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thanks are due ; as also to Staff Assistant-Surgeon Morgau Jones, for the gallant and able manner in which, on the field, he attended the wounded ; but it is not only to the Officers, it is to tho Non-Com-missioned Officers and men of the Eoyal Artillery and 57th Eegiment, who so fully deserve to have their gallant deeds recorded, and to the men of the Mounted Corps, and more especially to Antonio Eodrigues (who on this, as well as on the 2nd October last, boro off wounded men on his horse), that the Colonel would wish to convey his best and heartfelt thanks for their gallantry under as heavy a fire from 200 or 300 Maoris as is usually met with in this description of warfare. The gallant conduct of the brothers, Privates Bartholomew and Martin, and Drummer Dudley Stagpole, 57th Eegiment, all of whom have been wounded in this war, and Private Martin Stagpolo unfortunately severely on this occasion, also deserves special mention, as wherever danger is they are sure to be found. Colonel Warre knows he can depend upon the courage aud devotion of all ; but it is upon tryingoccasions like that he now records, with an almost invisible enemy, strongly entrenched behind an impassable stockade, that the high discipline of the men he is so proud to command is more than usually conspicuous ; and the Colonel will feel great satisfaction in bringing their gallant conduct to the notice of the Lieut.-General Commanding. True extract. .7. Beutton, Lieut, aud Garrison Adjutant.

Sub-Enclosure 3 in No. 35. NOMINAL RETURN of Killed and Wounded of the Troops at Kaitake, on the 11th March, 1864.

No. 36. MEUTENANT-GENEBAL CAMEEON TO lITS EXCELLENCY THE GOVEENOB. Head-Quarters, Pukerimu, April 7, 180 . 9m,— I have the honor to forward to your Excellency a report from Brigadier-General Carey, commanding at Te Awamutu, of an attack made by the troops under his command on the entrenched position of the rebels at the village of Orakau, -which he took after a siege of two days, inflicting a very heavy loss upon them in their retreat. They had probably not less than 150 men killed, out of a garrison not exceeding 300. This success is to bo attributed to the skilful movements by which General Carey suddenly surrounded the position, and to the able manner in which he conducted all the operations. Our loss has been severe ; and it is with tho deepest regret tliat I announce tlie death of that brave officer, Captain Eing, 2nd Batt. of the 18th Eegiment, who was mortally wounded whilst gallantly leading his men to tho assault. Captain Eing had already distinguished himself by his gallant conduct on two former occasions, and his early death has deprived his regiment and the service of a most promising officer. Brigadier-General Carey speaks highly of the conduct and gallantry of all the officers and men engaged, both of the regular and colonial forces, who appear to have vied with each other in the zealous discharge of their duty.

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6 & 0 B s s Yeai ■sof Corps. Bank and Barnes. 6 6 02 Date of Wound. Place of Wound. of Injury. Results. Remarks. C Ml <1 2 ■) Ball exj tracted E. A. 57th jj it 424 2151 3032 518 Lieut. Chas. Larcom Pt. Michael Kennedy „ James Adley „ John Chamberlain „ "William Henry 20 27 3d 87 2:! 1861. 7 ?<lth March. i 16 9 *| „ Kaitake )> Gunshot wound of right shoulder Penetrating wound of chest Gunshot wound through left thigh Gunshot wound of left thigh ! Gunshot wound of eyebrow7 & forehead Gunshot wound of rt. side of abdomen Gunshot wnd. thro' loft arm close to elbow joint S— | tract Killed Severe Slight Severe ex tec JJ jj a 2071 „ Charles Keane 37 17.1 j) Slight it 2448 ,, Martin Stagpole 2!' ii ! jj Severe j. Sta; E. Youi F Surgeon so, M.D., i in Medical Olnivge ■ 57th Regiment.