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Matron on board, performed her duties most satisfactorily; and by her tact and good management proper order and discipline were maintained among the females.
There were no deaths on board during the voyage.

I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,

COLIN ALLAN,
Immigration Agent.

ERRATA.—In Gazette No. 237, page 136; and Gazette No. 238, page 140, for "Monday, 30th April," read "Thursday, 30th April."

(From New Zealand Gazette, March 13, 1863.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 1863.

THE following despatch from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies is published for general information.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

Downing-street,
18th December, 1862.

SIR,—A difficulty has been experienced in a recent case in apprehending in this country an offender who had absconded from one of Her Majesty’s Colonies, taking with him public moneys. That difficulty arose from the omission to transmit to this country the document necessary to legalize his arrest in this country. I therefore thought it right to obtain from the Treasury Solicitors a statement which might serve as a guide to Colonial Governments in future cases, showing the nature of the documents which should be sent to England, and the course which should be pursued in order to secure the committal here of any persons who might have fled to this country from a British Colony, in order to escape from justice.

The Imperial Acts which bear upon this subject appear to be the Acts 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 34, and the 16th and 17th Victoria, cap. 118, copies of which are enclosed, and from which it will be collected that under these Acts the following steps are proper and necessary to be observed.

1. A Warrant must have been issued against the offender by some person having lawful authority to issue it in that part of Her Majesty’s dominions where the offence was committed.

2. This Warrant must be sent to England to be endorsed by the Secretary of State.

3. But the Secretary of State cannot endorse it until it is proved by Oath, or Affidavit, that the seal, or signature, is the seal or signature of the person having lawful authority to issue such Warrant (whose seal or signature the same purports to be).

It is necessary, therefore, to send witnesses, or affidavits, or both, sufficient for such proof.

4. The Warrant must have been issued upon depositions; and these depositions must be such as appear sufficient to warrant the committal of the offender for trial.

5. Sufficient evidence must be forthcoming in England before the Magistrate, to prove the criminality of the offender to an extent such as, if the offence had been committed in England, would have justified the Magistrate in committing the offender for trial in this country. But besides oral witnesses, the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 34, enables the Magistrates to receive, in evidence, copies of the depositions upon which the original Warrant issued, provided that they are certified under the hand of the person or persons who issued the Warrant, and are attested upon the Oath of the party producing them to be true copies of the original depositions.

If it is intended, therefore, to offer the depositions in evidence, instead of, or in addition to, oral testimony, they must be authenticated as above mentioned.

I have, &c.,

Governor Sir George Grey,
&c., &c., &c.

(From New Zealand Gazette, March 25, 1863.)

Resident Magistrate Appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Judicial Department,
Auckland, 10th March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWIN RICH, Esq., J.P.
of Clutha, in the Province of Otago, to be a Resident Magistrate, under the Resident Magistrates’ Ordinance. This appointment to date from the 7th of March inst.

READER WOOD,
In the absence of Mr. Domett.

POSTAL.

Superintendents of Provinces authorised to frank and receive Official Letters.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 20th March, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise the Superintendents of Provinces to frank and receive Official Letters and Packets free.

READER WOOD.