.

SIR,—The Governor has been pleased to
direct that you should proceed to Coromandel
with as little delay as possible for the purpose
of carrying out the following objects.

Recent information has tended to confirm
the expectation which has long prevailed, that
gold in considerable quantities would be found
in various parts of the Coromandel peninsula
if facilities existed for the necessary pros-
pecting operations; and the attention of the
Government having been specially directed
to the subject by a deputation of settlers that
waited on His Excellency, it recognises the
necessity of taking immediate steps to secure,
if possible, the assent of the Native popula-
tion to a proper exploration of the mineral
resources of that district.

You are requested, therefore, to com-
municate immediately upon your arrival at
Coromandel with the principal Chiefs there,
with the view of ascertaining in the first
instance, as accurately as possible, the
territorial boundaries of the various tribes or
hapus inhabiting the district, and of deter-
mining upon some boundary across the
peninsula, between Coromandel and Mercury
Bay, to the North of which, as far as Cape
Colville, Europeans may be at once allowed
to prospect for gold and other minerals.

The Government will be quite prepared
to enter into some fair arrangement, either
generally with associated hapus within the
boundary, or with separate hapus if such
association be impracticable, for the permis-
sion required. The Natives should be
distinctly assured that such an arrangement
would be independent of any question as to
the sale of the land itself. If you should
find that a disposition to sell really exists,
you will of course lose no time in entering
into the necessary negotiations; but the
Government attaches such importance to a
present arrangement being made for the
exploration of the Gold Field believed to
exist there, that (if you find the Natives still
resolved to keep their land) this should be
the first object of your attention.

It is not possible to give you any very
precise instructions at this moment as to the
terms of such an arrangement: but the gene-
ral views of the Government may be indicated
as a basis for your proceedings. I understand
from one of Mr. Preece's reports, that the
Natives will consent to gold-digging opera-
tions being carried on, provided the Govern-
ment does not issue gold licenses itself. You
will carefully explain to them that by the
laws regulating the issue of Licenses and
Miners' Rights in proclaimed Gold Fields, the
Government has no power to issue Licenses
under the Gold Fields Acts within Na-
tive Land, and that they need there-
fore be under no apprehension of any infrac-
tion of their rights. At the same time it
will be your duty earnestly to advise them to
consent to placing the district under the

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Auckland 21st Nov., 1861.

THE following correspondence respecting
the Coromandel Gold Field, is published
for general information.

WILLIAM FOX,
In the absence of Mr. Mantell.