THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 661

Coach Proprietor, both of Dunedin, for an Invention via Marseilles or Brindisi, will therefore be as
of a certain adaptation of "Vulcanized Indian
Rubber" to the Tires of Locomotive Engine Wheels
and Railway Carriage Truck Wheels.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 16th December, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

RICHARD WATSON WOON, Esq.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the Resident
Magistrate's District of Upper Wanganui.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 21st December, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WALTER HARSANT, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the Resident
Magistrate's District of Raglan.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 16th December, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS HOWLEY, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Timaru.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 17th December, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

PERCY WAKEFIELD, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Warden's Court and Resident
Magistrate's Court at Ahaura, in the Nelson South-
west Gold Fields.

W. GISBORNE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1870.

WITH reference to notice in the Government
Gazette of the 27th October last, No. 60, and
in virtue of the powers delegated by His Excellency
the Governor to the Postmaster-General under
"The Post Office Act, 1858," notice is hereby given
that on and after the 1st of January next, and until
further notice, the Commission on Money Orders
issued in New Zealand on the United Kingdom will
be charged at the old rates, viz.:---

For sums not exceeding £2 ... 1s.
For sums exceeding £2 and not exceeding £5, 2s. 6d.
For sums exceeding £5 and not exceeding £7, 3s. 6d.
For sums exceeding £7 and not exceeding £10, 5s.

HENRY SEWELL,
Acting Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1870.

THE following is published for general information.

In consequence of the increasing difficulties which
attend the transmission through France of Overland
Mails addressed via Marseilles, the Postmaster-
General of London has determined on sending Mails
so addressed, until further notice, via Brindisi, Bren-
ner, Prussia, and Belgium.

The rates of postage to be charged in New
Zealand on Correspondence for the United Kingdom

Letters.
Not exceeding ½ oz. ... ... ... s. d.
Exceeding ½ oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. ... 2 3
Exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 1½ oz. ... 3 9
And so on, 1s. 3d. for every additional ½ oz. or
fraction of ½ oz.

Newspapers under 4 oz., each ... ... 0 4

Book and Pattern Parcels.
Not exceeding 1 oz. ... ... ... 0 2
Exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz. ... 0 4
Exceeding 2 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz. ... 0 7
Exceeding 4 oz. and not exceeding 8 oz. ... 1 2
And so on, at the rate of 1s. 2d. per lb.

HENRY SEWELL,
Acting Postmaster-General.

WILLIAM TAYLOR, late a Sergeant in the 2nd
Company of the Forest Rangers, deceased.
Under the provisions of "The Public Payments
without Probate Act, 1869," and the Regulations
made thereunder, published in the New Zealand
Gazette of 1870, page 212, the Colonial Treasurer
intends to make a payment of money due to the
above-named deceased, to a person not being his legal
representative. All persons objecting to such pay-
ment being made must give notice to the Colonial
Treasurer, at Wellington, within one calendar month
from the date of the Gazette containing this notice,
when their objections will be considered.

HENRY SEWELL
(for the Colonial Treasurer).

TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a Post
Office and Telegraph Station at Riverton, in the
Province of Otago.

General Conditions, Specifications, and Drawings
may be seen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect,
Wellington, and at the Post Offices of Invercargill
and Riverton.

Tenders will be received by the Postmaster at
Invercargill up to Noon on Monday, the 11th of
January, 1871.

The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted.

W. H. CLAYTON,
Colonial Architect.

21st December, 1870.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Baker's Hill
Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year
ended 21st December, 1870, in accordance with
section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company-"Baker's Hill Mining Company,
Registered."

When formed, and date of registration-September
21st, 1869; November 10th, 1869.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal
Manager-Manners Street; John Fitchett, jun.

Nominal capital-£1,000.

Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders-
Nil.

Number of shares in which capital is divided-400.

Number of shares taken-98.

Amount of calls made-£245.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up-
£234 14s. 9d.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of
Company-35.

Amount of cash in hand-Nil.

Whether in operation or not-In operation.

Total amount of dividends declared-Nil.

Number of shares unallotted-302.

21st December, 1870. J. FITCHETT, jun.,
Manager.
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