D—No. 20

MEMORANDUM. The following Returns of Prisoners Pardoned, have been compiled chiefly from information furnished by the Gaolers. In regard to the correspondence required by the House of Representatives, it appears that when the Government Records were sent to Wellington from Auckland, on 28th June, 1862, most of the Papers on the Subject of Pardons for a considerable time previous to that date were transmitted (in the Steamer " White Swan") and were lost. No part of the remaining correspondence has been appended to this Return as it appears to be of a formal nature. No pardons appear to have been granted to prisoner! confined in the Gaols at Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough or Southland. Jas. H. Crawford, For the Assistant Law Officer. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 23rd December, 186?