THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 645
the District of Dunedin, and as such to exercise
extended jurisdiction to £100.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th September, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON
to be a Justice of the Peace for the colony.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER OF CONSTRUC-
TED RAILWAYS, and
THE ACTING CHIEF CLERK in the INSPECTOR
of SURVEYS' OFFICE, Auckland,
to frank free from prepayment of postage letters
and book-packets posted on the Public Service.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Acting Postmaster-General.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1874.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Province
of Hawke's Bay, known as Ruataniwha, has been
changed to
ONGA ONGA.
By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Deputy Harbour Master appointed for Port of
Moeraki.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 16th September, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
TOM FREDERICK LIDDLE
to be Deputy Harbour Master for the Port of
Moeraki.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Assistants to Superintendents of Quarantine Stations
appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Assistants to the Superintendents of the Quarantine
Stations named, in terms of "The Public Health Act,
1872":
JOHN DEVAYNES BARNSLEY, Motu Ihi, Auckland.
JAMES CANNING, Somes Island, Wellington.
GEORGE PLUMMER, Ripa Island, Lyttelton.
JOHN DOUGALL, Quarantine Island, Port Chalmers.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Immigration Officers appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to
be Immigration Officers for the districts named :-
TAURANGA-THOMAS TUNKS, Esq.
PATEA-CHARLES ALLAN WRAY, Esq.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Licensed Distributor of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 10th September, 1874.
IT is notified for public information that
Mr. HENRY EDWARD PARTRIDGE,
of the City of Auckland, has been appointed a
Licensed Distributor of Duty Stamps.
By order of the Commissioner of Stamps.
W. H. WARREN.

Share Transfers.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 14th September, 1874.
NOTICE. -The notice hereunder, dated 4th Decem-
ber, 1873, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette 11th December, 1873, is hereby revoked.
By order of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties.
W. H. WARREN.

SHARE TRANSFERS.

NOTICE. -Whereas it has been ascertained that in
numerous instances transfers of shares in Joint
Stock Companies and Mining Companies have not
been stamped at the time of the execution thereof,
either by the use of paper or parchment previously
stamped, or by the affixing and cancellation of an
adhesive stamp in the manner by law prescribed,
whereby the vendors and purchasers have become
liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds (£50) each, and
also chargeable with the payment of five times the
duty, and the instrument in all such cases has become
wholly void and of no effect whatsoever, either at law
or in equity:

And whereas it is necessary that any such neglect
or contravention of the law be checked in future:
Notice is hereby given to all Brokers, Mining
Agents, and the public generally, that hereafter
any vendor or purchaser of any share or shares as
aforesaid who shall fail or neglect to affix and
cancel an adhesive stamp on the instrument of sale
or transfer (where paper previously impressed has
not been used) at the time of the execution thereof,
shall be liable to prosecution for recovery of the
penalties incurred in terms of law; and if any party
liable to the payment of such duty as aforesaid shall
give information to the Commissioner whereby such
penalty and quintuple duty shall be recovered from
any other party liable thereto, the party giving the
information shall not only be indemnified and dis-
charged of his liability, but rewarded to an extent
not exceeding one-half of the penalty or duty
recovered; and where any other person shall give
information whereby any such penalty or quintuple
duty shall be recovered, he shall be rewarded in like
manner.

By order of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties.
E. BRANDON.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 4th December, 1873.