THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Resident Magistrate appointed at Upper Wanganui, Reefton, Nelson South-West Gold Fields, from the
with Extended Jurisdiction. 23rd November, ultimo.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY FERDINAND TURNER, Esq., R.M.,
to be Resident Magistrate for the Upper Wanganui
District, to exercise the extended jurisdiction to £50.
JOHN BATHGATE.

Revising Barrister under Friendly Societies Act
appointed for Hawke's Bay.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN NATHANIEL WILSON, Esq.,
to be Revising Barrister for the Province of
Hawke's Bay under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867."
JOHN BATHGATE.

Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JONAS WOODWARD, Esq., of Wellington,
to be Accountant in Bankruptcy, under "The Bank-
ruptcy Act, 1867."
JOHN BATHGATE.

Clerk of District and Resident Magistrate's Courts,
Charleston, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
reappoint
ERNEST CHARLES KELLING, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Charleston of the District Court of
Westland North from the 9th October last, and to
be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Charleston, Nelson South-West Gold Fields, from
the 4th October last, vice P. Wakefield, Esq.
JOHN BATHGATE.

Clerk of District and Resident Magistrate's Courts,
Ahaura, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
reappoint
SKELTON GEORGE ROWLEY, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Ahaura of the District Court of the
County of Westland, and to be Clerk of the Resident
Magistrate's Court at Ahaura, Nelson South-West
Gold Fields, vice G. L. Greenwood, Esq., transferred.
JOHN BATHGATE.

Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court, Reefton,
appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
reappoint
GRAHAM LORD GREENWOOD, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at

JOHN BATHGATE.

Clerk to R.M. Court, Cobden, appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 4th December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES LANGTON NEVILLE
to be a Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Cobden, Nelson South-West Gold Fields.
JOHN BATHGATE.

Resignation of Trustee of Savings Bank.

Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor, has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
GEORGE TURNBULL, Esq.,
as Trustee of the Dunedin Savings Bank.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Report on the Wreck of the "City of Newcastle."

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 4th December, 1872.
THE following Report of the Court of Inquiry
held under "The Enquiry into Wrecks Act,
1869," on the wreck of the barque "City of New-
castle," is published for general information.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

INQUIRY INTO WRECKS.
REPORT on the Wreck of the "City of New-
castle."

To the Honorable the Commissioner of Customs of
New Zealand,-

I, the undersigned, James Coutts Crawford, Esquire,
one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, and a
Resident Magistrate in and for the Colony of New
Zealand, having been on the eighteenth day of No-
vember, 1872, applied to by James Hackworth,
Esquire, Principal Officer of Customs at the Port of
Wellington, for a formal investigation, pursuant to
Section VIII. of "The Enquiry into Wrecks Act,
1869," and other provisions of the said Act, respect-
ing the loss of a certain British ship, called the
"City of Newcastle," of the Port of Wellington, on
the fourteenth day of November last, on Wellington
Head, did duly proceed with the said investigation, to
wit, on the nineteenth day of November instant, and
had before me and examined on oath divers persons
and witnesses, to wit-
John Bain,
Daniel Hammill,
Harry Bowler,
Adam Fullerton,
William Taylor,
James Graham Fox,
John Gannaway,
the original deposition of whose evidence are here-
unto annexed, signed by me, being assisted therein
by Robert Johnson, Master Mariner, holding a
Certificate of Competency from the Board of Trade,
No. 4002, and by Robert Atherton Edwin, a retired
Commander, Royal Navy, who were duly ap-
pointed by James Hackworth, Esquire, Principal
Officer of Customs at the Port of Wellington, to act
as Assessors to me the said Justice of the Peace and
Resident Magistrate; and upon such investigation