Mr. J. C. Martin was relieved of the duties of his office as Stipendiary Magistrate (vide page 470) and was appointed Public Trustee, in succession to Mr. J. K. Warburton, on the 1st of September, 1896.

Mr. H. Eyre-Kenny, who has long been known throughout the Colony as a painstaking magistrate, was appointed to the important position of Stipendiary Magistrate for Wellington City, and took up his duties on the 10th of March, 1897.