MESSAGE No. 7.

His Excellency the Officer administering the Government forwards to the House of Representatives a Return of the names of persons who have since the Ist of June, 1850, been appointed to offices in the Department of Customs of New Zealand, distinguishing the offices to which they have been appointed, the respective amounts of their present salaries, the amounts of such salaries prior to the appointments of the present holders, and the periods of previous seivice of such officers in the same Department. Also a Return of the names of persons who have received appointments in the Post Office Department within the four years last past having salaries exceeding <£200 per annum, as set forth in a Resolution dated the 27th ultimo, requesting that the House might be furnished with such Returns. R. H. Wynyard. Government House, Auckland, 24th June, 1854.