THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

in charge of the advanced guard before he was
wounded.
As the conduct of the parties of Volunteers
under Captain Atkinson and Captain Webster
was brought under your immediate notice, I
think it hardly necessary to state how satis-
fied I was with the valuable assistance they
afforded me.
I regret to have to state that one man of
the force under my command was mortally
wounded, four dangerously, one officer and
three men severely, and one slightly.
I append a return of the casualties.
I have, &c.,
H. BUTLER,
Major commanding 57th Regt.
Colonel Warre, C.B.,
Commanding Troops.
57TH REGIMENT.
RETURN OF OFFICERS AND MEN WOUNDED 2ND OCTOBER, 1863.
Com-
pany.
Regtl.
No.
10
10
10
1
5
10
4
10
10
2669
1977
2848
266
3125
2960
2960
2590
558
Ensign P. E. Powys
Corporal Edward Rea
Sergt. Samuel Harvey
Drmr. Dudley Stagpole...
Private William Reeves...
Patrick Burke
Thomas Finn
Michael Foley
Henry Cain
Nature of
Wound.
Severe
Dangerous
Severe
Slight
Dangerous
Dangerous
Mortal
Severe
Dangerous
Remarks.
Gunshot wound of chest, over heart, penetrating muscles only.
Gunshot through left groin, coming through small of back on same side.
Gunshot wound of left thigh, muscles penetrated.
Gunshot wound of right side of head, superficial.
Gunshot wound of right side of head, penetrating brain.
Gunshot wound through left lung, right through.
Gunshot wound through left calf of leg.
Gunshot wound through left groin, penetrating.
Gunshot wound left groin, lodging in abdomen.
WILLIAM MCKINNON,
Surgeon 57th Regiment.
445
PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.
NOMINAL RETURN OF FORCE ENGAGED
WITH REBEL NATIVES ON THE 2ND OCTOBER,
1863.
Regiment.
Rank and Name
of Officers.
Serjeants.
Drummrs.
Rk. & File.
57th Regt.... Major Butler
" Captain Shortt
" Lieutenant Mills
" Lt. & Aj. Thompson 7 5 150
" Ensign Downs
" Ensign Powys
" Ensign Douglass
" Surg. M'Kinnon
70th Regt.... Capt. Wright 2 1 44
T. Mil. & Vol. Capt. Atkinson
" Capt. Webster
" Capt. Messenger 5 2 84
" Lieut. Jonas
" Ensign Brown
" As.-Sur. Webber
Royal Engrs. Lieut. Ferguson.
Staff As.-Sur. Tomlinson
" Bruen 14 8 278
H. J. WARRE, Col.,
Commanding Troops in Taranaki.
New Plymouth, Oct., 1863.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th October, 1853.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication, for general information, of
the following Despatch with its enclosures,
from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies.
ALFRED DOMETT.
Downing-street, 30th June, 1863.
SIR, —The attention of Her Majesty's Go-
vernment has frequently been called to the
difficulties which have been found to exist in
the appointment of Officers to the Vice-
Admiralty Courts in the British Colonies and
Settlements, and to the advantages which
would result from the adoption of some
measure for remedying these difficulties. The
contemplated arrangement could only be
effected under the authority of an Act of
Parliament, and I enclose an Act which has
now received the Royal Assent, "to facilitate
the appointment of Vice-Admirals and of
Officers in Vice-Admiralty Courts in Her
Majesty's Possessions Abroad, and to confirm
the past proceedings, to extend the jurisdic-
tion, and to amend the practice of these
Courts."
You will observe that by the 3rd Section
of the Act, on a Vacancy occurring in the
Office of Vice-Admiral, the Governor of the