THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 181

Accepted:
J. Bruce, Waimate, 20,000, totara and black pine,
delivered at Timaru, each ... s. d. 3 6

Declined:
H. Houghton and Co., Dunedin, whole or part, blue
gum, delivered at Lyttelton, each ... 2 10½
T. J. Thompson and Co., Invercargill, 75,000, red
birch, delivered at Lyttelton, each ... 3 0
Bird and Co., Christchurch, 150,000, matai, black
pine, and totara, delivered at Lyttelton, each ... 3 6
Hy. Piper, Akaroa, 10,000, black pine and totara,
delivered at Lyttelton, each ... 3 6
P. Laurie, Christchurch, 10,000, matai, delivered at
Lyttelton, each ... 3 6
H. Hawkins, Christchurch, 45,000, matai and totara,
delivered at Lyttelton, each ... 3 7
T. Hooker, Wairarapa, 30,000, totara, delivered at
Wellington, each ... 3 9
Rockingham Jarrah Company, Ballarat, 10,000 to
30,000, jarrah, to be delivered at New Zealand,
each ... 4 0
Connor and Mackay, Lyttelton, 150,000, jarrah or
W. A. mahogany, delivered at Lyttelton, each... 4 10
C. Leatham, Mercer, informal.

NOTE.—The tenders of H. Houghton and Co. and T. J.
Thompson and Co. not according to specification.

WELLINGTON AND MASTERTON RAILWAY (HUTT
CONTRACT).
Accepted: £ s. d.
Chas. McKirdy, Wellington ... 19,970 0 0

Declined:
Geo. Proudfoot, Dunedin' ... 17,130 0 0
Wm. Strachan, Wellington ... 20,232 8 1
Connor and McKay, Lyttelton ... 22,512 0 0
John Beck, Wellington ... 25,438 7 0
J. Rees George, Wellington ... 35,045 0 0

NOTE.—The tender of Geo. Proudfoot not according to
specification.

ASHLEY BRIDGE (CANTERBURY).
Accepted:
Edward G. Wright, Christchurch ... 20,979 0 0

Declined:
H. C. McCormick, Dunedin ... 22,500 0 0
William Stocks, Christchurch ... 22,526 0 0
Connor and McKay, Lyttelton ... 24,300 0 0
John Wilson, Kaiapoi ... 25,638 15 9
Henry Wrigg, Auckland ... 25,769 7 0
Robert Wright, Kaiapoi ... 26,000 0 0
David Proudfoot, Dunedin... ... 27,561 0 0

ASHBURTON BRIDGE (CANTERBURY).
Accepted:
Edward G. Wright, Christchurch ... 19,853 0 0

Declined:
David Proudfoot, Dunedin... ... 25,096 8 0
Connor and McKay, Lyttelton ... 26,950 0 0
William Stocks, Christchurch ... 27,552 0 0
Henry Wrigg, Auckland ... 29,379 6 2

MANGERE BRIDGE (AUCKLAND).
Accepted:
Danaher and Lanigan, Auckland ... 14,997 0 0

Declined:
Jerome Cadman, Auckland ... 15,000 0 0
John Briton, Auckland ... { 16,200 0 0
Hy. Wrigg, Auckland ... { 17,600 0 0
John Taylor, Auckland ... ... 19,633 0 0
R. C. Jordan, Tauranga ... ... 20,925 0 0
Albert Walker and Co., Auckland ... 23,493 16 10
Wm. Coombes and Co., Auckland ... 24,230 13 10

WAITAKI AND MOERAKI RAILWAY (WAITAKI
CONTRACT).
Accepted:
Allan and Stumbles, Timaru ... £ 9,998 10 10

Declined:
Hy. Wrigg, Auckland ... 10,700 0 0
J. Spence and Co., Dunedin ... 10,943 6 0
W. Strachan, Wellington ... 11,327 12 7
D. and J. McKenzie, Dunedin ... 12,225 7 8
Geo. Cruickshank, Palmerston, Otago ... 12,422 19 5
Grave and McIntosh, Oamaru ... 13,899 0 0
G. Proudfoot, Dunedin ... 12,732 11 8
John McGregor, Dunedin ... 17,739 0 0

NELSON AND FOXHILL RAILWAY (WAIMEA
CONTRACT).
Accepted:
£ s. d.
Scott and Robertson, Nelson ... 11,989 6 4

Declined:
William Strachan, Wellington ... 12,904 10 11
H. Wrigg, Auckland ... 13,344 15 8
Wm. Akerston and three others, Nelson ... 13,942 0 7
Halley and Ewing, Wellington ... 23,367 0 0

Medical Referee appointed.

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentleman to be
a Medical Referee, under "The Government An-
nuities Act, 1869:"—

SAMUEL HAMMOND, Esq.,—Timaru.
W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

Friendly Societies registered.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that transcripts
of the By-laws of

"The Loyal Perseverance Lodge, Woolston,
I.O.O.F., M.U.," and of
"The Court Star of Canterbury, No. 2309, A.O.F.
Friendly Society,"
duly certified, have been lodged with the Registrar
of Friendly Societies registered and recorded under
the provisions of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867."

G. S. COOPER,
(for the Registrar).
Dated this 14th day of March, 1873.

Officiating Ministers registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1873.

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 : —

Free Church of Scotland.
The Reverend N. MCCALLUM.
The Reverend J. GALLOWAY.

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend JAMES M. THOMSON.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do hereby