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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 15 of 1874.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 22nd June, 1874.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for
general information.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

ROCK OFF SIR JAMES SMITH'S GROUP—
CUMBERLAND ISLANDS.

THE Master of the schooner "Io" reports the existence
of a rock, which is dry at half-tide, one mile from the
western shore of the largest island of the Sir James
Smith's Group, Linné Peak bearing East northerly. I

G. P. HEATH,
Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 15th May, 1874.

SHOAL PATCH NEAR MAST HEAD ISLAND.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, of the s.s. "Florence Irving,"
reports having, at about low water, passed over a
shoal coral patch, with apparently not more than 2 to
3 fathoms water over it—Mast Head Island bearing
E. N., distant 5 miles.

G. P. HEATH,
Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 15th May, 1874.

Harbour Master appointed for Port of Napier.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 24th June, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY KRAEFT

to be Harbour Master for the Port of Napier.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Appointing Invercargill a Port at which Custom
House Agents must be licensed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the power in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby appoint and declare that

The Port of Invercargill

shall be a Port at which persons acting as Agents
in the entrance or clearance of Ships, Goods, or
Baggage, or any business relating thereto, shall be
required to be duly licensed for that purpose.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
eighth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Commissioner of Customs.

Commissioner's Order No. 71.]

Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In pursuance of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned
Warehouse, viz.,—

Port of Lyttelton.

Part of the back portion of the cellar, and the
portion of the ground-floor immediately over it, of a
building situate on Section 738 on the plan of the
City of Christchurch, having its entrance from Here-
ford Street, to be known as

FLETCHER'S BOND,

to be a Warehouse for the reception of Goods under
Bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Commissioner of Customs.

Commissioner's Order No. 73.]

Licensed Distributors of Duty Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 19th June, 1874.

IT is notified for public information, that

Mr. JOSEPH ROWLEY, of Wellington;
Mr. THOMAS ANCELL, of Dunedin; and
Messrs. CHAMPTALOUP and COOPER, of Auck-
land,

have been appointed Licensed Distributors of Duty
Stamps.

By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.

E. BRANDON.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1874.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers are published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WANGANUI TO MANAWATU
RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER WANGANUI RIVER.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Rundle and Bassett, Patea ... 14,831 0 0

Declined.
H. McNeil, Palmerston ... 15,884 17 0
J. Lockie, Wellington ... 19,649 0 0
C. McKirdy, Wellington ... 20,445 18 6

KAIPARA RAILWAY—RIVERHEAD CONTRACT.
FORMATION, BALLASTING, AND LAYING OF PERMANENT WAY.

Accepted.
Daniel Fallon, Auckland ... 14,877 0 0

Declined.
William Kirby, Auckland ... 15,984 15 0
J. Lackland and J. Welsh, Parnell ... 16,885 2 6

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
(Colonial Architect's Branch),
Wellington, 24th June, 1874.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers are published for general information.

W. H. CLAYTON,
Colonial Architect.

NEW GENERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
LYTTELTON CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
T. Greig ... 4,220 19 0

Declined.
Hunter and Meston ... 5,044 0 0
Sutton and Westill ... 5,478 11 0

REPAIRS TO IMMIGRATION BARRACKS.
MOUNT COOK CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Scoular and Archibald ... 185 0 0

Declined.
James Lockie ... 249 0 0
J. B. Chisholm ... 250 0 0
M. Murdoch ... 270 0 0
W. Prideaux ... 275 0 0