THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 39

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, Feb. 14, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. WILLIAM THOMSON
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Dunedin.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, Feb. 14, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. THOMAS KELLY
to be a Pilot for the Port of Dunedin.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, Feb. 14, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. JOHN MUIR WAYLAND
to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Mar-
riages, for the district of Auckland.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, Feb. 14, 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. JOHN MUIR WAYLAND
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages
for the district of Auckland.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, Feb. 14, 1860.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Volume
of Statistics for the year 1858, is on
Sale at this office, at 5 shillings for each
copy.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

NOTICE.

General Post Office,
Auckland, February 8th, 1860.
CONSIDERABLE inconvenience and
delay having been experienced from the
want of any rule to guide the mode in which
applications are to be made for the establish-
ment of new Post Offices, it is hereby notified
that no such application will in future be
entertained, unless made in the following
manner.

Persons intending to apply for the estab-
lishment of any new Post Office must, in the
first instance, signify their request to the
Chief Postmaster of the district in which the
new Post Office is required, who will enter
the necessary particulars in a form provided
for that purpose, and will then deliver the
same to the applicants for signature.

The applicants, after signing the form so
filled up, will then return it to the Post-
master, for transmission to the Postmaster-
General.
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, Feb. 9, 1860.
IN conformity with the 7th clause of the
"Gold Fields Act, 1858," it is hereby
notified that it is intended to grant Leases for
Gold Mining purposes on the Crown Lands
specified in the following applications:—
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

No. 5.
Applicant—William James Hynes.
Locality—Brandy Point, Slate River.
Area—One acre.
In a rectilinear block; bounded by a line
commencing at the South Eastern angle at a
marked stump on the edge of the high bank
of the Slate River, thence N. 260 links, thence
N. 23° W. 150 links to a marked stump;
thence S. 78° 30' W, 250 links to a marked
Rimu tree; thence S. 11° 30' E., 400 links
to a marked stump; thence N. 78° 30' E.,
230 links to the point of commencement.

No. 6
Applicants—The Quartz Ranges Mining
Company.
Locality—The Quartz Ranges.
Area—Forty seven acres.
In a rectilinear block; bounded by a line
commencing at the South Eastern angle at a
peg on the East side of Fining's gulley;
thence N. 78° W., 29.31 links to a peg
on the spur at the side of Miller's creek;
thence due West 15.87 links, to a peg on the
edge of a spur near Maori gulley; thence S.
70° 30' W. 22.32 links, thence at a right
angle N. 17° 30' W. 7.00 links; thence at
a right angle N. 70° 30' E. 23.95 links;
thence due East 15.87 links; thence S. 78°
E. 29.31 links; thence S. 8° 30' E. 7.00
links to the point of commencement.

No 7.
Applicants—Oswald Curtis, Thos. Ren-
wick, and Wm. Wilson, trustees of the
Nelson Gold Mining Company.
Locality—Golden Gully.
Area—Fifty acres.
In a rectilinear block; bounded by a line
commencing at the South Western angle at a
marked peg; thence N. 5° E. 25.00 links;
thence S. 85° E. 26.50 links; thence S.
5° W. 8.00 links; thence S. 50° W.
25.00 links; thence N. 85° W. 9.00 links
to the point of commencement.

No. 8.
Applicant—William Everly Washbourne.
Locality—Golden Gully.
Area—Forty-eight acres.
In a rectilinear block; bounded by a line
commencing at the North Western angle of
the Nelson Gold Mining Company's applica-
tion; thence N. 5° E. 10.00 links; thence
S. 85° E. 5.50 links; thence N. 5° E.
10.69 links; thence S. 85° E. 21.00 links;