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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The specimens referred to in Mr. Grayling's letter
were found to be as follows:-

No. 1. Gray trachyte breccia, containing fragments
of gray and blue trachyte, with crystals of
feldspar and hornblende imbedded in a feldspathic
ash. Some of the surfaces were stained with
petroleum.

Nos. 2, 3, and 4. Decomposed feldspathic sand con-
taining rolled gravel, evidently from superficial
deposits.

No. 5. Fragments of trachytic breccia from the
bottom of the deep bore, contains fragments
of crystals of hornblende.

Nos. 6, 7, and 8. All trachyte fragments from the
breccia rocks.

These rocks, with the exception of 2, 3, and 4, are
of volcanic origin.

JAMES HECTOR.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES FULTON, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of West Taieri, in
the Province of Otago.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ANDREW THOMSON, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Mohaka, in the
Province of Hawke's Bay.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1866.

NOTICE.----Whereas a person of the name of
GEORGE DOBSON, Civil Engineer in the service
of the Provincial Government of Canterbury, has
mysteriously disappeared in the neighbourhood of
Grey River, Province of Canterbury: Notice is here-
by given that, should the said George Dobson have
been murdered, His Excellency the Governor will
grant a Free Pardon to anyone implicated in such
murder, except the actual murderer, who shall give
such information as will lead to the apprehension
and conviction of the murderer or murderers.

E. W. STAFFORD.

NOTICE.
£200 Reward, or a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 26th June, 1866.

WHEREAS persons of the names Felix Mathews,
John Kempthorne, James Dudley, and James
Pontius, have mysteriously disappeared, and whereas
it is supposed that they have been murdered, on the
road between Nelson and Marlborough:

This is to notify that should these persons, or any
of them, have been murdered, a reward of two
hundred pounds (£200) will be given to any person
who will give information that will lead to the con-
viction of the perpetrators; or His Excellency the
Governor will grant a free pardon to any person
implicated in such murder, except to the actual
murderer or murderers, who shall give such informa-
tion as shall lead to the conviction aforesaid.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that Letters Patent should be issued,
appointing

WILLIAM GILBERT MAIR, Esq.,
a Judge of the Compensation Court of New Zealand.

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

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that Letters Patent should be issued,
appointing

WILLIAM CHARLES LYON, Esq.,
a Judge of the Compensation Court of New Zealand.

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:—
In the Taranaki Militia.

Ensign Charles James Messenger to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 20th June, 1866.

Ensign Martin George Roddy to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 21st June, 1866.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the Commissions held
by the undermentioned Officers, viz. :—
Captain Howard Hutton, Royal Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain John Fuller, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
Ensign R. Dawson, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM MILLS, Esq., Collector of Customs at
Lyttelton; and
HENRY SCOTT MCKELLAR, ESQ., Acting Collector
of Customs at Auckland;
to be Licensing Officers under the provisions of the
"Arms Act, 1860."

E. W. STAFFORD.

I, the undersigned, ROBERT SCHOFIELD, hereby
make application to register "The Prince of
Wales Gold Mining Company" under the provisions
of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act,
1865;" and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that
the following statement is, to the best of my belief
and knowledge, true in every particular :—

1. The name and style of the Company is "The
   Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company."
2. The place of operations is at Ross.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is fifteen
   thousand pounds in scrip of five pounds each.
4. The amount of capital paid up is three thousand
   seven hundred and fifty pounds.
5. The name of the manager is Robert Schofield.
6. The office of the Company is at Ross.
7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders and the number of shares held by each at
   this date are as follows:----