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Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so forth. To our trusty and loving subjects:

Allison, James, Wanganui
Bannatyne, William McLeod, Wellington
Barton, Richard, Upper Hutt
Bidwell, Charles Robert, Wairarapa
Brandon, Alfred de Bathe, Wellington
Cameron, John, Wanganui
Campbell, Moses, Wanganui
Carlyon, George Guavas, Hutt
Churton, Henry, Wanganui
Cook, Thomas, Uppadine, Manawatu
Daniell, Edward, Rangitikei
Fitzherbert, William, Hutt
Fox, William, Crofton
Grace, John, Wai-nui-o-mata
Harper, Thomas, Wanganui
Harrison, Henry Shafto, Wanganui
Hickson, William, Wellington
Hart, Abraham, Wellington
Hunter, George, Wellington
Imlay, Peter, Wanganui
Johnston, Honorable John, Wellington
Kebbell, Thomas, Manawatu
King, Samuel, Wanganui
Levin, Nathaniel, Wellington
Lindlam, Alfred, Hutt
Lyon, William, Wellington
Moore, George, Wellington
Nixon, John, Wanganui
Park, Robert, Wellington
Revens, Samuel, Wairarapa
Rhodes, William Bernard, Wellington
Robinson, Francis, Manawatu
Schultze, Charles William, Wellington
Smith, Robert William, Wanganui
Smith, John Elisha, Wellington
Smith, John Valentine, East Coast
Taylor, William Waring, Wellington
Trafford, Benjamin William Rawson, Rangitikei
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, Wellington
Wicksteed, John Tylston, Wanganui
Wilson, James Turakina
Worsley, Septimus Lancelot, Wellington

Know Ye, that we have assigned you, and each and every of you, jointly and severally, to be Our Justices of the Peace

in the Province of Wellington in Our Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, to keep and cause to be kept all Laws, Ordinances, and Statutes in force within the said Province, for the punishing of offenders, the preservation of the peace, and for the quiet rule, welfare, and good government of Our People in the said Province; and to have, exercise, and discharge all the powers, authorities, and duties belonging or pertaining to the office of a Justice of the Peace in the said Province.

And therefore, We command you, and each and every of you, that to keep the Peace and all Laws, Ordinances, and Statutes, and all and singular other the Premises, you diligently apply yourselves, and that, at certain days and places duly appointed, or to be appointed for these purposes, into the Premises to make enquiry, and all and singular the Premises hear and determine and perform and fulfil them, doing therein what to justice appertains according to the Law and Custom of England and of the said Province.

And We command all Our Sheriffs in the said Province, at certain days and places appointed, or to be appointed, to be aiding by all lawful means in the performance and due execution of the Premises.

In testimony whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Seal of Our Colony to be hereunto affixed.

Witness Our Trusty and Well Beloved, Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Companion of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at Government House, at Auckland, in New Zealand aforesaid, this 22nd day of January in the 22nd year of Our reign and in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Thomas Gore Browne.

By His Excellency’s command,
E. W. Stafford.

God Save The Queen!

Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 1st June, 1859.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the name of the undermentioned gentleman be added to the Commission of the Peace for the Province of Wellington,

Charles Sharp, Esquire.

Frederick Whitaker.