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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
the said Province known as the Sheriff's District of
Wanganui; I do appoint the Wanganui Evening
Herald newspaper to be a Gazette for the said
Sheriff's District of Wanganui; and the Hawke's
Bay Herald newspaper to be a Gazette for the
Province of Hawke's Bay.

And I do further order that this Order shall come
into force and effect on the third day of April, 1872.

Given under my hand this thirteenth day of
March, 1872.

ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON,
Judge.

B. C. HAMMERTON,
Deputy Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

N OTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat in the meantime be lodged
forbidding the same.

Twelve perches, being Section 200, Town of
Hokitika. Applicants, JOHN CHEFFINGS and
WILLIAM WHITTEN, of Hokitika, Hotelkeepers.

Twenty perches, being Section 702, Town of
Hokitika. Applicants, JOHN CHEFFINGS and
WILLIAM WHITTEN, of Hokitika, Hotelkeepers.

One rood, being Section 891, Town of Hokitika.—
Applicant, EGMONT DE HOCHEPIED SAR-
PENT, of Hokitika, Gentleman. (G. S. W.
Dalrymple, Broker in each case.)

Caveat in any of the above applications may be
lodged within one calendar month after the date of
the Gazette containing this notice.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 9th day of March, 1872, at the Lands
Registry Office, Hokitika.
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J. M. BАТНАМ,
District Land Registrar.

Public Works Office, Wellington, 22nd March, 1872.

T HE following Return to an Order of the Legislative Council is published for general information.
W. GISBORNE,
(for the Minister for Public Works).

STATEMENT of all LIABILITIES on the PUBLIC WORKS and IMMIGRATION FUND ACCOUNT, actual and con-
tingent, from its commencement up to the 31st December, 1871, and ESTIMATE of the AMOUNT
CONTINGENTLY AVAILABLE out of the Moneys already raised by Loan, for the various Services charged
against such Fund.

FOR | Expenditure
to 31st December, 1871. | Liabilities
on 31st December, 1871. | Totals,
31st December, 1871.
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
|---|---|---|---
Roads in the North Island | 84,595 4 3 | 21,357 4 8 | 105,952 8 11
Railways, including Roads in Westland | 108,574 4 3 | 177,774 6 7 | *286,348 10 10
Water Races | 1,573 19 11 | 562 18 10 | 2,136 18 9
Lands in the North Island | 2,584 7 2 | 40,091 9 7 | †42,675 16 9
Immigration | 17,081 2 3 | 11,662 2 7 | ‡28,743 4 10
Telegraphs | 35,680 9 7 | 8,000 0 0 | 43,680 9 7
Departmental, &c. | 10,993 15 10 | | §10,993 15 10
Discount and Charges on Sale of £750,000 Debentures | 36,671 6 0 | | 36,671 6 0
Payments under "Payments to Provinces Act, 1871" | 25,000 0 0 | 25,000 0 0 | 50,000 0 0
Interest and Sinking Fund | 11,250 0 0 | 11,250 0 0 | 22,500 0 0

Totals | 334,004 9 3 | 295,698 2 3 | 629,702 11 6
Total Expenditure and Liabilities | | | |
Less Credits— | | | |
Recoveries | 2,559 17 3 | 1,143 8 11 | |
Moiety of Stamp Duties | 16,789 1 9 | | |
| 19,348 19 0 | | 20,492 7 11

Net Totals | | | |
| 314,655 10 3 | 294,554 13 4 | 609,210 3 7
Proceeds of Sale of Debentures | | | 750,000 0 0
Expenditure and Liabilities as above | | | 609,210 3 7
Amount contingently available | | | 140,789 16 5

• This sum includes £118,300 for Railway Plant and Rolling Stock ordered from London, and about 770 miles of Parliamen-
  tary Surveys and 190 miles of Working Surveys in both Islands; also 50 miles of Railways under construction in the Provinces
  of Canterbury and Otago. Of Westland Roads, about 30 miles are under construction.

† The amount charged against Land Purchases is for the following Blocks:—Seventy-Mile Bush, Parae Karetu, Wharau,
Whangaruru, and Thames Foreshore, comprising in the aggregate about 425,000 acres.

‡ This sum includes £21,000 appropriated under Section 54, Part IX., "Immigration and Public Works Act Amend-
ment Act, 1871," for Refunds to the Provinces of Hawke's Bay, Canterbury, and Otago; and there are liabilities in London
to a small amount, not included.

§ This sum includes £2,000, proportion of cost of New Buildings chargeable to Public Works Department.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1872.
JOHN KNOWLES,
Under Secretary for Public Works.