NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 252, 2 September 1864, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

A c..\7i:ttk was published yesterday, and contains anion-'.-t other matter, proclamations defining certain liwr'A'.-- near Hokianga and Kororarika to bo districts uiuier I lie ** Native Lands Act, lsG-;" ;dso a Kociamation intimating that her Majesty's assent has i»vr. niven to the lollowing bills passed by tho (.x'iierai Assembly ; — •• An Act to amend the Waste Lands Acts of the province ot Auckiand, "A:i Aft u> amend the Regulations in force in the Province of Marlborough tor the sale and disposal of the Lands ot the Crown within tho said Province." and "An Act to repeal Clause 15 'Waste Lands Act, IfoS.' Section VII., Clause 'JS of tlie General Land Herniations lor the tSalc of Lands iu Zealand, proclaimed 4th March, lS.j.'i, and the ' llawke's Hay 2s'aval and Military Settlors' At. Iv!.' *0 iar as they atleot the Provinces of Wellington and Llawke's 15ay."

The [•.•ilewiug appointments have been made in the Province ei Auekiand : —K. W. Merriman, -Esq., to be Crown Solicitor tor the conduct of prosecutions within the I'iovniee ; Marsden Clarke, Lsq., of Wai-

be a Justice of the Peace; \Y. L. Jackson, of Kokianga. and iL W ■ attliiiir, of the L>av of Islands, to be Coroners for their respective district- ; J. hi. Carr. Ksq., to be C hief Clerk in the Colonial Detenu* Utlice : and I\. B. Lnsk, Ksq., to be Enumerator tor taking the Census of the Province of Aucklaltll. The following despatch appears from the Secretarv of State: —

'■ Downing Street, •• 27th J ime. 1864

"Sir, —I hare the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatches Nos. 47 and 02, ot the oth iiiid oth ot April, the former enclosing a letter from Mr liuncan Cameron containing a report of opera-

tions which have been successfully conducted by Colonel Warre at New Plymouth, resulting in the caruire of the rebel position,—and the latter enck -

tinar copies of letters and communications which hail reached you relating to an important engagement which had taken place with the rebel natives at Orakau en the L pper "Waipa. " I have to express to you the satisfaction with which 1 have react these accounts, and I notice with great pleasure the high terms ill which Sir I>. Cameron speaks of the galhtnt, conduct of the officers and iacn ui.cier his command, and vour own expeeta ion that this engagement mav aid materially in bringing this lamentable war to a conclusion.

" I take tliis opportunity ut observing that the inconveniences to which the Australian colonies arc exposed irom the continued absence of the small Cvlauhuienti of troop? allotted to them hare been iuonglv urged uj>on my attention : and I must ex-

pr l .:; u.y earnest hope that in case your anticipations :hiiud be realized, you iviil not foil to take the arhes-t possible ojiportunity of restoring to 2ie South Victoria, South Australia, and Van I'lom-.n's Land, the troops who have been withdrawn Ereta these colonies.

i " I have, &c., 8 " EDWAIID Cahlayell.

■ "Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. j ffl The :./llowing letter and enclosures have been re- j 9 in the Xev.- Zealand Government Ayent, j 5 " Office of the Xeu- Zealand Government | £ " Agency, 3, Adelaide Place, j 1 King William Street, j 1 " London, lSth June, lciG4. | | —1 have the honor to state that in accord- j I ?-HK with instructions conveyed in your coinmunica- . 9 t:oa, No. 2'J, of the tith January last, I have paid, by | | direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- j | r *Hy, to the Secretary of the ' Orpheus Relief Fand,' | a * r ' <; of Two Thousand Founds, being the sum I H contributed by the General Assembly of Xew Zea- j 8 f'-' r the relief of the families of those who I la perished in the wreck of U.M.S. ' Orpheus.' I H "1 b>.-s also to enclose copies of letters received j ■ ; r.ni the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and I IS of the ' Orpheus Kcleif Fund,' relative ■l " John lloiiii^ox. ■ ,ri '' Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Bj "Auekhnd, Nc'.v Zealand." Jl "Admiralty, 26th May, 1864. H ' S;i:, —I am (ommanded by my Lords CommisM "• olj er- i f the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt ■ 'j! your letter of the l!4th inst., informing me that a B sum oi J ,v o Thousand Pounds hits been contributed m ' ,J lh :- ' Orpheus Relief Fund,' for the benefit of the H ct those who peri.-.hed in the wreck ol her _= ship ' Orpheus,' by the General Assembly ■ rj land ; and lam to request thut you will to the General Assembly their Lordships IS thanks for this kind and generous contribuPa un 10 fund, and my Lords will feel obliged by MB *j Ur , the amount to be paid to the Secretary K y Orpheus .Subscription Committee,' iioyal B " a,iu Colli /ge, Portsmouth. [ IS "\V.' G. FIOMAINE. : H ilorrisoiv Et<j., ' b| King E.C." |8 J " Orpheus Relief Fund, j '' " Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, j HI u< "sth June, ISO 4. j fl| , J '"'r—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt | B of the 4th inst., enclosing a cheque lor B i,,, 0 ,, U:ai 'J Pounds, being the amount voted by H «'. Jenfe «d Assembly of New Zealand for tiie benefit Hij| iitr^xi.'-' 1 ' I ''', 0 ' fhose who perished in the wreck ol H| | d J'' sl . v s i-liip ' Orpheus.' , RS t(j J"" 'lesireu by the ' Orpheus Relief Committee' M l>e pleased to convey to the General 181 'a™' , y * Now Zealand their heartfeltacknowledgH .. r ,' jr "'V "nmilicent sum thus granted. m n- la ,.^ (:W ' tIL you a receipt in duplicate, as " I have, Sec., ■fig "Henhy T. Kikkham, HI ",T,l,r,Tr " Honorary Secretary. || HH the CrVi^/ o '' cc '° llariners will also be found ■II ( in Jitty Lights, Ceelomj. MB l^e l^ie even^lJ g oi' the 15th clay of Aug., Bill k° a t ieit . -m 5 now . on the old ete;im~ I||S • be discontinued, and four new gas

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" CItABI.KS FKBOUSON, " D T' I T» l » f and Zti Y\ llliamstowii, 27th July, 18G1." tint ,*+" < !'°^ u appointment .s have been cancelled : t ?'' gO , Law ' Ks( l- 113 Civil and Resident M„gialXut ■ ' C < ;" ,nt ' t of ' Jau l'°- resignations of enant George Ashton, and Asst.-Surgcon M. E. contort" 'pi l ' °. u '° Aucklnnti Militia, have been aoCa ,i<,L Tr I ? VOr "° r lms bccn l ,lo: '^' d dismiss aptauis 11. k. Bennett and Tlios. timnn, and Lieut, ■a- V. -Lawrence from the Auckland Militia, and to cancel then- commissions. The Gazette further contains instructions for tlio guidance ol Customs ollicers and others in conduetAct "istw'" ' Lll0 " S UUdCI " the " Ell( l uir y i»to Wrecks

lhe following postal appointments have been made in this province Michael Willia.n Munro, to be lostnmsterat- Middle Malmrangi, from Ist July, ill 1 Alfred Steventon, to bo Postmaster at Port AJbert, from Ist August, ISGI ; Andrew Uonrv, to . ° s . t . , I n . iLstol ' nt I'nkorimu, from Ist .lulv, ISO I, \\ illiam Nail, resigned ; Alfred Tremo're, to be l ostmaster at Miranda Kedoubt, from 1-tth March, lhb-t, vu-c Thomas Koso, resigned; Friend Day, to be I ostmaster at Matakana, from -'3rd .lulv, 18(5-1, vice Alexander T. Munro, resigned ; John V. McDowell, to bo i ostmaster at Coal INLincs, Waikalo, from 12th August, 186-1.