THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 14th Febuary, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DAVID FORSYTH MAIN,
of Manuherikia, in the Province of Otago, Esquire,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

JOHN S. WILKINSON, Esq.,
to be a Surveyor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

T. M. HAULTAIN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

DANIEL COOK WILSON, Esquire,
to be a Surveyor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

A. H. RUSSELL.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

TE RAIHI,
to be an Assessor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

A. H. RUSSELL.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1866.

IT is hereby notified that the Native Title has been
extinguished over the blocks of land whereof the
boundaries are mentioned or described in the Schedule
hereunto annexed.

A. H. RUSSELL.

SCHEDULE.

PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY.
Potutu Block—4000 Acres.

Boundaries.—Commencing at te Whatakoau by
the sea, and follows the coast to te Taumata o Hine-
pehinga, thence to Tapui, to Totara, to Tauaiwaho,
te Roro o te Kohera, Waiariki, Tara o te Rauhina,
Makareao Tautakapikura, Waiparera, Kokakoho-
ramia, Pukunui, Poututu Waikohitihiti, Onehunga,
Mararekoata te Mara o Hinewehi and the Manga-
puketea; here turning inland, it follows the course
of the Mangapuketea to the hill Katokatoarau,
thence to the hill Wairangi, thence to the Pakipaki,
the Tho o te Timu, Tiamata, o te maha, Tau o Thi-
kohia, te Kopuru, Tahito te Ko a te Waitangata, Nga
tamariki a te Apatu Kakariki Taunoa, Tohi Whatoka,
te Umu o Mokai, te Tauomata o Tahinga, Tarainga-
heke, te Waitua a Napanapa, te Taumata a Rougo
maiteura, te Rua a te Awamutu, Hinekino, te Ahi-
manawa, and thence to the boundary of the land sold
ty Paora te Apatu to the Queen.

PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY.
Turiroa Block—15,000 Acres.

Boundaries.—Commencing at the mouth of the
Huramua Stream, and following the course of that
stream to the Awapurua, and thence following the
course of the Awapura to its ascent to the Takapau;
thence it descends to Owhata Stream, and follows
the course of that stream to Tutaikuri; thence to-
wards the source of the Tutaekuri, to the Mangaroa:
thence to the Koropiotahi to its source; thence it
rises Ohinematanui, thence to Kapekape, thence to
the Kuraweka, thence to the Whakaumu, te Ahititi
Kumarahou, te Karaka, te Kapuhinu, Kaihunahuna,
te Kiekie te Karamu, Puketitoi, te Maire Tahungao-
teka, Nga Whare o nga Rangikauhou, Parihakoakoa
Taumataipu, Motukourawai, and to Karimahana;
here it joins the old boundary of the Government
land goes along the hills to Raukautihia, and thence
descends to the Stream Rauhirihiri, and thence in the
Wairoa River, and follows the course of that river to
the mouth of the Stream Huramua, the commence-
ment of the boundary.

POSTAL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1866.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after this
date, the Rates of Postage on letters from New
Zealand to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, via the
United Kingdom, and sent by the Southampton
route, will be as follows:--

Letters to any of these countries may be registered,
on payment of a registration fee of 1s. 6d. each letter.
Patterns or samples of merchandize may also in
future be sent to Denmark at the same rates as book
packets, and subject to the Pattern Post Regulations.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the undermentioned
Corps, viz. :-

"Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers,"
"Hutt Rifle Volunteers,"
under "The Volunteer Act, 1865."

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:-

In the New Zealand Militia.

Percival Trosse Fortescue to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 9th February, 1866.

In the Auckland Militia.

Lieutenant Edward Woolfield to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 13th February, 1866.
James Crawford to be Ensign. Date of Commis-
sion, 23rd September, 1865.

In the Taranaki Militia.

Ensign Charles John Hutchinson to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 15th January, 1866.
Henry Charles Morrison to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 10th January, 1866.

In the Wellington Militia.

Lieutenant Richard Septimus Ledger to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 16th December, 1865.