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Enclosure 12 to No. 3. His Excellency the Govebnob to Lieut.-Colonel Teevoe. Sib, — • Weraroa Pa, 22nd July, 1865. I have the honor to request you will furnish a sufficient escort to proceed from this to "VVaitotara with the Native prisoners, and from thence to Wanganui by steamer. I have, &c, Lieut.-Coloiiel Trevor, 14th .Regiment, commanding at Weraroa. G. Grey. Enclosure 13 to No. 3. The Governor begs to express to Major Bookes, commanding Militia and Volunteers, Wanganui District, his sincere thanks for the gallantry and enterprise which he exhibited throughout the operations against the Weraroa Pa. To the conduct of the party under the immediate command of Major Eookes the success of these operations is to be almost entirely attributed. Major Eookes will be good enough to inform the Officers and men of the Colonial Forces, and the Chiefs and Natives, that nothing could have surpassed their good conduct and gallantry. The Governor thanks them all warmly for their services, and will bring their merits in detail under the notice of the Colonial Government. By command, W. E. Gbat, Wanganui, 23rd July, 1865. Major A.D.C. Enclosure 14 to No. 3. His Excellency the Govebnob to Brigadier-General Waddy. Sic,— Wanganui, 23rd July, 1865. As I am about to embark this morning for Wellington I cannot write to you at such length as I should wish, but I cannot leave this place without expressing my thanks to you for the invaluable aid you have afforded me, by assisting me during the last few days to the extent that your instructions allowed. The aid you thus gave most materially conduced to the speedy capture of the pa, a point of the utmost importance to attain whilst Captain Brassey and his party were in such danger at Pipiriki. Lieut.-Colonel Trevor, of the 14th Eegiment, with a detachment of 100 men of that regiment, first arrived on the ground on the morning of the 25th inst. Lieut.-Colonel Trevor and the officers and men of the 14th afforded every assistance in their power. Lieut.-Colonel Trevor was throughout in command of the troops ; he acted with the greatest energy, and afforded on every occasion the most valuable advice and aid. A little later, Captain Noblett, of the 18th, with one hundred men of that Eegiment, very opportunely arrived, having made a very rapid march, and he, together with the officers and men of the 18th, gave every assistance in their power. On the evening of the 21st a further detachment of thirty men of the 14th, under Captain Furneaux, and a detachment of fifty men of the 18th, under Major Eocke, arrived on the ground. The officers and men of which detachments also afforded every aid in their power. Brigadier-General Waddy, C.8., I have, &c, Commanding Field Force. G. Geey.

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PAPEIIS RELATIVE TO CAPTURE OF THE WERAROA PA.