to be required to state specific offences on Noake's part, such as would amount either to breach of specific instructions, or what would prove some undeniable disqualification for the office he holds. The enquiry ought also to be public if Noake wishes it. It is a great imputation on a public officer to subject him to an enquiry, and his vindication or conviction ought to be before the public. In FitzGerald's case on the West Coast Gold Fields, the charges were required to be specified and the enquiry was conducted in open Court. On the accusers failing to put their charges in a specific