THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 239

Appointments in Immigration Department.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has approved of the under-men-
tioned appointments in the Immigration Department.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE.

GREEN, E. L., Sub-Immigration Officer, Auckland.
BUTLER, NORTON, Barrack Master, Auckland.
TAYLOR, Mrs., Matron, Auckland.
FRIBERG, B., Collector of Immigrants' Bills, Napier.
Fox, F., Barrack Master, Napier.
Fox, Mrs., Matron, Napier.
REDWARD, J. B., Barrack Master and Assistant
Clerk, Wellington.
REDWARD, Mrs., Matron, Wellington.
CANNING, J., Quarantine Station Keeper, Wel-
lington.
CANNING, MARY ANN, Matron, Wellington.
SMITH, A. A., Barrack Master, Canterbury.
SMITH, SARAH, Matron, Canterbury.
BRITTAN, W. G., junr., Collector of Bills and As-
sistant Immigration Officer, Canterbury.
MASKEN, C. F., Clerk, Canterbury.
PLIMMER, J., Quarantine Station Keeper, Canter-
bury.
PLIMMER, Mrs., Matron, Canterbury.
BOLTON, S. F., Clerk, Dunedin.
DEEKE, ROBERT, Barrack Master, Dunedin.
CRAWFORD, JESSIE, Matron, Dunedin.
DOUGALL, JOHN, Quarantine Station Keeper, Dun-
edin.
DOUGALL, Mrs., Matron, Dunedin.

Appointment of Cadet in Stamp Office, Christchurch.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 15th April, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HARTLAND

Cadet in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of
Stamps, Christchurch.

JOHN BATHGATE.

ISSUE OF £250,000 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT
DEBENTURES IN NEW ZEALAND.

Treasury,
Wellington, 8th April, 1873.

TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the
whole or any portion of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Pounds New Zealand Government Deben-
tures, issued under the Acts of the Legislature of
the Colony, entitled "The Immigration and Public
Works Loan Act, 1870," and "The Defence and
Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870," subject to the
under-mentioned conditions :—

1. The Debentures will be payable to Bearer,
   and will be issued in sums of not less than
   One Hundred Pounds each.

2. The Debentures, which are secured on the
   Consolidated Revenue of the Colony, will bear
   interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum,
   payable half-yearly, on the 15th day of April
   and the 15th day of October in each year, at
   the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, New
   Plymouth, Wellington, Napier, Nelson, Blen-
   heim, Christchurch, Greymouth, Hokitika,
   Dunedin, or Invercargill.

3. The principal sum will be payable on the
   15th day of April, 1913, at the Treasury at
   Wellington, or at any Branch of the Bank
   of New Zealand in New Zealand, at the op-
   tion of the holder, six months' notice being
   required, previous to maturity, of the place at
   which payment will be required.

4. Tenders will be opened at the Treasury at
   Wellington, at noon on Friday, the ninth day
   of May next, in the presence of such of the
   tenderers as desire to be present-the mini-
   mum price under seal being first placed on the
   table. In the event of equal tenders being
   received for a sum in excess of the issue, a
   pro rata distribution will be made.

5. The amount tendered for must be paid at the
   Treasury at Wellington, as under :—

5 per cent. accompanying application; * the
balance on or before the 16th May, 1873.

Or, at the option of the purchasers, —
5 per cent. on application.
20 per cent. in one month,
25 per cent. in two months,
25 per cent. in three months,
25 per cent. in four months,
with accrued
interest.

• Purchasers electing to pay balance within a week will be
  entitled to interest from the 15th day of April.

On payment of the final instalment, Debentures
signed by the Agents appointed under the respective
Acts, will be delivered to purchasers or their
nominees.

Half per cent. brokerage will be allowed to brokers
through whose applications sales are effected.

Applications by telegraph, received not later than
10 o'clock on the 9th May, will be accepted, provided
they are accompanied by a telegram from the
Manager of any Branch or Agency of the Bank of
New Zealand, notifying that the necessary deposit
has been paid into the Bank of New Zealand, to the
credit of a Loan Deposit Account.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

FORM OF TENDER.

I HEREBY tender for £ New Zealand Four per Cent.
Debentures, at the price of £ for each £100 of such
Debentures; and I agree to accept the same or any less amount
that may be allotted to me, and to pay for them in cash at the
Bank of New Zealand (a) on .
(a) The name of the place at which the purchaser undertakes payment
of the balance to be inserted here.

Money Order Offices.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that information has been
received from the General Post Office, Adelaide,
of South Australia, and that the Money Order Offices
have been opened at Port
Darwin, Blinman, and Hamley Bridge, in the Colony
at Kanyaka and Shea Oak Log, in the same Colony,
have been closed.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Tender.

Colonial Architect's Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1873.

TENDERS are invited for the erection of additions
to the Court House at Featherston, Wairarapa.
General conditions, specifications, and drawings
may be seen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect,
Wellington, and at the Court House, Featherston.
Tenders will be received by the undersigned up
to noon on Tuesday, the 22nd of April next.
The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

W. H. CLAYTON,
Colonial Architect.