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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Lieutenant - Colonel the Honorable JOHN,
LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON, to be
Inspector of the Volunteer Force.
Date of Commission, 15th October,
1866.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.

IN virtue of the power vested in me for that
purpose the following appointments have been
made in the service of the Colony.
JOHN HALL.

MARLBOROUGH.
Charles Diamont, to be Postmaster at Deep Creek,
from 1st July, 1866.

NELSON.
Richard Chattock, to be Postmaster at Wakefield,
from 1st October, 1866.
Thomas Mayo, to be Postmaster at Cobden, from 1st
October, 1866.

CANTERBURY.
Archibald Bain, to be Postmaster at Teremakau.
William Curwan, to be Postmaster at Six-mile
Landing.
William Sachell, to be Postmaster at Cass River,
from 1st August, 1866.
Simon McRae, to be Postmaster at Kowai Pass, from
1st August, 1866.
Frederick Muller, to be Postmaster at Hoho Creek,
from 7th August, 1866.
William Leach, to be Postmaster at Paroa, from 1st
October, 1866.
George Michael Gibhardt, to be Postmaster at
Malvern Hills, from 1st October, 1866.
Charles White, to be Postmaster at Courtenay, from
1st October, 1866.
George Bedford, to be Postmaster at Coal Track,
from 1st October, 1866.

OTAGO.
George Bond, to be Postmaster at Arthur's Point,
from 1st July, 1866.
W. Bruce Mackay, to be Postmaster at Anderson's
Bay, from 1st August, 1866.
John Grubb, to be Postmaster at Clyde, from 1st
September, 1866.
George McKay, to be Postmaster at Teviot Junction,
from 1st September, 1866.
George Barker, to be Postmaster at Twelve-mile
Creek, from 1st September, 1866.

SOUTHLAND.
Richard Wm. Daniel, to be Postmaster at Waireki,
from 1st July, 1866.

TARANAKI.
George Gilfillan, to be Postmaster at Oakura, from
6th August, 1866.

HAWKE'S BAY.
Robert Finlayson, to be Postmaster at Te Wairoa,
from 1st October, 1866.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1866.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Post-
master-General by His Excellency the Governor,
the following appointments have been made in the
Postal Service of the Colony.
JOHN HALL.

MARLBOROUGH.
John Bagge, to be Chief Postmaster at Blenheim, for
the Province of Marlborough, from 1st
October, 1866.

Frederick G. Downes, to be Postmaster at Picton,
from 1st October, 1866.

TO CONTRACTORS.-Electric Telegraph
Extension.
The Electric Telegraph Commissioner is prepared
to receive Tenders for the supply and delivery of
Telegraph Poles between the City of Wellington and
Masterton, along a route to be indicated by the
Telegraphic Engineer, and which will generally be
along the line of the present road.
Tenders are to be made at a price per pole, and
will be received for the following description of
poles :-
1st. For square sawn posts, to be cut from the
heart of totara, matai, blue gum, or stringy bark.
The whole of the posts to be straight, and free from
shakes or sap, to be 25 feet in length, 8 inches square
at the butt, and 6 inches square at the top, and to be
charred for a length of 6 feet measured from the butt
end.
2nd. For totara, matai, or kowai saplings, 25 feet
long, 12 inches through at the butt, and 7 inches
through at the top. These poles to be straight,
sound, and free from loose knots, and to be barked
and cleaned throughout their whole length, and
charred for a length of 6 feet measured from the
butts.
Separate Tenders will also be received for preparing
the above poles for cross-arms and roofs, and for the
erection of the poles at points to be indicated by the
Telegraphic Engineer.
The usual guarantee will be required.
Specifications can be seen and further particulars
obtained (if necessary) on application to the
Telegraphic Engineer, at the Telegraph Station,
Wellington.
Tenders addressed, "The Telegraphic Engineer,
Wellington," and endorsed, "Tenders for Telegraph
Poles," to be sent in not later than eleven a.m. on
the 15th November.

JOHN HALL,
Electric Telegraph Commissioner.
17th October, 1866.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act 1858,"
I, the Commissioner of Customs, do hereby approve
and appoint a portion of a building, situate in
Brougham Street, at the Port of New Plymouth, and
known as
BROWN'S WAREHOUSE,
to be a Warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six.
J. C. RICHMOND.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
persons have been duly licensed under section
sixteen of "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858," to
act as Custom House Agents at the Port of
Nelson :-
HENRY BUCKERIDGE, of Trafalgar Street;
HYAM DAVIS, of Bridge Street.
D. ROUGH,
Deputy Commissioner.
Custom House Street, Nelson,
4th October, 1866.