THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

think it probable that the beds may extend all the
way across to Ruapuke. In conversation with the
master of one of the cutters, he mentioned that,
having had occasion some time ago to anchor a little
to the westward of Ruapuke, he made use of his
dredge as an anchor, and when he came to pull it up
it was quite full of large-sized oysters. There can
be little doubt but that the oyster is spread over a
large extent of ground in this quarter, and that the
quantity is all but inexhaustible.

The New Zealand market is tolerably well supplied
by the cutters now engaged in the trade; but a large
and valuable trade might be done with Melbourne,
for I understand that samples which have been sent
from here have been readily sold. The difficulty
hitherto experienced in sending oysters to Mel-
bourne, is said to have been the cost of the packages,
which, I understand, must be of wood. If that has
been the drawback, it will now be greatly lessened
from this circumstance, namely, that the saw-mill at
Half Moon Bay is now in full operation, and there
must always at such a work be a large quantity of
waste timber which could be used up in making a
cheap description of oyster packing-cases.

The importance of a fully developed export trade
in oysters can hardly be over estimated; and should
I be provided with a decked boat or cutter such as I
recommended to be got, I shall make it a point,
when suitable opportunity offers, to discover the
extent of the oyster beds and their comparative
richness, and report the result to you.
J. B. GREIG.

Assessor under Outlying Districts Sale of Spirits
Act appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 13th October, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WETINI MAHIΚΑΙ

to be an Assessor under "The Outlying Districts
Sale of Spirits Act, 1870," within the District of
Raglan.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Under Secretary, Native Department.

Native Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY TACY CLARKE, Esq.,

to be Under Secretary in the Native Department.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Native Title extinguished over the Okahu Block.

Native Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that the Native title has been
extinguished over the block of land whereof the
boundaries are mentioned or described in the Schedule
hereunto annexed, with the exception of the reserves
specified therein.

DONALD MCLEAN.

SCHEDULE.

PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND, DISTRICT OF PUHOI,
OKAHU BLOCK.
Estimated to contain 2,408 Acres.
BOUNDARIES.-Bounded towards the North by Te
Pukapuka Block, three hundred and seventy-two

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links, three thousand and ninety links, six hundred
and eighty links, two hundred and forty-two links,
three hundred and twenty-eight links, five hundred
and five links, seven hundred and thirty-one links,
and three thousand six hundred and eighty links,
and by the Huawai Block, two thousand three hundred
and thirty links; towards the East by the Puhoi
Block; towards the South by the Waiwerawera
River; towards the South-west by a line eight
thousand seven hundred and eighty links; and
towards the West by a line seventeen thousand six
hundred and fifty-five links save and
excepting such portions of said parcel of land as
specified in the Schedule hereto.

Schedule of Reservations.

All that piece or parcel of land, part of said
"Okahu" Block, containing eighteen acres, more or
less, conveyed to one Meaney, by deed dated the
fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, and registered in the Deeds Registry
Office for the Province of Auckland, under number
3298в.

All that piece or parcel of land, part of said
"Okahu" Block, containing twenty-six acres, more
or less, conveyed to one George Ryan, by deed dated
the eleventh day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six, and registered as aforesaid,
under number 3378B.

All that piece or parcel of land, part of said
"Okahu" Block, containing twelve acres, more or
less, conveyed to one Michael Meaney, by deed
dated the eleventh day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six, and registered as afore-
said, under number 3379в.

All that piece or parcel of land, part of said
"Okahu" Block, containing forty-seven acres, more
or less, conveyed to William Smith and Alexander
Smith, by deed dated the sixteenth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, and registered
as aforesaid, under number 5993в.

All that piece or parcel of land, part of said
"Okahu" Block, containing six acres and three
roods, more or less, conveyed to one Christopher
Nolan, by deed dated the twenty-fourth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one,
and registered as aforesaid, under number 6223в.

All that piece or parcel of land, part of said
"Okahu" Block, containing twenty-one acres, more
or less. Bounded-towards the North by a line one
thousand one hundred links; towards the North-
east by lines seven hundred and fifty links and one
hundred and ninety links; towards the East by a
line three hundred and seventy-two links; towards
the South by lines one hundred and sixty links, three
hundred and forty links, three hundred and twenty-
two links, two hundred and twenty-two links, two
hundred and twenty links, three hundred and thirty-
five links, and three hundred links; and towards the
West by a line one thousand two hundred links.

Money Order Offices.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1873.

THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, London, is published for general
information.

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

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
ENGLAND.

On the 1st of August the following alterations will
be made, viz.: --