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vince (Session I, No. 13) for the purpose
of making further and other provisions
relative to fencing within the Province.
And by the said Act it was enacted that
the Superintendent, whenever it should
appear to him expedient so to do might
by Proclamation declare that the said
Act should come into operation within
any Town or District. And whereas it
appears expedient to me that the said
Act should be brought into operation
within the District of Turakina in the
said Province. Now, therefore, I, the
said Isaac Earl Featherston, Superin-
tendent of the Province of Welling-
ton by virtue of the authority in me
vested as aforesaid in this behalf, Do
hereby proclaim and declare that the
said Act of the Provincial Council of the
Province of Wellington, Session I, No.
13, intituled an Act to make further provisions relative to fencing within Districts of the Province shall come into
operation within the Turakina District
aforesaid: and I, the said Superintendent,
do hereby also declare that the limits of
the said District for the purposes aforesaid shall be the boundaries thereof as
described and laid down in the Govern-
ment plan of the said District, and also
delineated in the margin hereof.

Given under my hand and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Province of Wellington, at Welling-
ton, this thirtieth day of
January, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
J. Woodward,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

Enrolment of Volunteers.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1863.

His Honor the Superintendent directs the following Despatch,
covering a letter from the Colonial Secretary to the Deputy-Adjutant-General, stating the views of the Government on the
subject of the enrolment of Volunteers in
the different provinces, to be published
for general information.

J. Woodward,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 23rd January, 1863.

SIR,—I have to enclose for your Honor’s
information a copy of a letter of yesterday’s date, which has been written by
my direction, to the Deputy-Adjutant-
General, stating the views of the Govern-
ment on the subject of the enrolment of
Volunteers in the different Provinces.

The Government entertain a strong
hope that your Honor concurs in those
views, and will be disposed to co-operate
with the General Government in taking
such measures as may be necessary to
encourage the formation of Volunteer
Corps, and in assisting them, when formed,
in rendering themselves effective.

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

His Honor
The Superintendent,
Wellington.

(Enclosure.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 22nd January, 1863.

SIR,—I have the honor, by the Direc-
tion of Mr. Domett, to communicate
to you the views of the Government with
respect to the enrolment of Volunteers in
the different Provinces of New Zealand.

2. The Government regret that in the
   Northern Island, where the necessity for
   local forces is the greater, the Volunteer
   movement has not in the several Provinces,
   with the exception of Taranaki and
   of the Districts of Wanganui and the
   Hutt, made that progress which might
   have been reasonably anticipated.

3. This result has, no doubt, arisen
   from a variety of causes to which it is not
   now necessary to advert, inasmuch as the
   object of this letter is not to impute blame
   to any one for the past, but to state ex-
   plicitly the course which the Government
   wish to take with respect to the future.

4. The Regulations, under which the
   services of Volunteers are accepted, now
   in force, are, as you are aware, those con-
   stituted by an Order in Council dated
   16th January, 1862, and published in the
   New Zealand Gazette, No. 6, of the
   20th of that month. The Government
   would infer, from the disinclination shown
   by the Volunteers to enrol themselves
   under their provisions, that they are not
   generally acceptable, but the Government
   are not aware what special objections are
   entertained towards them, or what altera-
   tions (beyond those already promised)
   are desired. The Government are, how-
   ever, fully disposed to make such reasonable modifications in them as the well
   ascertained wishes of Volunteers, and of
   those who wish to serve, may indicate.

5. Orders have been sent by the last
   mail to England for the supply of 1750
   Uniforms, and it is the intention of the
   Government to furnish them to Volunteer
   Corps without cost, on condition that the
   Legislature of the Province in which
   those Corps are enrolled contribute one-
   third of the expense. This Provincial
   contribution is requisite, both on account
   of the limited funds at the disposal of the