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Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES CAVENDISH HURRELL, Esq.,

to be Clerk at Ashburton of the District Court of
Christchurch, and of the Resident Magistrate's and
Licensing Courts at Ashburton. These appointments
to date from the 1st proximo.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Under Secretary, Defence Department, appointed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

Lieut.-Colonel HENRY ELMHIRST READER, Act-
ing Under Secretary for Defence,

to be Under Secretary for Defence.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the services
of the under-mentioned Volunteer Corps :--

The Wellington Naval Brigade. Date of ac-
ceptance, 24th March, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion of the commissions held by the under-mentioned
Volunteer Officers:--

Captain E. PETTIT, Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant W. B. TAYLOR, Port Chalmers Naval
Volunteers.
Quartermaster W. CARPENTER, Thames Scottish
Battalion.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Officers of the Treasury Department appointed and
resigned.

Treasury,
Wellington, 24th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the under-
mentioned appointments in the Treasury :--

JOHN HOLMES, Clerk, from 16th December, 1878.
JOSEPH STUART ALLAN, Cadet, from 30th January,
1879.
ROBERT KNOX DE CASTRO, Cadet, from 1st Feb-
ruary, 1879.

The gentlemen under mentioned have resigned
their appointments in the Treasury :--

THOMAS EYTON, Esq., Clerk, as from the 25th
ultimo.
CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT, Cadet, transferred to
the Department of Justice on 6th instant.

J. BALLANCE.

Licensing Officers under Arms Act appointed at
Napier and Oamaru.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

DUNCAN GUY, Esq.,

Registrar of the Supreme Court at Napier, and
HENRY BLUNT FARQUHAR, Esq.,

Collector of Customs at the Port of Oamaru, to be
Licensing Officers under "The Arms Act, 1860."

J. BALLANCE,

(for the Commissioner of Customs.)

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT BRETT GERRING,

of the Thames, to be an Interpreter under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Immigration Commissioner's Report upon Ship
"Boyne."

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1879,

THE following report by the Immigration Com-
missioners at the Port of Lyttelton upon the
immigrant ship "Boyne," together with minutes of
evidence repecting a breach of section 62 of "The
Passenger Act, 1855," are published for general
information.

J. BALLANCE,

(in absence of Minister for Immigration.)

THE Commissioners report the arrival of this ship on
the 26th of February, after a passage of one hundred
days. The general health of the immigrants had
been good throughout the passage: the surgeon re-
ported four births and two deaths during the passage,
and one death (an adult) immediately after arrival.

The Commissioners are unable to report favourably
on the ship; the light and ventilation was imperfect,
the dead-lights leaked badly, and consequently the
decks were continually wet. The discipline on board
the ship was very imperfect; this was partly owing
to the bad conduct of several of the single men and
single women, and partly to the fact that a number of
the crew, and also the baker of the ship, were only
engaged for the run out at 1s. per month. Frequent
quarrels among the immigrants, and also among the
ship's crew, are reported in the surgeon's journal;
one great cause, doubtless, having been the sale of
spirits, which has formed the subject of a special in-
quiry, the report of which is appended. The pro-
visions had been served out in accordance with the
dietary scale, and the quality was good. The regu-
lations respecting boat and fire drill had been care-
fully attended to. The bath in the single-women's
compartment did not work satisfactorily, in conse-
quence of defective plumber's work.

The Commissioners regret that they cannot report
favourably of several of the single women by this
ship; their conduct during the passage gave a con-
siderable amount of trouble, and on arrival four of
them immediately left their situations, and are about
the town with the sailors of the ship. Particulars
respecting them are attached to this report.

In consequence of the result of the inquiry held on