Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 8th February, 1862.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint

MR. RALPH SIMPSON

to be Clerk of the Works for the Southern District. This appointment to date from the 1st October, 1861.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 5th February, 1862.

HIS Honor the Superintendent, in accordance with clause 11 of the Municipal Council Ordinance, directs the following report to be published.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Lyttelton, 4th February, 1862.

Sir,—In compliance with the provisions of the Municipal Council Ordinance, Sess. XIV., No. 2, we have the honor to report that the undermentioned gentlemen have been duly elected members of the Lyttelton Municipal Council :-

1. William Donald, Resident Magistrate
2. Hugh Percy Murray Aynsley, Justice of the Peace
3. Edward Allen Hargreaves, Merchant
4. John Grubb, Shipwright
5. John Thomas Peacock, Merchant
6. John Balestie, Painter
7. John Smith Wilcox, Cabinet Maker
8. John George Pyre, Storekeeper.
9. Edward Genet, Auctioneer

We have the honor to be, Sir,
Your very obedient servants,

WM. DONALD, Chairman.
EBENEZER MILLS }
WM. GODFREY /} Assessors.

To His Honor the Superintendent.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 6th February, 1862.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the following Tenders to be published for general information :-

Erection of Butt for Ball Practice on the Rifle Range in Hagley Park.

W. H. Barnes (accepted) ...... £300 0 0
William Sharp .................... 395 0 0

The original Tenders may be seen on application at this office any time during office hours.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Resident Magistrate’s Office,
Christchurch, 11th February, 1862.

I HEREBY certify that EDWARD BATT, Esquire, of Cathedral Square, Christchurch, has submitted to me his Diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, also his Diploma from the Society of Apothecaries of London.

JOHN HALL,
Resident Magistrate.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 8th February, 1862.

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, he has made the following Reserves of Land for the uses of the Provincial Government and for other public purposes, temporarily, until the next session of the Provincial Council, viz.:-

No. 203, in red.—Sections Nos. 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, and 136, in and fronting on North Street; and Sections 147 and 148, in and fronting on Heaton Street, in the Town of Timaru.

No. 204, in red.—Two acres two roods, being bounded on the north by North Street, on the east by Rose Street, on the south by Heaton Street, and on the west by the Boulevard, on the Town Boundary in the Town of Timaru.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 14th February, 1862.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Report of the Immigration Commissioners for public information.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

SHIP “MATOAKA.”

Lyttelton, 10th February, 1862.

The Commissioners report that they visited the ship Matoaka, and found all the immigrants in good health, and the arrangements generally satisfactory.

The position of the Female Hospital was objectionable, being very dark, imperfectly ventilated, and close to one of the closets.

The arrangements for cooking were excellent, and the fresh water distilling apparatus most worthy of commendation.

WM. DONALD, Chairman.
H. S. McKELLAR }
JOHN ROUSE /} Commissioners.
WM. REEVES /}

CUSTOMS NOTICE.

Custom House, Lyttelton,
27th January, 1862.

A BUILDING, to be known as “Aikman’s Bonding Warehouse,” recently erected by Messrs. J. C. Aikman and Co., at their Wharf, on the Heathcote River, near Christchurch Quay, has, under authority of the Honorable Commissioner of Customs, been this day provisionally approved by me as a Special Warehouse for the Reception of Goods under Bond for the Payment of Duties.

Goods will be removable from the Lyttelton warehouses to Aikman’s either by sea or by inland carriage, under special bond and regulation; but those goods only which have been already duly warehoused at Lyttelton will be received under the Crown’s lock, and for delivery for home consumption only.

J. W. HAMILTON,
Collector and Deputy Commissioner of Customs.