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the accommodation required for them. The self-
registering magnetometers cost about £350.
If magnetic observations were instituted in Wel-
lington, it would be advisable that the observer
should take a few weeks' drilling at the Melbourne
Observatory. There is a set of instruments at this
Observatory, of the German pattern, which is not in
use now, and, if desirable, could be lent to the New
Zealand Government; these instruments are much
more troublesome and tedious to use than those of
the Kew pattern, but quite reliable nevertheless.

I believe I have now referred to all the points
spoken of by Mr. Woods, and I need only add that
it will afford me great pleasure to answer any further
questions, and to do anything I can in assisting the
Board in the objects they have in view.

I have, &c.,
ROBT. L. J. ELLERY,
Government Astronomer, &c.

To the Board of Longitude, Wellington.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1870.

THE following Despatch from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
is published for general information.

W. GISBORNE.

Downing Street, 11th June, 1870.

SIR,-It has occurred in some cases of recommenda-
tions for Colonial Naval Cadetships, that young men
have been selected as Candidates for such appoint-
ments who, upon medical inspection, have been at
once rejected as physically incompetent for the Naval
Service. In such cases the nomination is considered
as having lapsed, and appointments have consequently
been sacrificed which might otherwise have been
available for better qualified Candidates.

In order to guard against such a contingency, it
will be desirable, in future, before recommending a
Candidate for a nomination, to obtain sufficient
evidence of his physical fitness for the appointment.

I have, &c.,
GRANVILLE.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Mahurangi, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 6th July, 1859,
and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 21, of
same date, vice C. H. J. Hill, Esq., resigned.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, dated 23rd
instant, of Letters Patent bearing date 6th April,
1870, granted in Victoria, in favour of

EDWARD HOGBEN,

of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Gentleman,
for an Invention intituled "An Improved Stopper for
Bottles for containing Ærated or Gaseous Liquids."

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, dated 23rd inst.,
of Letters Patent bearing date 6th April, 1870,
granted in Victoria, in favour of

EDWARD HOGBEN,

of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Gentleman,
for an Invention intituled "Improvements in Appa-
ratus for supplying the Syrup in the manufacture of
Ærated Beverages and other Liquids, also applicable
to other purposes."

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1870.

ENQUIRIES having been made respecting the
person descriptive return of whom is published
below, any one who can give any information relative
to him is requested to communicate with this office.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Name-James Whitley.
Occupation-Farmer and brewer.
General personal appearance-Light complexion;
height, five feet nine inches.
Usual residence before coming to the Colony-
Wisbech.
Age-Forty-six years.
Married.
Left London 21st August, 1865.
Last heard of in New Zealand, in December, 1865.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 18th August, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS HINCHLIFF, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court and
Warden's Court at Kanieri.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 18th August, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

DANIEL ROLFE, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Port Chalmers, vice T. Hinchliff, Esq.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 18th August, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ERNEST CHARLES KELLING, Esq.,

to be Clerk at Charleston of the District Court of
Westland North.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 18th August, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ERNEST CHARLES KELLING, Esq.,

to be Clerk at Charleston of the Warden's Court of
the Nelson South-west Gold Field.

W. GISBORNE.