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©ofcrrnment ©ajettec. JUSTICESOF THE PEACE FO? THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND. -f' r ■ M ■ 1 tj ; Colonel Robert Henry Wynyard, C. Ej., 58th Regiment, commanding the Forces in New Zealand. Colonel William Anson McCleverty, Alfred DomeU K»<?. Matthew Richmond, Esq. William Swainson, Esq. Daniel Wakefield, Esq. Alexander Shepherd, Esq. Colonel Charles Emilius Gold, 65tl| Regi ment. Francis Dillon Hell, Esq. < Stephen Carkeek, Esq.^ William Mein Smith, Esq. George Cntfield, Esq. William Oldfield Cautley, Esq. William Gisborne, Esq., William Halse, Esq. James Campbell, Esq. Donald McLean, Esq. William Young, Esq. Thomas Beckham, Esq. Henry St. Hill, Esq. John Jennyn Symonds, Esq. William Bertram White, Esq. James Reddy Clendon, Esq. David Stark Durie, Esq. Charles Henry Mbntressor Smith, Esq. Alfred Rowland Chetham Strode, Esq. John Watson, Esq. Josiah Flight, Esq. George Sisson Cooper, Esq. Robert Rodger Strang, Esq. Lieut- Colonel Alfred Francis William Wyatt, 65th Regiment. Thomas Henry Smith, Esq. Lieut. Colonel James Patience, 65th Regt. Major George Freeman Murray, Gsth Regt, Oliver Barker D’Arcy, Esq. Duncan Bazalgette, Esq. Thomas Houghton Bartley, Esq. Charles Clifford, Esq. Daniel Pollen, EsqJohn Grant Johnson, fOnj Charles Knight, Esq. Herbert Samuel Warded, Esq. Henry John Taucred, Esq. John Poyliter, Esq. William John Warburton Hamilton, Esq. Archibald Watson Shand, Esq. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND. Charles Wybrow Ligar, Esq. Edward Mayne, Esq. Henry Matson, Esq. Lieut. Colonel John Gray, Major George Ponsonby Hume, 58th Regt. Major William Henry Kenny, commanding New Zealand Fencibles. William Smellie Grahame, Esq. Robert Clapham Barstow, Esq. Sampson Kempthorne, Esq. Frederick Ward Merriman, Esq. Alexander Kennedy, Esq. James Busby, Esq. Gilbert Mair, Esq. George Clarke, Esq. Henry Charles Lawlor, Esq. Samuel Allen Bell, Esq. Theodore Minet Haultain, Captain New Zealand Fencibles. John Anuesly Hickson, Captain “ “ John Woodhouse, Esq. John Anderson Gllfiilan, Esq. William Connell, Esq. Joseph Greenwood, Esq., Major of Brigade. Charles Heaphy, Esq. Archibald Clark, Esq. Joseph Hargreaves, Esq. John Watson Bain, Esq. William Junes Taylor, Esq. Thomas Williams, Esq. Charles John Taylor, Esq. Major Marmaduke George Nixon. William Mason, Esq. Thomas Patou, Esq. William Powditch, Esq. Henry Vercoe, Esq. Francis Dart Fenton, Esq. Walter Harsant, Esq. Major George Forster Sadlier. Robert Kelly, Esq. Henry Tacy Kemp, Esq. Robert Baillie Lusk, Esq. Sir Samuel Osborne Gibbes, Bart. Reader Gillsou Wood, Esq. Harcourt. R. Aubrey, Esq. Thomas Bateman, Esq. William Bartley, Esq. Edward Marsh Williams, Esq. James Buchanan, Esq. Walter Brodie, Esq. William Crush Daldy, Esq. Thomas Henderson, Esq. William Gorrie, Esq., .Allan Kerr Taylor, Esq. Robert Graham, Esq. Every McLean, Esq. William Goodfellow, Esq. John Sangster Macfarlane, Esq. William Turner, Esq. William Reallie Logan, Esq. James Burnett, Esq. Joseph May, Esq. John Hogarth, Esq. Alexander Grange, Esq. John Cainpbell Johnstone, Esq. Samuel Stephenson, Esq. John Williamson, Esq, Lachlan Allan McCaskill, Esq. Major James Speedy. " v.'"*C-0 ~~p. - ] ■ ; Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland, December 20th, 1856. HIS Excellency the Governor directs the following Report of trials made at the Royal Mint, Sydney, of some of the woods' of New Zealand, to be published for general information. As a knowledge of the qualities of the various woods of the Colony would be productive of much public advantage, the Government of New Zealand will with much pleasure feceive any information—accompanied, if possible, by specimens—relative to woods with respect to which there may he but little or only local knowledge, with a view to further experiments being made of their respective properties (as dying, tanning, &c., ; ) as well as of their relative strength. Specimens should, whenever possible, be of the dimensions recommended, viz., not under 5 feet 6 inches in length, by 3 x 2 inches in scantling. By his Excellency’s command, E. W. Stafford. REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS ON NEW- ZEALAND WOODS. The following woods, from New Zealand have been tested as to their capability o£ bearing pressure applied to the centre while supported at tho two extremities.