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Auckland, 12th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT HENRY EYTON,
of Auckland, Esquire, to be an Inspector of Schools,
under "The Native Schools Act, 1867."
J. C. RICHMOND.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY PALMERSTON, Esq.,
to be a Surveyor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."
T. M. HAULTAIN,
(in the absence of Mr. Richmond.)

NOTICE to Harbour Masters and others.—
Whereas it has come to the knowledge of the
Postmaster-General that certain Harbour Lights
have been altered in color without his sanction:
Notice is hereby given to Harbour Masters and
others in charge of such harbour or other local lights,
that all such changes must be approved by the Post-
master-General, and duly notified in the New Zealand
Gazette, for a sufficient length of time before they
are carried into effect; and that any person making
such change without the sanction of the Postmaster-
General, and due notice in the Gazette, will be liable
to be proceeded against under the provisions of "The
Marine Act, 1867," besides being liable to be sued
for any damage to shipping which may result from
want of such notice.

(By order)
JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1868.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1868.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the Reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers,
within the meaning of the said Act, are published for
general information :—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend CHARLES STUART Ross.
The Reverend ROBERT TELFORD.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing NAMES of OFFICIATING
MINISTERS within the meaning of "The Marriage
Act, 1854," have been sent in to me, in addition to
the names in Lists published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 6, of the 30th of January; No. 9, of the
13th of February; No. 13, of the 3rd of March; No.
14, of the 9th of March; No. 18, of the 3rd of
April; No. 19, of the 20th April; No. 22, of the 7th
of May; and No. 23, of the 14th of May, in the
present year.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

JUST RECEIVED.
In one Volume: Imperial Octavo; Price 25s.

NEW ZEALAND: ITS PHYSICAL GEO-
GRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL
HISTORY:

BY DR. FERDINAND VON HOCHSTETTER.
(Translated from the German by E. Sauter, A.M.)
With two Maps, seven Chromo-tints, and one
hundred and three Wood-cuts. Published for the
New Zealand Government by J. G. Cotta, Stuttgart.

The public are informed that copies of the above
work can be had on application to the Government
Printer, and will be forwarded, post free, to any part
of the Colony.

All orders for the same must be accompanied by a
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chased, twenty per cent. discount will be allowed.
GEO. DIDSBURY,
Government Printer.

Government Printing Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1868.

I, the undersigned CHARLES TOTHILL, of Shortland
Street, Auckland, in the Colony of New
Zealand, accountant, hereby make application to
register "The Tapu Gold Mining Company,
Registered," under the provisions of "The Mining
Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865," and I do
solemnly and sincerely declare that the following
statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge,
true in every particular, namely:—

1. The name and style of the Company is
   "The Tapu Gold Mining Company, Registered."
2. The place of operation is at Tapu Creek, in
   Queen's County, in the Colony of New Zealand.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is ten
   thousand eight hundred pounds (£10,800), in one
   hundred and eight shares (108), of one hundred
   pounds (£100) each.
4. The amount already paid up is seven thousand
   two hundred pounds (£7,200).
5. The name of the manager is Charles Tothill.
6. The office of the Company is at Crescent
   Chambers, Shortland Street, Auckland.
7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each, are
   as follows:---
   Richard Robert Graham, Auck-
   land aforesaid ... Twelve shares (12)
   John Wilson, Tapu Creek afore-
   said... Twelve shares (12)
   Henry Binns, Tapu Creek afore-
   said... Three shares (3)
   Firth Wrigley, Parnell, near
   Auckland aforesaid ... Three shares (3)
   Reader Gilson Wood, Parnell
   aforesaid ... Six shares (6)
   Joseph Howard, Auckland afore-
   said... Twelve shares (12)
   Thomas Morrin, Remuera, near
   Auckland aforesaid ... Six shares (6)
   John Harris Rogers Harrison,
   Auckland aforesaid ... Three shares (3)