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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

fixed by the exhibitor before exhibition. No prizes
will be given unless the horses exhibited come up to
a high standard of excellence.
Importers and competitors are informed that the
Judges will be considerably guided by good measure-
ment of girth and leg, and blood combined with
power.
Animals wanting in such essential points will
have no chance of gaining a prize.

H. K. BURNE, Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Military Department.
Calcutta, 4th February 1873.

Resident Magistrate to exercise extended Jurisdiction.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 14th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint
SPENCER WILLIAM VON STURMER, Esq.,
Resident Magistrate, to exercise the extended juris-
diction up to £50, of the Resident Magistrate's
Court of the Bay of Islands District.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
(in the absence of the Minister of Justice).

Auditor under Lunatics Act appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 9th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint
ISAAC NEWTON WATT, Esq.,
to be Auditor, under "The Lunatics Act, 1868," at
Dunedin, vice A. R. Chetham-Strode, Esq.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in the absence of the Minister of Justice).

Assessor appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to appoint
MITAI PENE TAUI,
to be an Assessor 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 Bay
of Islands.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to make the
under-mentioned appointment, viz. :-
In the Wanganui Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Honorary Sub-Lieutenant Charles Vernon Powell
to be Honorary Lieutenant. Date of commission,
28th April, 1873.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to accept the
resignation of the commissions held by

Captain J. B. Robertson, Port Chalmers Naval
Volunteers.
Lieutenant R. Somerville, No. 1 Company, Auckland
Rifle Volunteer Brigade.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Alteration in Designation of Volunteer Corps.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to alter the
designation of the No. 1 Company, Auckland Naval
Volunteers, to
The Auckland Volunteer Naval Brigade.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1873.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
(Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works).

YOUNG'S CREEK CONTRACT (TIMARU AND
TEMUKA RAILWAY).
Accepted:
Allan and Stumbles, Timaru ... £ s. d.
7,134 18 6
Declined:
W. Strachan, Wellington... ... 8,969 1 0

RACECOURSE TO SOUTHBRIDGE RAILWAY
(CANTERBURY).
Accepted:
E. G. Wright, Christchurch ... 11,373 0 0
Declined:
Wm. Strachan, Wellington ... 12,333 12 3
W. White and G. Holden, Christchurch 14,637 16 6

BRUNNER TO GREYMOUTH RAILWAY (COAL
GORGE CONTRACT).
Accepted:
T. W. Hungerford, Hokitika ... 22,855 9 1
Declined:
W. Strachan, Wellington ... 24,230 2 6
Ed. B. Garvin, Greymouth ... 27,751 8 3
James Hamilton and Co., Greymouth 28,206 0 0
Cassidy and Clarke, Hokitika ... 28,328 11 9
W. M. Cooper, Greymouth ... 28,692 6 9
George Frennery, Greymouth ... 28,800 0 0
Owen Jones and Co., Auckland ... 33,600 0 0

Lands reserved for Educational and Religious
Purposes.

WHEREAS by the regulations for the sale and
disposal of lands taken under the authority of
"The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and
"The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and
Continuance Act, 1865," contained in the Schedule
to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing
date the 11th of May, 1871, it is provided that
reserves for roads, and all other public purposes
whatever, and for education, and the sites for
churches and chapels or other places of worship for
different religious denominations, may be made by
Government out of any confiscated lands, and that
notices of all such reserves shall be published in the
New Zealand Gazette: It is hereby notified, that
the lands specified in the Schedule hereunder written
shall be reserved for the purposes therein mentioned
and set opposite the descriptions of the said parcels
of land respectively.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Secretary for Crown Lands.