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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th January, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Justices
of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand-
William Jackson, Esq., of Rangiawhia,
Thomas Frederic Gooch, Esq., of Port Albert, and
James Bell, Esq., of Port Albert,
in the Province of Auckland;
Michael FitzGerald, Esq., of Napier,
in the Province of Hawke's Bay;
John Tinline, Esq., of Amuri,
William McRae, Esq., of Waimea East,
Henry Beitt, Esq., of Waimea East,
Charles Parker, Esq., of Motueka,
Bernard MacMahon, Esq., of Riwaka,
Henry Cooper Daniel, Esq., of Nelson, and
Alfred Greenfield, Esq., of Nelson,
in the Province of Nelson;
Edward Fawconer Tizard, Esq., of Okarito, and
Robert Caldwell Reid, Esq., of Okarito,
in the Province of Canterbury;
Charles Edward Haughton, Esq., of Arrowtown,
James Benn Bradshaw, Esq., of Queenstown, and
Daniel Rolfe, Esq., of Port Chalmers,
in the Province of Otago.
JOHN HALL,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the undermentioned appointments,
viz.:-

In the No. 9 (Woodend) Company, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
John Fuller to be Captain. Date of Commission,
22nd November, 1866.

In the No. 3 (Leithfield, Kowai) Company, Canterbury
Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Pemberton to be Lieutenant. Date of Com-
mission, 22nd November, 1866.
George Davis Hepworth to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 22nd November, 1866.
JOHN HALL,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th December, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the undermentioned officer, viz. :----
Captain John Brandon, No. 4 (Rangiora) Company,
Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
JOHN HALL,
(for the Defence Minister.)

PURSUANT to the authority by "The Steam
Navigation Act, 1866," in him for this purpose
vested, the Honorable the Postmaster-General doth
by this document, in writing under his hand, delegate
to the Chief Officer of Customs at each of the Ports
of New Zealand the authority which by the thirty-
fourth section of the said Act is vested in such
Postmaster-General so far as relates to vessels
reported to have sustained damage and found within
the limits of the port of such Chief Officer.
Dated at Wellington, the seventh day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th December, 1866.
THE following Notices received from the General
Post Office, Sydney, respecting the extension of
and alterations in the Money Order System in the
Colony of New South Wales, are published for general
information.
JOHN HALL.

Post Office Money Orders.
General Post Office,
Sydney, 28th November, 1866.
WITH reference to Treasury Notice, of the tenth
December, 1862, published in Government Gazette,
No. 231, it is hereby notified, that on and after the
first December, 1866, the Post Office Money Order
System will be extended to the following place,
viz.:-
FISH RIVER CREEK.
J. DOCKER.

Post Office Money Orders.
General Post Office,.
Sydney, 28th November, 1866.
IT is hereby notified, that on and after the first
December, 1866, the Money Order Office at Tabulam
will be abolished.
J. DOCKER.

NOTICE to Mariners. Notice is hereby given
that in pursuance of the power vested in His
Excellency Sir George Grey, Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by the eleventh section of "The
Marine Act, 1866," His Excellency has directed by
warrant under his hand of this date that the
distinguishing flag to be carried at the mast or main-
mast head of vessels whose masters hold a certificate
of exemption from pilotage while entering any port
to which that certificate applies shall be a white flag
not less than six feet long and four feet broad.
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

General Post Office, Wellington,
19th December, 1866.
TO CONTRACTORS-Electric Telegraph Exten-
sions.
The Electric Telegraph Commissioner is prepared
to receive tenders for the construction of a line of
Electric Telegraph between Masterton and Castle
Point, both in the Province of Wellington.
The route will be indicated by the Telegraphic
Engineer, and will be generally along the present
line of road.
Tenders are to be made at a price per mile.
The Contractor will have to keep the line in repair
for twelve months after it has been handed over to
the Government as completed.
The Contractor will have to provide all labor, tools,
and implements, all wooden poles, and, except as
hereafter mentioned, and other materials, and to
defray all expenses of freight, carriage, or cartage
necessary for carrying out the works.
The Government will supply wire, insulators, bolts,
and pole roofs.
The poles to be sawn out of heart of totara, matai,
blue gum, or stringy bark, to be straight, and free
from shakes or sap, and to be delivered without
delay.
The poles to be charred as per specification, but
not till they have been delivered at the points where
they will have to be erected. The Telegraphic
Engineer will inform contractors when they can charr
and commence the erection of poles.
The usual security will be required.