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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 1

LL Public Notifications which appear in 1 this Gazette, with any official »ignaturo thoteunto annexed, aro to be considered as official communication* made tothoie persons to whom they may relate. By His Excellency's command, C. A. Dillon, Civil Secretary. FLAX WANTED. R. JAMES ROBERTSON at the Rope Walk, in ljfty, Auckland, n, in any quantities, at prices varyiy&firooyßl2 to £lO the Ton, according to lhemia}jfiy Mr. Robertson lias a»aySr on hand for sale, Fishing Lines, Standing; and Running Rigging, Cables, and other kinds of Rope at fixed prices. Auckland, 2nd January, 1849. FOUND, BY a Native in the Bush beyond Freeman's Bay, A Tapb Measure. Tho Maori lias brought it to the Messenger Office, where the owner may have it by paying expenses. Her Majesty's Ship Havannaii, Wellington, New Zealand. LL persons are cautioned against employing or harboring James Nicol, alias rrciierick William Meredith, one of the Carpenter's crew of Her Majesty's Ship Havannaii absent from his ship without leave. The said James Nicol, is a native of Scotlaud, aged 21 years, is 5 feet C inches in height, fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair, and has for some years past been resident in Sydney, New South Wales. His Father and Mother keep the " Blue Bell" public house at Auckland, New Zealand. N. B. —By the 10th and 11th Victoria, Cap. C2, it is enacted that any person who shall assist or procure any person in Her Majesty's Navy to desert, or improperly absent himself from his duty, or shall conceal, employ, or continue to employ any person belonging to Her Majesty's Navy, who shall be a Deserter, or improperly absent from his duly, shall forfeit and pay the sum of Thirty Pounds, for every such assistance, procurement, concealment, employment, or continuing of employ - , ment as aforesaid, such penalty to be recovered with costs, either by information or complaint, by summary proceedings before any Justice of the Peace, residing in or near to the place where the offence shall be committed, or where the offender at any time shall happen to be, and whether the offence be committed in or out of Her Majesty's dominions, or within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England or not, and one moiety of such penalty shall be paid to the informer or complainant, &c. John E. Erskine, Captain and Senior Naval Officer. s description of a Deserter from Her Majesty's Ship " Havannah," Wellington, viz: Name—James Nicol, alias, Fred. William Meredith. Date of Desertion—Bth December, 1818. Quality—Carpenter's crew. Age—Twenty-one. Where born—Scotland. Height—Five feet six inches Hair—Brown. Eyes—Blue. Other marks—None. Former Ships—First Entry. £3 0 0 Reword for the apprehension of the above named man. John E, Erskinf., Captain.