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(From New Zealand Gazette, No. 48, Dec. 16, 1864.)

Harris, J. H., accepting his Resignation of Seat in
Legislative Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 16th December, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that
JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Esq.,
has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council of
New Zealand, and that his Excellency accepted such
resignation on the 1st instant.

FRED. A. WELD.

Instructions respecting the Treatment of the
Apparently Drowned.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th December 1864.

THE following Instructions respecting the Treatment
of the Apparently Drowned, received from the
Royal National Life Boat Association, are published
for general information.

FRED. A. WELD.

DIRECTIONS FOR RESTORING THE
APPARENTLY DROWNED.

THE leading principles of the following directions for
the restoration of the apparently dead from drowning
are those of those of the late Dr. Marshall Hall,
combined with those of Dr. H. R. Silvester, and are
the result of extensive inquiries which were made by
the Institution in 1863-4 amongst medical men,
medical bodies, and coroners throughout the United
Kingdom. These directions have been extensively
circulated by the Institution throughout the United
Kingdom and in the Colonies. They are also in use
in Her Majesty's fleet, and in the Coast-guard
Service.

I.

Send immediately for Medical assistance, blankets,
and dry clothing, but proceed to treat the patient
instantly on the spot, in the open air, with the face
downwards, whether on shore or afloat; exposing the
face, neck, and chest to the wind, except in severe
weather, and removing all tight clothing from the
neck and chest, especially the braces.

The points to be aimed at are—first and imme-
diately, the restoration of breathing; and secondly,
after breathing is restored, the promotion of warmth
and circulation.

The efforts to restore breathing must be commenced
immediately and energetically, and persevered in for
one or two hours, or until a medical man has pro-
nounced that life is extinct. Efforts to promote
warmth and circulation beyond removing the wet
clothes and drying the skin must not be made until
the first appearance of natural breathing. For if
circulation of the blood be induced before breathing
has recommenced, the restoration to life will be en-
dangered.

II.—TO RESTORE BREATHING.

To clear the Throat.—Place the patient on the
floor or ground, with the face downwards, and one of
the arms under the forehead, in which position all
fluids will more readily escape by the mouth, and the
tongue itself will fall forward, leaving the entrance
into the windpipe free. Assist this operation by
wiping and cleansing the mouth.

If satisfactory breathing commences, use the treat-
ment described below to promote warmth. If there
be only slight breathing—or no breathing, or if the
breathing fail, then—

To excite Breathing.—Turn the patient well
instantly on the side, supporting the head, and—

Excite the nostrils with snuff, hartshorn, and
smelling salts, or tickle the throat with a feather, &c.,
if they are at hand. Rub the chest and face warm,

or style of "A. and H. Eastgate," has been this day
dissolved by mutual consent. And notice is hereby
given that the said Alexander Eastgate will on and
henceforth conduct the said business in his sole
name; and that all claims on, or debts due by, the
said late firm will be paid or received by him the said
Alexander Eastgate.
Dated this 20th day of December, 1864.
ALEXANDER EASTGATE.
HENRY EASTGATE.
Witness—Wm. Crighton,
Clerk to Messrs. Macgregor & Harvey,
9s. Solicitors, Dunedin.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE Partnership hitherto existing between Mary
Jones and David Ross Lewers, trading as Drapers
under the style or firm of Jones and Lewers, has been
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
MARY JONES
DAVID ROSS LEWERS.
Witness—Thos. M. Wilkinson.
December 14th, 1864. 4s.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately
subsisting between us, the undersigned Robert
Neill, James Denny Rankin, Archibald Chambers,
George Munro, and Percival Clay Neill, as Merchants
at Geelong, Melbourne, and Ballarat, in the Colony
of Victoria, and Dunedin in the Colony of New Zea-
land, under the firm of M'Callum, Neill and Co., and
at Talbot, in the said Colony of Victoria, under the
firm of Neill, Bruce and Co., has been as from the 1st
day of September last, dissolved by mutual consent,
as far as regards the said Archibald Chambers, who
as from that day retired from the concern; and that
all debts due and owing to or by the late firm, will be
received and paid by the said Robert Neill, James
Denny Rankin, George Munro, and Percival Clay
Neill.
Dated this 10th day of December, A.D. 1864.
ROBERT NEILL,
JAMES D. RANKIN,
A. CHAMBERS,
GEO. MUNRO,
PERCIVAL CLAY NEILL,
by his Attorney,
ROBERT NEILL.
Witness—William Higgins,
Solicitor, Geelong. £1 10s.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership
hitherto subsisting between the undersigned,
George Cook and David Forsyth Main, in the Pro-
fession and Practice of Barristers, Solicitors, and
Conveyancers, and carried on in Dunedin under the
firm of "Cook and Main," was this day dissolved by
mutual consent.
The Practice will be continued by Mr. Cook, who
will receive and pay all debts due to or by the firm.
Dated this 31st day of December, 1864.
GEORGE COOK,
D. F. MAIN.
Witness to both signatures—
P. Kean, Accountant,
16s. Dunedin.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE Partnership (if any) between Allan Galt and
John Logan, under the style or firm of Allan
Galt and Company, Timber Merchants, &c., Octagon,
Dunedin, has been dissolved this twenty-th day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
four.
ALLAN GALT
JOHN LOGAN.
John W. Jago, witness. 4s.