THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
2. Having left a cask of necessaries (vide list
appended) at the depôt for castaways, and observing
no signs of human beings, I put to sea again on the
21st of the same month. During my stay, the
thickness of the weather prevented the possibility
of verifying the position of the Islands; but as the
land was observed precisely as expected, and no
difficulty experienced in making the anchorage, I
should say that the charts are correct. It was my
original intention to have visited the southern part
of the Island; but, in consequence of the foggy
weather that prevailed, I did not consider it prudent
to be hovering about the vicinity of shoals the
position of which is not yet accurately determined.
I have, &c.,
HENRY L. PERCEVAL, Commander.

The Secretary of the Admiralty,
Whitehall, London.

LIST OF STORES deposited at the Auckland Islands
by H.M.S. "Falcon," 20th June, 1868.
1 cask, containing-
25 lbs. Preserved Potatoes,
36 lbs. Boiled Beef,
50 lbs. Biscuit,
2 tins Gunpowder,
1 jar Guncaps,
1 bag Wads,
2 boxes Matches,
1 bag Slugs,
1 Bullet-mould and Lead,
1 double-barrelled Fowling-piece.
HENRY L. PERCEVAL, Commander.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ABRAHAM BOARDMAN, Esq.,
to be Superintendent Collector under "The Census
Acts Amendment Act, 1867," for the Province of
Auckland.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
HENRY ALDBOROUGH STRATFORD, Esq.,
of St. Bathan's, of his appointment as a Justice of
the Peace.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT WARD, Esq.,
to be Clerk to the Bench at Tutaenui, for the
Districts of Otaki and Wanganui, under "The
Resident Magistrates Act, 1867."
E. W. STAFFORD.

Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD PATTEN, Esq.,
to be Auditor of Account for the County of
Westland.
E. W. STAFFORD.

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Native Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1869.
IT is hereby notified that
RANDLE COTTON MAINWARING
has been duly authorized to act as Interpreter
under "The Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The
Native Lands Act, 1867."
T. M. HAULTAIN
(in absence of Mr. Richmond).

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
JAMES F. CRAWFORD, Esq.,
LAURENCE CUSSEN, Esq.,
FRANCIS SIMPSON, Esq.,
to survey lands under "The Native Lands Act, 1865."
T. M. HAULTAIN
(in absence of Mr. Richmond).

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1869.
IT is hereby notified that
JOHN WILLIAM WILLIAMS and
GEORGE HENRY DAVIES
have been authorized to act as Interpreters under
"The Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native
Lands Act, 1867."
JOHN HALL.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1869.
THE name of GARLAND W. WOON
was accidentally omitted from the list of authorized
Interpreters published in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 70, of 7th December, 1868.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1869.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz.:--

In the Armed Constabulary.
Sydney Herbert Davies to be Sub-Inspector. Date
of commission, 28th December, 1868.
Acting Sub-Inspector Sydney Augustus Berkley
Capel to be Sub-Inspector. Date of commission,
16th January, 1869.
Henry Charles Morrison to be Acting Sub-Inspector.
Date of commission, 15th January, 1869.
Henry William Northcroft to be Acting Sub-Inspec-
tor. Date of commission, 16th January, 1869.
Arthur Sandys Brooke Forster to be Acting Sub-
Inspector. Date of commission, 28th January,
1869.

In the Wellington Militia.
Thomas James Ladd to be Ensign. Date of com-
mission, 7th January, 1869.

In the Napier Militia.
Edward Lister Green to be Major. Date of commis-
sion, 1st October, 1868.
Ensign Alexander St. Clair Inglis to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 6th January, 1869.
Ensign Charles Cotton Lambert to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 7th January, 1869.

In the Tauranga Cavalry Volunteers.
Constantine McDougall Moorsom to be Captain.
Date of commission, 30th December, 1868.
Samuel Clarke to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 30th December, 1868.

"In the Waiuku Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick M. Alexander to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 18th December, 1868.