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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 730, 13 April 1853, Page 3

Commissaiuat l)Ei>.vr.TME\T.—On the departure of a Public Officer who has fulfilled the requirements of his department so efficiently asMr. Turner, late Assistant Commissary General at Auckland, has discharged the onerous and frequently difficult duties which have devolved upon him in this colony, we feel that both courtesy and justice demand (hat (he local Press should, however briefly, notice the fact, and hear testimony lo the value of his services. Such a testimony can safely be recorded in the present instance. Mr. Turner has been nine years in New Zealand, during which period he has been promoted from the rank of Deputy-Assistant to Assislanl-Com-missary-General. At the time of the war in (he North, Jus efficiency at the Bay of Islands received the marked commendation of the Commander of the Troops, in his official despatches ; and since (lien the functions of his department have been performed with uniform diligence, correctness, and impartiality. Mr. Turner sails lo morrow by the St. Michael for England, followed by many good wishes for his happiness and prosperity, and is succeeded in his oilicc here by Charles Ihidgen, Esq.