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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

R. O. Stewart, Esquire, J.P., appointed a Resi-
dent Magistrate.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, Feb. 1, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
ROBERT OLIPHANT STEWART, ESQ., J.P.,
of Waikato, in the Province of Auckland, to
be a Resident Magistrate.
FRED. WHITAKER.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, February 1, 1864.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
Tender has been accepted by the
General Government :--
George Holdship, for the Erection of a
Building on the site adjoining the Auckland
Post Office, for the sum of Two hundred and
eighty-seven pounds (£287).
W. GISBORNE,
Under-Secretary.

Appointment of persons under the "Arms
Act, 1860."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Native Department,)
Auckland, January 21st, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
George Kelly, of Mangonui,
James Hamlin Greenaway, of Russell, Bay
of Islands,
Hopkins Clarke, of Waimate, Bay of Islands.
William Webster, of Hokianga,
Philip Hanson King, of Waiuku,
Fairfax Johnson, of Maketu, Bay of Plenty,
Isaac Shepherd, of Taupo,
Henry Innes Falwasser, of Raglan,
William Bridson, of Central Whanganui,
James Hamlin, of Manawatu,
John A. Knocks, of Waikanae,
Edward Schwartz Maunsell, of Wairarapa,
to be persons to lay information under the
"Arms Act, 1860."
WILLIAM FOX.

Campbell, James Hunter, appointed a Resident
Magistrate under the "Native Circuit Courts
Act, 1858."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Native Department,)
Auckland, February 1, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES HUNTER CAMPBELL, Esq., J.P.,
of Ngarurora, in the Province of Hawke's
Bay, to be a Resident Magistrate under
"The Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858."
This appointment bears date the 20th
July, 1863.
W. FOX.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 4th Feb., 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication of the following Despatch,
with its enclosures, from Lieut.-General
Cameron, C.B.

THOMAS RUSSELL.

Head Quarters,
Te Rore, 30th Jan., 1864.
SIR, I have the honor to forward, for
your Excellency's information, copy of a
report from Colonel Warre, C.B., command-
ing at New Plymouth, giving an account of
a skirmish which took place between the
Taranaki Volunteers and the Rebel Natives
near Bell Block, on the 19th instant.

I have expressed to Colonel Warre my
satisfaction at the conduct of the troops en-
gaged, and especially with the promptitude
shown by Captain Atkinson and the men
under his command in availing himself of
the opportunity of inflicting loss on the
enemy.

I have, &c.,
D. A. CAMERON,
Lieut.-General.

His Excellency
Sir George Grey, K.C.B., &c.

New Plymouth,
20th January, 1864.
SIR, I have the honor to report, for the
information of the Lieut.-General Command-
ing, that early yesterday morning Mr. Parris
informed me that an attack had been made
the previous evening on the block-house at
Mahoetahi by the Mataitawa natives, one of
whom had been wounded, and that the rebels
threatened to return in the morning and
burn the block-house. Shortly afterwards a
telegraphic message from Bell Block reported
that the rebels appeared in force at Sentry
Hill, about one mile and a half inland of
Mahoetahi, and they seemed to be moving
forward as if to attack the block-house.

An escort of the 57th Regt. being ready to
proceed to Poutoko, I completed it to 100
rank and file, with 10 of the Royal Artillery
and one howitzer, under Captain Russell,
57th Regt., and directed him to proceed with
Captain Atkinson's and Captain Webster's
companies (50 rank and file each) of Volun-
teer Rifles, who were assembled for the pur-
pose of cutting thistles near Omata, to Bell
Block, where I joined this force with 15 of
the Mounted Corps, under Captain Mace,
Taranaki Militia.

As the rebels had scattered through the
fern land, I directed the Volunteers, assisted
by the mounted men, to ascertain their
strength, it being reported that the rebels
had been joined by 200 of the Ngatiruanuis
from the south. Sending the mounted men
across the Mangoraka River at the lower
ford by Mahoetahi, the Volunteers advanced
across the open fern land, in two
divisions, half extended and half in