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 to receive six months’ salary at the rate of £400 per annum in lieu of notice.” This action was taken.

The Charleston Herald of 3rd March, 1868, reported a farewell to Mr. Kynnersley, by the Government officials of the Coast, when he vacated the active post of Warden to take up the duties of Commissioner: “The banquet given last night to Mr. Kynnersley at the Post Office Hotel, was well attended. The parting guest was presented with a very handsome gold watch of the value of fifty-five guineas.” Mr. Kynnersley was also presented, by the townspeople of Charleston, with a purse of fifty sovereigns, at a banquet held in the Bank Hotel on 6th October, 1868.

Charles Broad was the first Resident Warden and Magistrate at Brighton, 1867; Charleston, 1868; Reefton, 1872; and Westport a little later. While at Westport he visited Charleston monthly and held a Court there. He was transferred to Greymouth in 1878, and was, upon his departure for there, tendered a farewell banquet at Charleston.

Mr. Dutton when leaving was presented with a solid silver inkstand which had been obtained from Melbourne. Joseph Giles was a qualified medical man, and frequently prescribed for ailing miners while on his travels.

Clerks of Court: C. H. Webb-Bowen took up duty in 1866, and was formally appointed in July, 1867, and again on 31st August, 1868. He, like the Warden, for a short period lived and conducted his duties in a tent. J. D. Clarke, 1868; Henry McArdle, 7th August, 1876; H. E. A. Cross, 1879; H. H. G. Ralfe, 1880; T. L. Shepherd, 1882.

From about 1883 the duties were attended to by postmasters, until about 1898 when they were taken over by the police. On 31st December, 1922, the Warden’s and Magistrate’s Courts were closed, but the duties of Clerk were still attended to by the police. Upon leaving Charleston, Mr. Ralfe was presented with a gold watch suitably inscribed.

Receivers of Gold Revenue: C. H. Webb-Bowen, 1866-1868; Charles Broad, October, 1868; E. C. Kelling, February, 1871; Henry McArdle, August, 1876. Later this duty was performed by Clerks of Court, postmasters and police officers-in-charge.