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Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, June 22, 1861.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified that he has appointed
MR. EDWARD DENHAM
to be Clerk in the Office of Registrar of Deeds.
This appointment bears date the 29th
January, 1861.
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, June 22, 1861.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified that he has been pleased
to appoint
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, ESQ.,
Provincial Secretary, to be a Commissioner
of the Waste Lands Board.
The appointment bears date the 16th day
of May, 1861.
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, June 22, 1861.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified that he has been pleased
to appoint
MR. JOHN SAMUEL BROWNING
to the office of Assistant Surveyor in the
Office of the Chief Surveyor.
The appointment to bear date from 31st
January last.
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, June 22, 1861.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs
the publication of the following
Tenders for the Supply of Rations to the
Immigration Barracks and the Gaol at
Christchurch:—
IMMIGRATION BARRACKS—

S. D.
J. H. Tompkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0½ per ration
A. Holland, Accepted . . 0 10¾ “
GAOL
J. H. Tompkins, No. 1. . 0 6¼ “
2. . 0 8¾ “
3. . 0 11½ “
4. . 1 1 “
A. Holland, Accepted, . . 1 0 6 “
2. . 0 8 “
3. . 0 10 “
4. . 1 0 “
The original tenders may be seen on appli-
cation at this office.
By order of his Honor the Superintendent,
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, June 27, 1861.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified for public information
that in pursuance of the powers vested in
him by the Waste Lands Regulations now
in force within the Province of Canterbury,
he has made the following Reserve of Land,
temporarily, until the next Session of the
Provincial Council:—
No. 193, in red.—Two hundred and fifty
acres at the Malvern Hills, commencing
at the south-east corner of section 1037,
following a line in continuation of the
eastern boundary of the said section
about 12 chains, thence westerly at a
right angle a distance of about 46
chains, thence northerly at a right
angle a distance of about 62 chains to
the River Hawkins, thence along the
Hawkins and sections 694 and 1037 to
the commencing point, for a Coal Re-
serve.
By order of his Honor the Superintendent,
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, June 27, 1861.
ENQUIRIES having been made respec-
ting the person named below, any one
who can give any information concerning
such a person is requested to communicate
the same to this office.
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.
Christian and Surname—Richard Trevethick
Tyack.
Residence when in Canterbury.—Rangiora.
Left Rangiora about October, 1859, for
Lyttelton, and thence by the 'Emerald
Isle,' Oakes, master, for Wellington.
After remaining a short time at Wel-
lington left for Sydney in one of the
I.C.R.M. Company's steamers.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
OPENING OF THE LYTTELTON
AND CHRISTCHURCH RAILWAY
WORKS.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, July 9, 1861.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified that the Ceremony of
Opening the Lyttelton and Christchurch
Railway Works will take place on Wednes-
day the 17th instant, at noon, in the Heath-
cote Valley.
The Public Offices of the Provincial Go-
vernment will be closed on this day.
By order of his Honor the Superintendent,
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, July 9, 1861.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it
to be notified that he has accepted the
Tender of Messrs. Packwood, Tourell
and Spillard, for the construction of the
Salt Water Creek Bridge, for the sum of
£1,122 8s.
Also a tender from the same persons for the
Ashley Foot Bridge, for the sum of £113.
The following Tenders for the works have
been received and are published for general
information:—
SALTWATER CREEK BRIDGE—
Messrs. Lough & Abel. . . . . . . . £1360
Mr. Alexander Webb. . . . . . . . . . 1890
ASHLEY BRIDGE—
Messrs. Lough & Abel. . . . . . . . . 205
Mr. Alexander Webb. . . . . . . . . . 226
The plans and specifications of the above
works can be seen, on application at the
Office of Public Works, at any time during
office hours.
THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.