THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 477

Money Order and Savings Bank Office.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1874.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at

WASHDYKE,
in the Province of Canterbury, on the 1st August
next.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Licensed Distributor of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1874.

IT is notified for public information that
Mr. SAMUEL ROWLEY, Wellington,
has been appointed Licensed Distributor of Duty
Stamps.

By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.

E. BRANDON.

Depository of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1874.

IT is notified for public information, that
Mr. WILLIAM BARHAM, Storekeeper, Invercargill,
has been appointed a Depositary of Duty Stamps.

By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.

E. BRANDON.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1874.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WANGANUI AND MANAWATU RAILWAY.
WANGANUI WHARF CONTRACT.

Accepted.
Calman and Richardson, Wanganui ... 1,788 16 0

Declined.
C. Simmonds, Wanganui ... 2,100 10 0
R. S. Low, Wanganui ... 2,436 12 0

22,000 RAILWAY SLEEPERS

Accepted.
Richter, Nannested, and Co., Palmerston 7,000 at 3 11
W. H. Brightwell, Palmerston 5,000 4 0

Declined.
W. F. Oakes, Wanganui 22,000 4 6
J. Bull, Foxton... 10,000 4 7

NAPIER AND WAIPUKURAU RAILWAY.
PAKI PAKI CONTRACT.

Accepted.
C. McKirdy, Wellington 19,532 15 0

Declined.
Oakes and Nathan, Wanganui 21,877 11 0
Collie, Scott, and Wilkinson, Wellington 21,903 10 3
W. Strachan, Wellington 23,501 8 4
Brodgen and Sons, Wellington 23,773 4 4
H. McNeil, Palmerston 24,840 19 0
Mackay and Monteith, Napier 29,173 0 0

WINTON AND KINGSTON RAILWAY.
SECTION No. II.

Accepted.
Mathew H. L. Bennett, Invercargill... 27,835 16 8

Declined.
McMenamin and Co., Invercargill ... 33,828 4 6
Geo. Proudfoot, Dunedin ... 34,991 15 0
I. and N. Campbell, Invercargill ... 35,245 4 0
Jas. Davidson, Dunedin ... 35,416 4 0
Hawkins and Co., Dunedin ... 35,750 0 0
W. F. Oakes, Wanganui ... 39,143 0 0
Brogden and Sons, Wellington ... 39,537 4 8
Matheson Bros., Dunedin ... 48,011 0 0

"Marriage Act, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.-NOTICE No. 13.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1874.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information:-

United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend H. D. D. SPARLING.

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend JAMES SKINNER.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat in the meantime be lodged
forbidding the same, within one calendar month
after the date of publication of this notice.

ANDREW DAVID MASON ALLAN.-5 acres
35 perches, part of Rural Section 32, Christchurch
District, commencing at a point within the section
116 links at an angle of 91° from a point on Ferry
corner of
links an of
section, and bounded towards North-west by other
part of section, 1069 links; North-east by a creek;
South-east by towing path; and South-west by Rural
Section 20. Also 37 perches, other part of said
section, commencing at a point on said road 3788
links from said corner, fronting on said road 305 links,
and extending back at right angles to said creek.
(Hanmer and Harper, Solicitors.) 1501.

DENNIS HOARE.-70 acres, Rural Sections
10129, 10716, and 11530, Timaru District. (E. H.
Tate, Broker.) 1570.

SAMUEL HEWLINGS.-187 acres, Rural
Section 83, and part of Rural Section 70, Christ-
church District. 1575.

GEORGE WILLIAM HENRY LEE.-266
acres, Rural Sections 704, 774, 1087, 1088, 1921,
2574, and part of 2693, Mandeville District. (W.
H. Wynn Williams, Solicitor.) 1581.

WILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT.-1 rood 15
perches, part of Lot 125, Christchurch Town Reserve,
commencing at junction of Madras Street with South
Drain, having a frontage on said street of 233 links,
and bounded on the North by other part of lot, 168
links; and on South-east by said drain, 177 links.
(W. H. Wynn Williams, Solicitor.) 1584.

GEORGE ASHMAN.-1 rood 35 perches, Lots
406 and 408, Rhodes Town, Timaru. (E. H. Tate,
Broker.) 1585.

ROBERT MCKAY.-2 roods 24 perches, Lots 36