THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 287

miles between the bearings of N.N.W. and S. by W.,
where at the latter bearing it is cut off by the Bluff.
In addition to the above, the Light on Spit will be
shown as heretofore, which is fixed white and red. It
stands 27 feet above the sea level on the western
extremity of the Eastern Spit, at the entrance to the
Iron Pot, and may be seen in clear weather at a
distance of 8 miles on the following bearings:-
Red from S.E. by S. to S. by E.E.; white from
S. by E.E. to S.W. by S.S.; red from S.W. by
S.S. to S.W.S.
The Pania Rock is in the centre of the south-
western red light, and is seen a quarter of a mile on
each side of rock.
The buoy on the rocky patch known as the Auck-
land Rock has been carried away, and will not again
be replaced.
Vessels to the north and westward of Napier Bluff
must take care not to mistake the white light on Spit
for the one on Bluff.
All bearings are magnetic and from seaward.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1874.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WAIPUKURAU TO TAKAPAU TRAMWAY.
TAKAPAU CONTRACT.
Accepted:

• Allen and Co., Wellington: £13,108 10s 4d

Declined:

• C. McKirdy, Wellington: £13,843 10s 0d
• D. Ross, Napier: £14,792 0s 0d
• W. Strachan, Wellington: £14,923 13s 5d
• A. Bryson, Napier: £20,239 12s 8d

WAIKATO RAILWAY.
MERCER CONTRACT.
Accepted:

• Briton and Martin, Grahamstown: £21,529 10s 3d

Declined:

• Lackland and J. Welch, Auckland: £23,119 11s 5d
• Ware and Co., Auckland: £23,998 12s 2d
• O'Brien and Vickery, Auckland: £30,998 16s 0d
• William Kirby, Auckland: £31,513 4s 6d
• M. Edgar, Auckland: £33,567 17s 8d
• John Goodall, Auckland: £39,689 0s 0d

WAIKATO RAILWAY.
RANGIRIRI CONTRACT.
Accepted:

• John Briton, Grahamstown: £3,098 9s 4d

Declined:

• R. Dickson, Auckland: £3,393 0s 0d
• O'Brien and Vickery, Auckland: £4,974 12s 0d
• Jas. McConnochie, Auckland: £5,933 0s 0d

WAIMEA WATER RACE,
SECTIONS 8 AND 9.
Accepted:

• Section 8: W. Wilkinson: £6,915 2s 6d
• Section 9: £7,318 12s 0d

Declined:

• W. Smith: £7,390 0s 0d
• Cullen and Dee: £8,372 2s 6d
• Kemple and Co.: £8,922 11s 6d
• Denfield, Douthwaite, and McConnor: £8,994 0s 0d
• P. Connelly and Co.: £9,900 0s 0d

Reserve for a Site for a Telegraph Station and
Post Office.

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 day 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 Govern-
ment 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
land specified in the Schedule hereunder written
shall be reserved for the purposes therein mentioned,
and set opposite the description of the said parcel of
land.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
24th April, 1874. Secretary for Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Reserve. Purposes of Reserve.

• Parish of Koheroa, Banks' County: For a Telegraph Station
• All that parcel of land in the Pro- and Post Office.
  vince of Auckland, containing 10 acres,
  more or less, situated at Pukorokoro,
  and being Lot number 79, in the Parish
  of Koheroa, Banks' County.

Licensed Distributors of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 27th April, 1874.

IT is notified for public information, that
Messrs. THOMAS ADAMS, Stationer, of Gisborne,
in the Province of Auckland, and
F. H. FRASER, Stationer, Manners Street,
Wellington,
have been appointed Licensed Distributors; and that
Mr. W. G. JACKSON, Stationer, Wellington,
has been appointed a Depositary of Duty Stamps.
By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.
E. BRANDON.

License as Distributor of Stamps cancelled.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 27th April, 1874.

IT is notified for public information, that the license
held by
Mr. KENNETH ROSE,
of Invercargill, as a Distributor and Depositary of
Duty Stamps, has been cancelled.
By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.
E. BRANDON.

"Marriage Act, 1854."

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.-NOTICE No. 8.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1874.

THE following additional name of an Officiating
Minister sent in to me for insertion in the list
of Officiating Ministers for the year 1874, is published
in pursuance of the provisions of the Marriage Act
and Marriage Amendment Acts:-
Baptist Church.
The Reverend JAMES WRIGHT SAWLE.
WM. R. E. BROWN.
Registrar-General.