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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 11th April, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK GREEN SKIPWORTH, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Gisborne of the District Court of
Hawke's Bay.

W. GISBORNE.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN KNOWLES, Esq.,
to be Under Secretary in the Public Works Depart-
ment.
This appointment takes effect from the date hereof.

W. GISBORNE.

Native Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WIROPI HOTERINI TAIPARI,
HAORA TIPA, and
TE WIKIRIWHI TE HAUTONGA,
to be Assessors for the purposes of "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," "The Native Circuit Courts
Act, 1858," and "The Native Circuit Courts Act
Amendment Act, 1862," within the District of
Hauraki.

HENRY SEWELL
(for the Native Minister).

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1871.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALLAN SHAW DOUGLAS, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties for the
Province of Taranaki, vice R. C. Hammerton, Esq.,
resigned. This appointment takes effect on and from
the 15th day of March, 1871.

HENRY SEWELL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, that, in consequence of the
transfer of the British Mail Packets from the
Marseilles line to that between Alexandria and
Brindisi, it is no longer desirable, with a view to
prompt delivery, that Correspondence for Belgium
should be forwarded in the Mails to France, as here-
tofore; and it is recommended that such Correspon-
dence for transmission by the Suez route should be
addressed to be sent direct "vid Brindisi."

The rates of Postage to be collected in New
Zealand on Correspondence for Belgium by this route
are as follows:-

The weight of Pattern Parcels must not exceed
8 oz.

By order.

G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1871.

THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, Melbourne, is published for general
information.

By order.

G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

ADDITIONAL MONEY ORDER OFFICE.

It is hereby notified, that, on and after Saturday, the
1st April, 1871, Money Orders may be obtained and
made payable at

BIRREGURRA.

W. TURNER,
Deputy Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
Melbourne, 20th March, 1871.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the name of the
Post Office in the Province of Wellington known
as "Rangitikei" has been changed to

"MIDDLE RANGITIKEI."

By order.

G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1871.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that the
under-mentioned Allotments in the Town of
Opunake, in the Province of Taranaki, will be offered
for Sale by Auction, on the fifth day of June next,
at the upset prices named in the Schedule hereunto
attached. The Sale will be held at the Taranaki
Institute, New Plymouth, and will commence at
twelve o'clock noon.

ALFRED DOMETT.

SCHEDULE.
TOWN SECTIONS.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington; 5th April, 1871.

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,