THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 365

Joshua Pakenham, Victoria Avenue, Chemist, &c. J.W.R.
Thos. Hudson Davis, Victoria Avenue, Schoolmaster J.W.R.
Henry Hurley, Victoria Avenue, Storekeeper J.W.R.
W. McNiven, Victoria Avenue, Storekeeper J.W.R.
J. Pawson, Cook's Gardens, Farmer J.W.R.
James Richardson, Victoria Avenue, Cabinetmaker, &c. J.W.R.
W. R. G. Samuels, Victoria Avenue, Surgeon J.W.R.
James Lett, Victoria Avenue, Storekeeper J.W.R.
D. M. Hogg, Bell Street, Wanganui, Clerk J.W.R.
Edward Wight, Wilson Street, Clerk J.W.R.
Daniel Harding, Ridgway Street, Tailor J.W.R.
James Bridge, Wilson Street, Draper J.W.R.
John Miles, Wanganui, Baker J.W.R.
Robert S. Low, Wanganui, Auctioneer J.W.R.
Edward Churton, Taupo Quay, Agent J.W.R.
John Clark, Victoria Avenue, Saddler J.W.R.
John Dewar, Victoria Avenue, Schoolmaster J.W.R.
D. S. Durie, Wanganui, Farmer J.W.R.
Albert Barns, Campbell Street, Wanganui, Storekeeper J.W.R.
Daniel McGregor, Campbell Place, Licensed Victualler J.W.R.
George Brown, Ridgway Street, Watchmaker J.W.R.
R. Taylor Davis, Bell Street, Merchant's Clerk J.W.R.
C. H. Ashforth, Wilson Street, Commission Agent J.W.R.
Fitzherbert R. Caffry, Victoria Avenue, Solicitor J.W.R.
Alex. C. Leslie, Ridgway Street, Tinsmith J.W.R.
Chas. H. Borlase, Campbell Street, Solicitor J.W.R.
Jas. Findlater, Guyton Street, Commission Agent J.W.R.
Edward Bezar, Bell Street, Clerk J.W.R.
John McGregor, Wanganui, Farmer J.W.R.
Wm. Fred. Ebbs, Victoria Avenue, Surgeon, &c. J.W.R.
Thomas Waters, jun., River Bank, Importer J.W.R.
William Pawson, Wilson Street, Storeman J.W.R.
Whyte and Pirie, Taupo Quay, Drapers J.W.R.
Joseph Northover, Wilson Street, Compositor J.W.R.
Edward C. Lackett, Victoria Avenue, Flax Manufacturer J.W.R.
Thomas W. Ferry, Churton Street, Printer J.W.R.
Anderson Bros., Taupo Quay, Upholsterers J.W.R.
John Bett, Campbell Street, Timber Merchant J.W.R.
Andrew Robertson, Victoria Avenue, Timber Merchant J.W.R.
W. H. Shepard, Victoria Avenue, Coach Proprietor J.W.R.
T. McDonogh, Postmaster, Wanganui J.W.R.
Henry Williamson, Ironmonger, Victoria Avenue J.W.R.
Geo. Flyger, Victoria Avenue, Storekeeper J.W.R.
Geo. McCaul, Bell Street, Law Clerk J.W.R.
Thomas Farrah, Guyton Street, Commission Agent J.W.R.
John Stevenson, Taupo Quay, Storekeeper J.W.R.
Benj. Strachan, Taupo Quay, Hairdresser J.W.R.
T. Whitlock, River Bank, Brewer J.W.R.
Josiah Richards, River Bank, Fellmonger J.W.R.
John G. Brechin, Plymouth Street, Carpenter J.W.R.
John W. Liddell, Wickstead Street, Ironmonger J.W.R.
John Stone, Ridgway Street, Farmer J.W.R.
H. C. Parsons, Wilson Street, Butcher J.W.R.
Kenneth Douglas, Park Place, Accountant J.W.R.
John Bennie, St. Hill Street, Brewer J.W.R.
George Brooking, Victoria Avenue, Clerk J.W.R.
W. B. Palmer, Ridgway, Butcher J.W.R.
John Henderson, Wilson Street, Brewer J.W.R.
James Hamilton, Campbell Place, Wheelwright J.W.R.
Thos. McDonnell, Wanganui, Settler J.W.R.

I, Joseph William Robinson, of Ridgway Street,
Wanganui, in the Province of Wellington, in the
Colony of New Zealand, Watchmaker, do solemnly
and sincerely declare that all the signatures initialled
by me with the letters "J.W.R.," affixed to the
annexed petition marked A, are the genuine signa-
tures of the persons whose they purport to be, and
that such persons are Inhabitant Householders of
the district therein referred to; and I make this
solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The
Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."

JOSEPH WILLIAM ROBINSON.

Made and declared at Wellington, in the Pro-
vince of Wellington, in the Colony of New
Zealand, this fifth day of July, 1871,
before me,

JOSEPH WILLCOX,
Justice of the Peace for the Colony
of New Zealand.

Superintendent's Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1871.

SIR,—I have the honor to forward a Petition to His

Excellency the Governor for a Municipality from
the Inhabitants of the Town of Wanganui, and to
state that I concur in the prayer of the Petitioners.
I have, &c.,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Superintendent.

The Hon. W. Gisborne,
Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th July, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD LOUIS CLOGSTOUN, Esq., of Mount
Four Peaks, Canterbury;
GEORGE DONNE, Esq., of Charleston, Nelson;
THOMAS DOUGLAS, Esq., of Christchurch;
RICHARD HENRY LEARY, Esq., of Dunedin;
JOHN LOGAN, Esq., of Dunedin; and
EDWARD FFRANCIS WARD, Esq., of Dunedin;
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Governor of
New Zealand having, under the powers in him
vested by "The Immigration and Public Works Act,
1870," deemed it expedient to open and make a new
line of road from Tauranga to Oropi, which road is
in the opinion of the Governor and the Executive
Council of the Colony not a road to be constructed
by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the
Province of Auckland, and the course and bearings
of which said road, the admeasurements required for
the same, and the lands through which the same
passes, together with the names of the owners and
occupiers thereof, so far as known, are respectively
shown and delineated on certain plans marked Nos.
1, 2, and 3, and which said road is also described in
certain Proclamations made under the said Act, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 27, of
13th May, and No. 38, of 4th July, 1871.
Copies of the said plans marked Nos. 1, 2, and 3
are deposited and may be seen and inspected at the
Office of the Public Works Department, General
Government Buildings, at Tauranga, in the said
Province.

And notice is hereby further given, that all or any
person or persons affected by the making of the said
line of road from Tauranga to Oropi are required to
set forth in writing addressed to the Governor, and
left at the Office of the said Public Works Depart-
ment, General Government Buildings, at Tauranga,
within forty days from the first publication hereof,
any well-grounded objections he or they may have to
the said line of road.

Dated this 13th day of July, 1871.
W. GISBORNE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the name of the
Post Office in the Province of Wellington,
known as "Palmerston," has been changed to
PALMERSTON NORTH.
By order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1871.

THE following Report, relative to the issue to
of the Colonial Forces, of the New Zealand War
Medal, is published for general information.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).