THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

I am further instructed to state that I shall be
prepared to afford your Department, or such Com-
mission as you may nominate, all or any information
relating to the matter they may deem necessary in
furtherance of the object.
I have, &c.,
JULES JOUBERT,
Secretary.
To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary
of New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES EDWARD HAUGHTON, Esq.,
to be Under Secretary for Crown Lands and Immi-
gration.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
LOWTHER BROAD, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Nelson
for the District of Motueka, in the room of Alexander
Le Grand Campbell, Esq., resigned.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq.,
to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths and Marriages, for the District of
Hamilton, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
11th day of January, 1871, and published in New
Zealand Gazette, No. 2, of 12th day of January, 1871.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
J. P. ALLARDYCE
to be Cattle Sub-Inspector for the District of West-
land, under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871."
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1872.
THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial Council
and assented to by the Superintendent of the
Province of Wellington, intituled
"The Wellington Education Act Amendment
Act, 1872,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of disal-
lowance with respect to it.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 21st October, 1872.
WHEREAS on or about the night of the 19th
August, 1872, some evil-disposed person or
persons bored holes in the barge "Mystery," then
lying near the Breakwater in Port Lyttelton, which
caused the said barge to sink.
JOHN HALL.

Notice is hereby given, that a Reward of One
Hundred Pounds will be paid to any person who will
give such information as will lead to the conviction
of the person or persons by whom the holes were
bored in the aforesaid barge "Mystery;" and
Notice is hereby further given, that His Excel-
lency the Governor will grant a free pardon to any
person implicated, not being the principal offender,
who will give the required information.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 19th October, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY SMITH FISH, junr., Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 28th October, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
HUGH FALCONER ANDERSON, Esq., and
THOMAS RITCHIE, Esq.,
of Auckland, and
HENRY LYON, Esq.,
of Riverton, Otago, of their appointments as Justices
of the Peace for the Colony.
JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1872.
THE following List of Deserters from H.M.S.
"Dido" is published at the request of Captain
Chapman, R.N.

Description of Deserters from H.M.S. "Dido."
Thomas Jenkins—Date of desertion, 21st August,
1872; rating, boy; exact date of birth, 1st May,
1855; where born, England; height, 5 feet 5 inches;
hair, dark brown; eyes, blue.

Richard Langley—Date of desertion, 4th October,
1872; rating, A.B.; exact date of birth, 7th March,
1844; where born, Hants; height, 5 feet 4 inches;
hair, dark; eyes, dark; all marks on person, shaved.

Stephen Bray—Date of desertion, 4th October,
1872; rating, A.B.; exact date of birth, 20th Novem-
ber, 1853; where born, London; height, 5 feet 7
inches; hair, sandy; eyes, blue; all marks on person,
no whiskers.

Arthur Allen—Date of desertion, 4th October,
1872; rating, boy; exact date of birth, 24th July,
1854; where born, Woolwich; height, 5 feet 7 inches;
hair, light brown; eyes, gray; all marks on person,
deep-sunk eyes, long legs, rolls in walking.

A Reward of Three Pounds will be given for the
apprehension of each of the above-named Deserters.
W. C. CHAPMAN,
Captain.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :

In the New Zealand Militia.
Ensign Louis Von Rotter to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 3rd October, 1872.