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of Taranaki, to be an Inspector of Weights and
Measures, and to be a person with whom shall be
deposited certain copies or models of the standard
weights and measures of the Colony of New Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MICHAEL KEOGH, Esq., J.P.,
of Waimea, in the Province of Canterbury, to be a
Resident Magistrate.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DAVID STARK DURIE, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Sheriff for the District of Wanganui.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignation by
HUGH ROSS, Esq.,
of his appointment as Crown Prosecutor under "The
District Courts Act, 1858," for the District of
Wanganui, and to appoint
HENRY JOHN PERHAM, Esq.,
of Wanganui, to be his successor.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Justices
of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand:---
JAMES FARMER, Esq., Auckland;
JOHN CHAPMAN ST. GEORGE, Esq., Napier;
ARCHIBALD MCMURDO THOMSON, Esq., North-
cote, Canterbury; and
JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Esq., Hokitika.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE EDWARD GORDON RICHARDSON, Esq.,
to be Curator of Intestate Estates for the District
of Hawke's Bay.
E. W. STAFFORD.

JOHN ALEXANDER WILSON, Esquire, is
appointed Agent for the Crown at the Com-
pensation Court to be held at Opotiki.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(In the absence of Mr. Stafford.)
Opotiki, 7th March, 1867.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the Commissions held
by the undermentioned officers, viz. :---
Captain W. F. Moore, Canterbury Engineer
Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles J. Hutchinson, Taranaki
Militia.
Lieutenant Ed. D. Byrne, Lyttelton Artillery
Volunteers.
J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz. :
In the Wakapavaka Artillery Volunteers.
Daniel Slater to be 1st Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 7th May, 1866.
Arthur Shuckburgh Collins to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 7th May, 1866.
J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Lieut.-Colonel MAXWELL LEPPER,
to command the Militia and Volunteers in the Patea
District.
E. W. STAFFORD,
(in the absence of Colonel Haultain.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
HORACE GEORGE FORD, Esq.,
to be a Surveyor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."
E. W. STAFFORD,
(in the absence of Mr. Richmond.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
PAIRAMA NGUTAHI, and
MATINI MURUPAENGA,
to be Assessors under "The Native Lands Act
1865."
E. W. STAFFORD,
(in the absence of Mr. Richmond.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
EDWIN JAMES CAMPION, Esq.,
to be a Surveyor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."
E. W. STAFFORD,
(in the absence of Mr. Richmond.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1867.
THE following Judgment by the Compensation
Court in the case of Papakura Block, is pub-
lished for general information.
E. W. STAFFORD,
(in the absence of Mr. Richmond.)

YESTERDAY the Court sat at the usual hour, and the
evidence of Mr. Rogan was taken in reference to
Ihaka's case, after which they adjourned to consider
their decision. Upon re-assembling the Chief Judge
gave the following judgment:---