THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 69

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths and Marriages, for the districts set opposite their names respectively, as the same are defined in Proclamation of 11th February, 1870, and published in this Gazette, viz. :-

DAVID TODD, Esquire, Balclutha;
JAMES MCEWEN, Esquire, Clutha;
CHARLES VINCENT BREWER, Esquire, North Molyneux;
JAMES FERGUSON, Esquire, Tokomairiro.

These appointments to take effect on and from the 1st day of April, 1870.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1870.

IT is hereby notified, that the Secretary to the Central Board of Civil Service Examiners has reported that the under-mentioned Candidates have passed their examinations under the Civil Service Regulations, viz.,-

J. B. HACKWORTH,
J. GRAY,
G. H. MACAN.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th February, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

W. L. JACKSON, Esq.,
of Hokianga, of his appointment as a Coroner within the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Native Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HORI KUKUTAI,
of Auckland, to be an Assessor under "The Native Lands Act, 1865."

W. GISBORNE
(for the Native Minister).

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1870.

IT is notified for public information, that

Captain WILLIAM JARVIS WILLIS,
Rangitikei Militia, has been appointed to command the Militia and Volunteers in the Rangitikei Division of the Wanganui Militia District, and in the Manawatu Militia District.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The ADJUTANT of MILITIA and VOLUNTEERS
in the Hutt District,
to frank, free from pre-payment of postage, Letters and Packets sent through the post on the Public Service.

W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned Post Office to be a Money Order and Savings Bank Office for the transaction of Money Order and Savings Bank business, from the 15th instant, viz. :-

Marton, Province of Wellington.

By order.

G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

INTERPROVINCIAL Steam Mail Services.—
Tenders will be received at the General Post Office at Wellington, till Saturday, the 5th March next, for the performance of the under-mentioned alternative Monthly Steam Mail Services, in accordance with Time Tables annexed, for a period of six months, from the commencement of contract, determinable at that date, or any subsequent date, by three months' notice given on either side.

No. 1.—From the Bluff to Port Chalmers, and from Port Chalmers to the Bluff.
No. 2.—From Port Chalmers to Wellington, calling at Lyttelton, and from Wellington to Port Chalmers, calling at Lyttelton.
No. 3.—From Oamaru to Lyttelton, calling at Timaru and Akaroa, and from Lyttelton to Oamaru, calling at Akaroa and Timaru.
No. 4.—From Wellington to Auckland via Napier, and from Auckland to Wellington via Napier.
No. 5.—From Wellington to Napier, and from Napier to Wellington.
No. 6.—From Auckland to Napier, and from Napier to Auckland.
No. 7.—From Wellington to Manukau via Wanganui and Taranaki, and from Manukau to Wellington via Taranaki and Wanganui.
No. 8.—From Wanganui to Manukau via Taranaki, and from Manukau to Wanganui via Taranaki.
No. 9.—From Wellington to Manukau via Picton, Nelson, and Taranaki, and from Manukau to Wellington via Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton.
No. 10.—From Hokitika to Nelson via Greymouth and Westport, and from Nelson to Hokitika via Westport and Greymouth.
No. 11.—From Hokitika to Manukau via Greymouth, Westport, Nelson, and Taranaki, and from Manukau to Hokitika via Taranaki, Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth.
No. 12.—From Wellington to Wanganui, and from Wanganui to Wellington.

A proper and secure room to be provided for the custody of the mails, and a chief cabin passage, free of cost, for a postal officer, if required.

All mails to be landed, shipped, and transhipped, by and at the expense of the contractor, excepting at Taranaki.

The names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels proposed to be employed in these services to be stated, and the vessels to be approved by the Postmaster-General, and subject to be surveyed by some person appointed by him whenever he may consider it necessary.

The Postmaster-General to have the power of detaining the vessel for two days at Auckland, or Manukau, as the case may be, if required, to await the arrival of the steamer from San Francisco, without charge; the rate of demurrage per hour for any further detention to be stated.