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10. Too much importance cannot be attached to
    the duty of thoroughly disinfecting, without delay,
    with chloride of lime or otherwise, all discharges
    from the stomach and bowels of persons under the
    epidemic influence, as well as all bedding, clothing,
    towels, and the like, which such discharges may have
    imbued. And measures, as advised in section 4, for
    keeping all privies and like places in a thoroughly
    clean and uninfected state, become more and more
    important in proportion as the discharges in question
    are likely to have access to the places. [For
    detailed advice on Disinfection, see the Office
    Memorandum on that subject.]

which Ordinance was reserved for the signification
of the Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid
before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased
to assent to the same.
E. W. STAFFORD.

11. With reference to the medical care of the
    sick, and to all such other kinds of medical action
    and organisation as the circumstances of infected
    districts may require, the Lords of the Council have
    every hope and belief that the appointed Medical
    Relief Authorities of the country will be duly
    conscious of the very grave responsibility which is
    thrown upon them by the Diseases Prevention Act
    and the Regulations thereunder issued, and will
    be anxious to acquit themselves of the responsi-
    bility in a manner commensurate with its importance.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable PONSONBY PEACOCKE,
to be a Commissioner of Crown Lands.
E. W. STAFFORD.

But if, unhappily, any particular district should
suffer a sudden and extensive epidemic, it may be
that the authority, though with every disposition to
discharge its duty, will have difficulty in providing
for all requirements of the case, and will be in
danger of finding itself over-tasked. It is to be
hoped that in any such crisis, if anywhere it should
arise, voluntary local assistance will not be wanting
to the authority. Among the duties which would
have to be discharged, some do not require skilled
officers, but may with equal propriety be devolved on
any discreet and intelligent persons; and it might
be of great local service that such persons, in
committees or otherwise, should be ready to co-
operate with the authority. Especially the authority
would then be enabled to extend, beyond limits which
would else be possible, that system of house-to-
house visitation which in various ways may be the
most important of local agencies for stopping the
progress of an epidemic: not only as providing for
the prompt medical treatment of the sick, but equally
as spreading information and exercising influence
against conditions which tend to multiply the disease.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable DANIEL POLLEN,
Government Agent at Auckland, to be the Commis-
sioner, under the Regulations published in the New
Zealand Gazette, No. 59, of the 23rd November, 1866,
for the sale and disposal of the land taken in the
Province of Auckland, for settlement under "The
New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," or "The New
Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance
Act, 1865."
E. W. STAFFORD.

Apart from action which may be wanted to supple-
ment any inaction of the nuisance authority, the
room for voluntary work in aid of the Medical Relief
Authority may, in the supposed circumstances, be
very great: the local arrangements for medical relief
have to be told and explained; the proper use of
disinfectants has to be taught and enforced; many
other sorts of useful information have to be given;
unreasonable alarm has to be quieted; the less
educated and the destitute parts of the population
have to be led and assisted to do what is needful for
their safety. The larger the staff of competent
visitors who can be employed in any infected district,
the easier will be this task. And any educated
person who would wish to take part in it can easily
qualify himself to render in case of need, a really
important service to his neighbourhood.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 5th June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM ROBERT EDWARD BROWN, Esq.,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, to be
Curator of Intestate Estates within the Colony, and
as such to act within the Wellington District, as
defined by a Proclamation of even date herewith.
E. W. STAFFORD.

By direction of the Lords of the Council.
JOHN SIMON.
Medical Department of the Privy Council Office;
8, Richmond Terrace, London, S.W.
24th July, 1866.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 5th June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JOHN ALEXANDER SMITH, Esq.,
of his appointment of Deputy Sheriff for the District
of Hawke's Bay.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1867.
THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland, intituled
"The Provincial Liabilities Confirmation
Ordinance, 1867;"

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 5th June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MAXWELL LEPPER, and
FREDERICK ROSS,
of Patea, in the Province of Taranaki, Esquires, to be
Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointments, viz. :--
Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Kenny to be
Inspector of the Volunteer Force in the North
Island. Date of commission, 13th May, 1867.
Captain William Griffin Stack to be an Instructor of
Musketry in the Volunteer Force. Date of
commission, 21st May, 1867.