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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Change in Designation of Post Office.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1873.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the designation of the Post Office at Selwyn, in
the Province of Canterbury, will be changed to
DUNSANDEL,
on the 1st September next.

By order.
W. GRAY,
(for the Secretary).

Change in Designation of Post Office.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1873.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the designation of the Post Office at Mount Ida,
in the Province of Otago, will be changed to
NASEBY,
on the 1st September next.

By order.
W. GRAY,
(for the Secretary).

Money Order Offices.

General Post Office.
Wellington, 16th August, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that information has been
received of the following Money Order Offices
having been opened:----
JERUSALEM, in the Colony of Tasmania;
ELAINE RAILWAY STATION, in the Colony of
Victoria.

By order.
W. GRAY,
(for the Secretary).

Member of General Assembly elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1873.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a Return to
the Writ issued by him on the 17th day of
June, 1873, for the Election of a Member to serve in
the House of Representatives of New Zealand for
the Electoral District hereinafter specified; and by
the indorsement on such Writ it appears that the
under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected
Member for such District, viz. :-

For the District of Mongonui and Bay of Islands.
JOHN WILLIAM WILLIAMS,
of Pakaraka, Bay of Islands, Freeholder.
G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

I, DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Session
XI., of the Legislative Council of the Islands of New Zealand, to hear and decide Claims to
Land by persons claiming title thereto from, through, or under the New Zealand Company, report that
the Claims of the under-mentioned persons, having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby
decide that the said persons are respectively entitled to Crown Grants of the land set against their
names in the annexed Schedule.

New Zealand Company's Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1873.
DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

Inquiry for Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1873.

INQUIRIES having been made respecting a person
named PETER NEWMAN, formerly a soldier
in Her Majesty's 58th Regiment, in which regiment
he enlisted in 1842, and who obtained his discharge
in 1861 or 1862, and afterwards served in the
Military Settlers, -any one who can give any infor-
mation respecting him is requested to communicate
with this office.

By command.
G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Friendly Society registered.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that a transcript
of the Rules of
The A.O.F. Friendly Society, in the Wellington
District,
duly certified, has been received by the Registrar of
Friendly Societies registered and recorded in his
office under the provisions of "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1867."

Dated the 15th day of August, 1873.
G. S. COOPER,
(for the Registrar).

Medical Referees appointed.

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Medical Referees, under "The Government Annuities
Act, 1869:"

PATRICK MCINTYRE, Esq.,-Waimate, Canterbury.
W. B. TRIPE, Esq., vice J. D. Tripe, Esq., -Picton.
W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

Tenders for Additions to Telegraph Offices, Wellington.

Colonial Architect's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1873.

TENDERS are invited for the erection of Additions
to the Telegraph Offices in Wellington.
General conditions, specifications, and drawings
may be seen at the Office of the Colonial Architect,
Wellington.

Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to
noon on Monday, the 1st of September.
The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
W. H. CLAYTON,
Colonial Architect.