THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 317

On the 23rd ultimo, Captain Pye, whilst
patrolling with his Defence Force, came
upon a large and very strong pa, situated
about 14 miles due south of this station. It
was an oid one repaired and strengthened
with a palisading of ti tree and post and rails,
and an embankment of about 20 feet high
and rifle-pits between it and the palisading.
The pa extended completely across a tongue
of land with a ravine on either side of it, and
from the rear of it there was a path leading
direct to the woods, which were distant
about half-a-mile.

Captain Pye had the whole of the wood-
work pulled up and burned.

I have, &c.,
H. GREER,
Colonel Commanding Tauranga
District.

The Dep. Qr.-Mstr.-General, &c.,
Head-Quarters.

True Copy,
Geo. Dean Pitt,
Major, Asst.-Mil.-Secretary.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 25th July, 1864.

IS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments, viz.:-

In the Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
Joseph Cochrane to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 5th July, 1864.

In the Taranaki Mounted Volunteers.
Ensign Thomas McGuinness, of the Tara-
naki Rifle Volunteers, to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 5th July, 1864.
William Johnstone to be Cornet. Date
of Commission, 5th July, 1864.

In the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Matthew Carrick to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 6th July, 1864.
Matthew Jenkin Jones to be Ensign.
Date of Commission, 7th July, 1864.

In the Wanganui Militia.
Ensign Wilmot Powell to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 5th July, 1864.
William Weston to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 5th July, 1864.

In the Union Company of Volunteers.
Ensign Henry Willcox to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 6th July, 1864.
James Johnston to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 6th July, 1864.

In the Nelson Rifle Volunteers (No.3 Company).
Lieutenant Joshua Bird to be Captain
Date of Commission, 5th July, 1864.
Ensign Alfred Baigent to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 5th July, 1864.
George Rutherford to be Ensign. Date
of Commission, 5th July, 1864.

T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 25th July, 1864.

IS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the following resigna-
tions:
Captain Perryman, Nelson Rifle Volun-
teers.
Lieutenant Kirkpatrick, Auckland Militia.
Lieutenant W. H. Donald, Masterton
Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign Osborne, Auckland Militia.
Ensign Kissling, Auckland Militia.
Ensign Nation, Auckland Militia.
Ensign H. Brown, Taranaki Rifle Volun-
teers.

T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 26th July, 1864.

IS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to cancel the commission held
by
ENSIGN JOHN HUTCHINSON WOOD
of the Auckland Militia.

T. RUSSELL.

Report of Court of Enquiry on the Wreck of the
"Waverley" at Port Waikato.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 26th July, 1864.

THE following Report of the Assessors
appointed to investigate the cause of the
wreck of the schooner "Waverley," with a
minute respecting charts of Port Waikato for
sale, are published for general information.

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.

Port Waikato, June 29th, 1864.

We, the undersigned, having been ap-
pointed assessors to investigate the cause of
the loss of the schooner "Waverley" at
Waikato Heads, and having heard the whole
evidence, do make the following
report :-

That the loss of the vessel is to be attri-
buted
1st, To an error of judgment in the master
endeavouring to take the harbour with a
scant northerly wind and ebb tide.
2nd, In neglecting to use the lead.
3rd, To the want of a chart of the latest
survey, showing the beacons and their mag-
netic bearing, as both master and mate were
ignorant of beacons being placed here as
leading marks over the bar.

As it appears from the evidence of the
master that charts of the late survey could
not be procured in Auckland, we would
suggest that this want be attended to by the
proper authorities.

Witness our hands,
DANL. SIMPSON.
THOMAS PARNELL,
Master Mariner 6,071.

In reference to the above suggestion, I beg