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ointment, and calico for bandages. A packet of garden seeds, sent by Messrs Cooper and Co., was also put into the cask, and some shallots planted near the depot.

At Enderby’s.—Lint, ointment, plaster and calico.

Before closing this report, I would draw special attention to a fact referred to in Mr Armstrong’s report—viz., that on a general chart, published by Imray in 1851, the Auckland Islands are placed 35 miles south of their true position. I compared the chart alluded to with many others, and found that it differed from them all in this respect, and it is my opinion that many of the wrecks which have occurred at these Islands are attributable to that error. Subsequent charts, published by Imray, place the Islands in their correct position, but as the Australian trade acquired great dimensions during the years 1852-53, it is quite likely that the chart of 1851 is still in use on board many of the vessels navigating these waters. I therefore trust that the utmost publicity will be given to this important matter.—I have the honor to be Sir, your obedient servant,

Thomas Thomson,
Harbor Master, Bluff.

In charge of the Daphne Search Expedition.

The following is Capt. Mongomerie’s report on the state of the depôts on the Island:—

PIG POINT, PORT ROSS.

Found the case placed by Amherst, brig, intact. A gun, &c., and two casks of bread, left by H.M.’s ships Falcon and Blanche, were in good condition and well sheltered. A cask containing articles, including a gun, for castaways, that was seen last year under the tree, with the name of the “Victoria, colonial steamer,” &c., painted on it, has been removed. The rigging of the mast was renewed in 1869; rigging blacked down, and mast painted in 1870 by Blanche.

ENDERBY ISLAND.

Case left by the Amherst intact, and well sheltered; house in moderate repair.

“SADDLE HILL” of MUSGRAVE, and “GRANGER” of ADMIRALTY CHART.

Case left by Amherst intact, well sheltered; boards at the point, and over depôt, in good order; the latter was repainted in July, 1870, by Blanche.

EPIGWAIT, CARNLEY HARBOR.

Case had been broken open, and no care bestowed on it to prevent wet getting at it. House put into good repair during Blanche’s visit. Remains in case—3 chisels, 3 axes, 1 adze, 1 spade, 2 gimlets, 1 auger, 1 tin of nails, 3 hats, 3 pannikins, 1 bible, chart of Auckland Islands, 1 box of newspapers, 3 cases Holloway’s ointment, 1 boat’s compass. Left by Blanche, in addition to foregoing—120lbs biscuit, 24lbs cocoa, 12lbs tea, 36lbs preserved beef, 25lbs sugar, 6 blankets, sail needles and twine. The above are in a house, well sheltered from weather.

[Reprinted from the New Zealand Gazette of the 15th July.]

Customs Department,
Wellington, 6th July, 1870.

IT is hereby notified that the Ports of Bluff Harbor and Riverton, in the Province of Southland, have by Special Licence been constituted Ports from whence Gold may be exported from the Colony, under the provisions contained in the Proclamation issued on the 26th January, 1860.

Julius Vogel.

[Reprinted from the New Zealand Gazette of July 27th.]

G. F. Bowen, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the twentieth day of July, 1870.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856,” it is enacted that the Commissioners appointed under the said Act may, with the assent of the Governor, set apart any lands which shall have been reserved or set apart for the benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Colony, over which lands the Native title shall have been extinguished, by way of special endowment for schools, hospitals, or other eleemosynary institutions; for the benefit of the said aboriginal inhabitants:

And whereas by “The Native Reserves Amendment Act, 1862,” it is enacted that from and after a certain day all the powers and authorities which by the said first-recited Act are given to, or vested in, or which may be exercised by Commissioners appointed under the said Act, shall vest in and may be exercised by the Governor, and that where, under the provisions of the said first-recited Act, any act is required to be done by Commissioners with the approval or assent of the Governor, it shall be sufficient if such act be done by the Governor with the advice of his Executive Council:

And whereas the piece of land described in the Schedule hereto has been set apart for the benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Colony, and the Native title over the same has been extinguished, and it is expedient that the same should be set apart for the purposes hereinafter mentioned:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise and pursuance of the powers in him vested by the said recited Acts, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby set apart all the piece of land described in the Schedule hereto as an endowment for schools, for the construction and repair of school buildings, and other eleemosynary institutions, if any, and providing masters and teachers, and payments of salaries of such masters and teachers, and generally for the purpose of founding and maintaining schools for the instruction, education, and benefit of aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand, being the Ngaitahu and Ngatimamoe tribes.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Province of Southland containing two thousand acres more or less, and being the allotments numbered 13 and 225 on the plan of the Hokanui District.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Southland, by Cale and Co., of Invercargill N.Z., Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.