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Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 23rd Dec., 1862.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
directs it to be notified that he
has accepted the resignation of
Thomas Dick, Esquire,
as Provincial Treasurer of the Province of
Otago.

By order,
Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 23rd Dec., 1862.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
directs it to be notified that he
has appointed
William Hunter Reynolds, Esquire,
to be Provincial Treasurer of the Province
of Otago (without salary), vice Thomas
Dick, Esq., resigned.

By order,
Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

In consequence of the following Message
having appeared in Gazette No. 220
without a date, and as No. 5, instead
of No. 6, it is republished:

MESSAGE No. 6.

THE SUPERINTENDENT loses no
time after the receipt of the information
that the “Criminals’ Bill, 1862,” has
passed the Council, in assenting to the
same on behalf of His Excellency the
Governor.

J. L. C. Richardson,
Superintendent.

To the Provincial Council
of the Province of Otago.
28th Nov., 1862.

MESSAGE No. 20.

To the Provincial Council.

THE SUPERINTENDENT notifies for
the information of the Council that
he has this day assented to the following
Bills on behalf of His Excellency the
Governor:—

Dunedin Municipal Estate Bill, 1862
Sheep Importation Bill, 1862
Hospitals Bill, 1862
Pawnbrokers’ Bill, 1862
Dunedin Improvement Ordinance
Amendment Bill, 1862
Destitute Persons Relief Bill, 1862
Sunday Observance Bill, 1862
Police Regulations Bill, 1862

Common Lodging Houses Bill, 1862
The Harbor Endowment Ordinance
Amendment Bill, 1862
The Otago Harbor Improvement Bill,
1862
The Electric Telegraph Bill, 1862
Licensed Theatres Bill, 1862
Licensed Carriages Bill, 1862
The Thistle Prevention Bill, 1862
The Town and Country Police Bill,
1862
Cattle Branding Bill, 1862
Licensed Auctioneers’ Bill, 1862.

J. L. C. Richardson,
Superintendent.
19th December, 1862.

REPORT

Of the wreck of the Schooner “Mount
Alexander” at the Mouth of the Clutha
River.

Harbor Office,
Port Chalmers,
20th December, 1862.

To the Provincial Secretary.

Sir,—I have the honor to furnish a
report for the information of His Honor the
Superintendent relative to the wreck of the
schooner “Mount Alexander” at the
mouth of the Clutha River.

On enquiry I find that on the morning
of the 9th instant the aforementioned
vessel came in over the Bar all right, when
abreast of the inner point of the sandspit,
the wind failing a little, and the fresh
being very strong, the vessel was at a
standstill. The Signal Master, seeing that
there was a confused hurrying about
the deck, feared that attention would not
be paid to the signals, immediately ran
down on to the beach, and gave orders
how to steer, too late, however, to save the
vessel from taking the ground on the
south side of the river, where she lay until
the following tide, floated off at high water,
and anchored in mid-channel. On the
following day, the wind blowing fresh
from the N.E., the vessel was again got
under weigh, and before being clear of the
narrows, the wind suddenly shifted to the
S.W., taking the sails all aback. Under
such circumstances the anchor should have
been let go at the moment, which not
having been done, the vessel drifted on to
the sandspit. About midnight the vessel
was abandoned, the master and crew
deeming it unsafe to remain on board, the
sea was breaking over the deck. On the
morning of the 11th inst., the Signal
Master, Mr. Woods, owner of the
vessel, and part of the crew, went on
board, and landed two horses that