Place of Deposit for Standard Weights and Measures in Hokitika and Greymouth.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in
exercise of the powers conferred upon him by
"The Weights and Measures Act, 1868," to direct
that the authorized copies of the Standard Weights
and Measures for the District of Westland shall for
the future be deposited at the Police Buildings in
the Towns of Hokitika and Greymouth respectively.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Registrar of Marriages &c. appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ARTHUR BROWN, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, and also Vaccination Inspector, for
the District of Reefton, as the same is defined in
Proclamation of the 8th day of May, 1873, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 28, of the 9th
day of May, 1873. This appointment to take effect
from the 1st November next.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages &c. appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

WILLIAM JOHN OZANNE, Esq.,
to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Pórangahau, as the same is defined in Proclamation
of the 27th day of August, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette, No. 53, of the 4th September, 1873.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1874.

INQUIRIES having been made respecting a person
named

ARCHIBALD KIPPEN,
who is supposed to have been working about a year
ago near Palmerston, in the Province of Otago,
any one who can give any information respecting
him is requested to communicate with this office.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments, viz.,-

In the No. 2 Company, Waiuku Rifle Volunteers.
Hugh Douglas to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 9th March, 1873.

In the South District (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteers.
Allan King to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
8th May, 1874.

In the Hokitika Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
William Sheppard Smith Stanton to be Captain.
Date of commission, 31st August, 1874.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission
held by

Honorary Ensign F. Batchelor, Nelson (City)
Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned Corps, at their
own request, viz.,-

The Hutt Rifle Volunteers.
The Wakefield Rifle Volunteer Cadets.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers in the Volunteer
Force; their commissions having, under the provisions
of "The Volunteer Act, 1865," lapsed :---

David Speedy, Esq., late Captain, Hutt Rifle
Volunteers.
Joseph Hall, Esq., late Lieutenant, Hutt Rifle
Volunteers.
John Augustus Mason, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant,
Hutt Rifle Volunteers.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Assessors appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to appoint the following persons to be
Assessors under "The Native Land Act, 1873:"-

Name.
Residence.
The Hon. Wi Tako Ngatata ... Wellington.
Ihaia Porutu ... Wellington.
Raniera Te Iho ... Turanga, Wairarapa.
Ihaia Whakamairu ... Masterton, Wairarapa.
Manihera Te Rangitakaiwaho, Greytown, Wairarapa.
Hemi Te Miha ... Turanga, Wairarapa.
Hoani Meihana Te Rangiotu ... Manawatu.
Major Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, Whanganui.
Paori Kuramate ... Waipakura, Whanga-
nui.
Hoani Taipua ... Otaki.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1874.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

TIMARU AND WAITAKI RAILWAY.
HOOK CONTRACT.

Accepted.
David Proudfoot, Dunedin... ... £ 35,852 s. 0 d. 0

Declined.
George Pratt, Timaru ... ... £ 36,025 s. 2 d. 2
E. J. Wright, Christchurch ... ... £ 37,502 s. 0 d. 0
Hadfield and Co., Christchurch ... ... £ 38,750 s. 1 d. 4
W. Fuller, Christchurch ... ... £ 39,800 s. 0 d. 0
Allan and Stumbles, Timaru ... ... £ 39,960 s. 9 d. 11
Brogden and Sons, Wellington ... ... £ 44,622 s. 17 d. 11