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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

While we were engaged as described above, the
Chief Kopu and the greater part of his men were
watching the enemy's other position, in order that
we should not be cut off. As soon as this Chief saw
the enemy driven out of their kainga, his men being
fresher than ours, he determined to chase them as far
as he could. He did so in the most able manner,
driving them before him into the hills, and returned
at nightfall, having killed three of their number in
addition to those enumerated before, and having only
one man slightly wounded.

The next day, at two o'clock in the morning,
Captain Biggs, Cornet Pearce, and Ensign Richard-
son, with fifty men composed nearly all of my own
Company, who volunteered for the service, started
with Kopu and Ihaka Whaanga's people, to surprise
the enemy if possible, and drive them out of any
position they might have taken up. Captain Biggs
returned to camp about nine a.m., and reported his
having discovered a large unfinished pa, from which
the enemy had fled. He had not therefore seen
anything of the enemy, but was able to give me
information of the direction they had taken. Kopu
remained with his men in order to scout. Kopu
returned in the evening, having found and been
engaged with the enemy a great part of the day, in
what may be described as a bush fight. Two of his
men were wounded; one, I fear, by name Rana, will
not live. Kopu reports the enemy to be now occuру-
ing a strong position on a spur among the hills.
They have sent their women and children to Waikare-
moana, which is about three days' journey from where
I now am. The fugitives from Turanga under Anaru
Matete have taken refuge with the enemy here. I
estimate the number of the enemy at about 400, and,
considering the small force at my disposal, having
only 100 available Europeans for the field, together
with about 150 trustworthy Natives, I am now send-
ing Captain Biggs overland to Napier, to obtain his
Honor Mr. McLean's consent for him to proceed at
once to Tuparoa, in order to obtain the services-
which I know will be gladly given of those brave
Chiefs Te Hotine and Ropatu, with their men. I also
purpose removing by the same opportunity from
Turanga-Nui twenty more men from my own Com-
pany and the Hawke's Bay Volunteers. This will
be an addition to the force here of about 200 Natives,
who have fought with me before, and whom I know
and can trust thoroughly, and of 50 Europeans.

In concluding this Despatch, I beg to bring under
the notice of the Government the general gallantry
displayed by both officers and men in their pursuit
of the enemy over a strange country, one which even
the friendly Natives know nothing about. I must
particularize the names of Captain Biggs, Lieutenant
St. George, and a gentleman volunteer who has
accompanied the expedition with Ihaka Waanga's
Natives, (a Mr. Towgood, of Hawke's Bay,) as having
been by their skill and courage of the greatest possible
assistance to me, and I trust the Government will
remember their services.

I have, &c.,
JAMES FRASER,
Brevet Major, commanding Local Forces,
Turanga-Nui and Te Wairoa,
Province of Auckland.

The Under Secretary for Colonial Defence,
Wellington.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

JAMES SIMPSON, Esq., and
SIDNEY WEETMAN, Esq.,

to be Surveyors under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

A. H. RUSSELL.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WIREMU PAPAHIA,
WIREMU HOPIHONA,
HORI KARAKA,
RAWIRI NGAKARAHI,
TIO, and
HAORA TIPA,

to be Assessors of the Court established under
"The Native Lands Act, 1865."

A. H. RUSSELL.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

PETER JOSEPH DALTON, Esq., and
WILLIAM JAMES DALTON, Esq.,

to be Surveyors under "The Native Lands Act
1865."

A. H. RUSSELL.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

CHARLES HEAPHY, Esq.,
R. C. L. REAY, Esq., and
GEORGE FREDERICK SWAINSON, Esq.,

to be Surveyors under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

A. H. RUSSELL.

Commissioner's Order, No. 11.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, the Commissioner of Customs, do hereby appoint
and declare that the

PORT OF HOKITIKA

shall be a Port at which persons acting as agents in
the entrance or clearance of ships, goods, or baggage,
or any business relating thereto, shall be required to
be duly licensed for that purpose.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
fifth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Commissioner's Order, No. 12.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, the Commissioner of Customs, do hereby appoint
and declare that the

PORT OF GREYMOUTH

shall be a Port at which persons acting as agents in
the entrance or clearance of ships, goods, or baggage,
or any business relating thereto, shall be required to
be duly licensed for that purpose.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
fifth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1866.

NOTICE is hereby given that the western portion
of a wooden building (partitioned off in stone),
situated on the northern side of Strathallan Street,