THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and
authority, doth hereby appoint all the territory con-
tained in the Judicial District called the Westland
District as the same is defined in and by a certain
proclamation issued by His Excellency the Governor
on the twelfth day of October last, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette on the sixteenth day of the
said month of October, to be a Sheriff's District under
the provisions of the said recited Act; and doth
hereby define the limits and boundaries of the said
Judicial District as expressed in the said proclama-
tion to be the limits and boundaries of the said
Sheriff's District hereby appointed.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
GEORGE GREY, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
eighth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Delegation of powers under "Post Office Act" to
Postmaster-General.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, &c.

WHEREAS by, "The New Zealand Post Office
Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor from time to time, by
writing under his hand, to delegate to the Postmaster-
General all or any of the powers vested in the
Governor by this Act, except such powers as are
conferred upon the Governor in Council, and such
powers as are conferred by clause 22 of the said Act;
and such delegation from time to time to alter or
revoke, as he shall think fit:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
as aforesaid, in pursuance and exercise of the said
power and authority, do hereby delegate to

The Honorable EDWARD WILLIAM STAFFORD,
Postmaster-General of New Zealand, all the powers
vested in me by the said in part recited Act, except
the powers conferred upon the Governor in Council,
and the powers conferred by clause 22 of the said in
part recited Act, to be held and exercised by him
from time to time as he shall think fit, so long as he
shall hold the said office of Postmaster-General.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this first day of
November, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

CUSTOMS.
Governor's Order, No. 62.

Appointing the River Grey a Warehousing-Port.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, &c.

IN exercise of the powers in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint that the under-
mentioned port shall be a Warehousing Port for the
purposes of "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
viz. :-

THE RIVER GREY,
and do hereby approve of the same port as a Port
for the importation of Tobacco.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
tenth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

CUSTOMS.
Governor's Order, No. 63.

Declaring the Port of Taieri no longer a Port of Entry.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, &c.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby declare that the

PORT OF TAIERI,
in the Province of Otago, shall be no longer a Port of
Entry for the purposes of "The Customs Regulation
Act, 1858."

Given under my hand, at Government House
at Wellington, this thirteenth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs the publica-
tion of the following Despatch, with enclosures,
from Major General Chute.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Head Quarters,
Auckland, 27th October, 1865.

SIR, I have the honor to forward, for your Excel-
lency's information, copies of two reports received
from Colonel Warre, C.B., commanding at Taranaki.
A party of rebels having on the 20th October, laid
an ambuscade on the road between Stoney River and
Warea, into which Captain Mace, and three of the
Taranaki Mounted Corps fell, and having, I regret to
say, wounded that officer and two of his men, Lieut.-
Colonel Colville, 43rd Light Infantry commanding at
Warea, determined to inflict punishment on the rebels
by drawing them out of the bush. This he succeeded
in doing by a cleverly devised and well executed plan,
though the extent of their loss has not yet been
ascertained.

Your Excellency will, however, regret to hear that
on this occasion Lieut.-Colonel Colvile received a very
severe wound, which will for a time deprive the coun-
try of the services of a most able and energetic officer.

I have, &c.,
T. CHUTE,
Major-General.

New Plymouth, 21st October, 1865.

SIR, I have the honor to enclose for the infor-
mation of the Major-General Commanding the
two men of the Taranaki Mounted Corps, who
unfortunately fell into an ambuscade planted by the
rebel natives on the road leading from the Stoney
River to Warea, and within about 1½ miles of the
latter post.