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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
of Alexandra, in the Province of Auckland, Esquire,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 14th February, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE JAMES SPARROW, and
JABEZ MARRIAGE GIBSON,
of Takaka, Golden Bay, in the Province of Nelson,
Esquires, to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony
of New Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Treasury, Wellington,
9th February, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN STEPHENSON SMITH, Esq.,
to be Recciver of Land Revenue for the Province of
Taranaki, vice H. R. Richmond, Esq., resigned. This
appointment to date from the 9th day of November,
1865.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Treasury, Wellington,
9th February, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
STEPHEN LUNN MULLER, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Province of
Marlborough. This appointment to date from the
5th day of December, 1865.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Treasury, Wellington,
9th February, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable DANIEL POLLEN,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Province of
Auckland. This appointment to date from the 1st
day of February, 1866.
E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1866.
IT is hereby notified for public information, that
the following places in the Colony of Victoria
have been constituted Money Order Offices:-
AMHERST,
GRANT,
QUEENSCLIFF,
SEYMOUR;
and that the office in Victoria hitherto known as
Fitzroy, has been abolished.
E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1866.
IN virtue of the power vested in me for that
purpose, the following appointments have been
made in the service of the Colony.
TARANAKI.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Thomas Goddard, to be Postmaster at Bell Block,
from 20th November, 1865.
John Stewart Crowe, to be Postmaster at Oakura.

HAWKE'S BAY.
Miles Hudson, to be Postmaster at Wallingford,.
from 1st October, 1865.
Jasper L. Herrick, to be Postmaster at Kereru,
from 1st October, 1865.
Samuel Baines Firth, to be Postmaster at Te Aute,
from 1st January, 1866.
WELLINGTON.
William Henderson, to be Postmaster at Tuteanui.
NELSON.
William Barnett, to be Postmaster at Hurunui.
Thomas Wilkins, to be Postmaster at Wakapuaka,
from 1st January, 1866.
MARLBOROUGH.
Walter Hippolyte Pilliet, to be Postmaster at Have-
lock.
Thomas Perritt, to be Postmaster at Kekerangu,
from 1st January, 1866.
Walter Hale, to be Postmaster at Kaikoura, from
1st March, 1866.
CANTERBURY.
T. Mendelshon, to be Postmaster at Timuka, from
1st December, 1865.
William Chambers, to be Postmaster at Okarita.
Charles Cameron, to be Postmaster at Teremakau.
Benjamin Bulmer, to be Postmaster at Windwhistle
House, from 1st January, 1866.
James M. Munce, to be Postmaster at Bealey town-
ship, from 1st January, 1866.
OTAGO.
David Brunton, to be Postmaster at Merton.
John Somerville, to be Postmaster at Warepa, from
18th November, 1865.
R. F. Williamson, to be Postmaster at Arrow River.
David Smyth, to be Postmaster at West Taieri, from
1st January, 1866.
Thomas Duffy, to be Postmaster at Hyde, from 16th
January, 1866.
SOUTHLAND.
Thomas McWilliam, to be Postmaster at Winton,
from 1st December, 1865.
Joseph Hatch, to be Postmaster at Riverton, from
9th January, 1866.
AUCKLAND.
Boulton Ormandy, to be Postmaster at Maunga-
karamea, from 1st January, 1866.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1866.
THE following Despatch, with enclosures, from
Major-General Trevor Chute, commanding the
Forces, is published for general information.
A. H. RUSSELL,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Head Quarters,
Wellington, 12th February, 1866.
SIR, I had the honor in my last report (15th
ultimo) to intimate to your Excellency my intention
of marching on Mataitawa by the bush track at the
back of Mount Egmont. For many weeks I had
been endeavoring to obtain information regarding
this track, but not having been used by any but
rebels for some years past, those who professed to
know anything of it were so vague in their descrip-
tions that had they not all agreed on one point, viz.,
that the journey was one usually performed by
Natives easily in two days, but that it would take
troops three days, I should have hesitated in the
undertaking, on which, I must say, I embarked with
much anxiety, and then only from a desire to act
agreeably to your Excellency's wishes, and in con-
sideration of the beneficial effect such a movement