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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Williams, Henry, jun., Russell, Auckland.
Williamson, James, Auckland.
Williamson, John, Auckland.
Willis, Alexander James, Dunedin.
Willis, William Jarvis, Wanganui.
Wilson, James, Turakina, Wellington.
Wilson, James Irwin, Wangarei Heads, Auckland.
Wilson, John Cracroft, C.B., Cashmere, Canterbury.
Wood, Reader Gilson, Auckland.
Wood, John Nugent, Nokomai, Otago.
Woollcombe, Belfield, Timaru, Canterbury.
Woodward, Jonas, Wellington.
Worsley, Septimus Lancelot, Christchurch.
Wright, John Fortescue Evelyn, Ohiro, Wellington.
Wright, William Brabane, Motueka, Nelson.
Wynyard, Gladwyn John Richard, Auckland.
Young, Henry, Southland.
Young, William, Auckland.

Know ye, that we have assigned you, and each and
every of you, jointly and severally, to be our Justices
of the Peace in our Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, to keep and cause to be kept all laws,
ordinances, and statutes in force within our said
Colony, for the punishing of offenders, the preserva-
tion of the peace, and for the quiet rule, welfare, and
good government of our people in our said Colony;
and to have, exercise, and discharge all the powers,
authorities, and duties belonging or pertaining to the
office of a Justice of the Peace in our said Colony.

And therefore, we command you and each and
every of you that to keep the peace and all laws,
ordinances, and statutes, and all and singular other
the premises you diligently apply yourselves, and
that, at certain days and places duly appointed or to
be appointed for these purposes, into the premises to
make inquiry, and all and singular the premises hear
and determine and perform and fulfil them, doing
therein what to justice appertains, according to the
law and custom of England and of our said Colony.

And we command all our Sheriffs in our said
Colony at certain days and places appointed or to be
appointed, to be aiding by all lawful means in the
performance and due execution of the premises.

In testimony whereof, we have caused these our
Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of our
Colony to be hereunto affixed.

Witness our trusty and well beloved Sir
GEORGE GREY, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over our Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, at Government
House, at Wellington, in New Zealand
aforesaid, this third day of July, in the
thirtieth year of our reign, and in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1866.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Marlborough, in-
tituled

"The Vaccination Act, 1866,"

which Bill was reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
withhold his assent from the same.

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, 28th June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

RANIERA TE IHO-O-TE-RANGI,
MANIHERA RANGITAKAIWAHO,
IHAIA WAKAMAIRU, and
HEMI TE MIHA,
to be Assessors under "The Native Lands Act, 1865."
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

N. P. CARVER, Esq., and
EDWARD HOLROYD BEERE, Esq.,
to be Surveyors under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

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

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form the undermentioned Corps into the 1st
Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers, the Head Quarters
of which will be the drill shed, Dunedin :-
No. 1 Company City Guards, Dunedin Rifle
Volunteers.
No. 2 Company (Scottish,) Dunedin Rifle
Volunteers.
North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
Waikari Rangers Volunteers.
South District Rangers Volunteers.
T. M. HAULTAIN.