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performed within the Province or other district of
the Colony specified in such order:

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 23rd May, 1872.

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority for that purpose vested in him,
doth hereby order and direct that all the powers,
functions, duties, and authorities vested in or required
to be performed by the Governor, or the Governor
in Council, or the Colonial Secretary, by "The
Lunatics Act, 1868," within the Province of Auck-
land, shall be exercised by

JOSEPH MAY, Esq.,

the Deputy Superintendent of the said Province, but
only during the absence of the Superintendent of the
said Province therefrom, and during any vacancy in
the office of the Superintendent of the said Province
arising by death or resignation, and only so long as
the said Joseph May, Esq., shall hold the office of
Deputy Superintendent of the said Province.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOSEPH W. M. Cox, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Waipara, as the
same is defined in Proclamation of 30th day of Sep-
tember, 1867, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 49, of 3rd October, 1867, vice G. H.
Henry, Esq., deceased.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 25th May, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY PHILIP HILL, ESq.,
of Malvern Hills, Canterbury;

JAMES ALEXANDER MCILRAITH, Esq.,
of Homebush, Canterbury; and

JOHN TIFFEN STEWART, Esq.,
of Manawatu, Wellington, to be Justices of the
Peace for the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 23rd May, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES BICKERTON FISHER, Esq.,
to be Crown Prosecutor for the District of Westland
North, vice G. S. W. Horne, Esq., resigned.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 23rd May, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HUBERT DAY CHURCH, Esq.,
to be a Crown Solicitor at Blenheim, vice W. M.
Nelson, Esq., deceased.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 23rd May, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN BARLEYMAN, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar at Blenheim of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand, vice H. D. Church, Esq.,
resigned.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1872.

THE following Report, relative to the issue to
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of
the Colonial Forces, of the New Zealand War
Medal, is published for general information.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

PROGRESS REPORT OF THE NEW ZEALAND WAR
MEDAL COMMISSIONERS.

To His Excellency Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN,
G.C.M.G., &c., &c.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, -

In accordance with the instructions conveyed by
the Commission of the 1st July, 1871, I have now the
honor to forward, for your Excellency's consideration,
the enclosed Nominal Rolls A, B, and C, containing
the names of applicants for the New Zealand War
Medal, which have been referred to me, and on the
justice of which I have decided, up to present date,
and since the publication of my last Report dated
13th December, 1871.

In Roll A are included the names of officers and
men of the Colonial Forces who claim the Medal for
services rendered prior to the 31st December, 1866.
Roll B contains the names of those claiming the
Medal for services performed subsequent to the 31st
December, 1866.
Roll C contains the names of deceased officers and
men of the Colonial Forces, on whose behalf applica-
tion has been made for the Medal by their representa-
tives.

I therefore submit this as a Progress Report for
your Excellency's consideration.

DONALD H. MCBARNET.

Wellington, 17th May, 1872.

ROLL A.

NOMINAL RETURN of Officers and Men of the Colo-
nial Forces, who have made application for the New
Zealand War Medal for services rendered prior to
the 31st December, 1866, and whose claims have been
admitted by the Commissioner since the publication
of his last Report.

Archer, Edmund, Private, No. 1 Company, Auckland Volunteers
Bear, Thomas, Sergeant, Taranaki Military Settlers
Bear, William, Sergeant, Taranaki Military Settlers
Black, Hugh, Private, 2nd Waikato Militia
Brannan, Thomas, Private, 1st Waikato Militia
Brennan, Kyran, Private, 4th Waikato Militia
Calvert, G. A., Veterinary Surgeon, Colonial Defence Force
Cameron, John, Private, Mauku Rifle Rangers
Caunnell, George, 1st Class Petty Officer, Auckland Naval
Volunteers
Clifford, Henry George, Corporal, Forest Rangers
Cody, William, Private, Colonial Defence Force
Combes, Robert, Sergeant, Auckland Rifle Volunteers
Conley, James, Petty Officer, Auckland Naval Volunteers
Cook, Samuel, Private, Colonial Defence Force
Cornes, Alfred Richard, Private, Colonial Defence Force
Crowley, Frederic, Private, Auckland Militia
Daldy, William Crush, Captain, Auckland Naval Volunteers
Elliot, George, Private, Taranaki Militia
Faulkner, Elijah James, Private, 1st Waikato Militia
Fisher, John, Private, Colonial Defence Force