742
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

South to the North Head of the Harbour; and that
on and after the 1st day of January, 1875, the Pilot
Station will be fixed at Poutu Point, within the North
Head.
Notice is also given, that the Tapora Spit Buoy is
adrift, and will be replaced as soon as possible.
I. J. BURGESS,
Chief Harbour Master.

OAMARU HARBOUR LIGHT.
ON and after the 1st day of December, 1874, a Fixed
White Light will be exhibited from a Lighthouse on
Cape Wanbrow, at the Port of Oamaru, and will be
seen in clear weather about 15 nautical miles over
an arc of 146 deg. 15 sec. between N.N.W. and S. by
W. from seaward, the outer anchorage being on the
S. by W. bearing.
All bearings are magnetic.
D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Dunedin, 7th October, 1874.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1874.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
• EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WAITAKI AND MOERAKI RAILWAY.
WAITAKI CONTRACT.

Accepted.
Middleton and Co., Oamaru...
£ s. d.
2,609 11 9

Declined.
J. McLeod and T. Webb, Oamaru ...
D. Proudfoot, Dunedin
Allen and Stumbles, Oamaru
Hector Reid, Dunedin
...
...
...
...
2,929 10 0
4,508 16 0
4,618 10 0
6,370 2 10

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of the
PUBLIC TRUSTEE during the Month of October, 1874.

| No. | Name of Deceased. | Colonial
Residence. | Supposed
British or
Foreign
Residence. | Date of Rule or Order. | Value or
Estimated Value
of Personal
Estate. | Time of
Deceased's
Death. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Alick Blaney | Ashburton | ... | None required | Under £5 | Aug. 10, 1874 | |
| | John Cain | Lyttelton | ... | None required | Under £5 | Sept. 5, 1874 | Drowned from wharf. |
| | Mary Wall | Balclutha | ... | None required | Under £50 | July 23, 1874 | |
| | George | Dunedin | ... | None required | Under £1 | Sept. 18, 1874 | |
| | Cornelius Regan | Wellington | ... | None required | Under £50 | Sept. 16, 1874 | Fell over cliffs. |
| | James Turnbull | Lake Cole-
ridge | Rothesay,
Glasgow | None required | Under £50 | Sept. 16, 1874 | |
| | John Mark | Naseby | ... | None required | Under £20 | Sept. 9, 1874 | |
| | David Guthrie | Charleston | ... | None required | Under £20 | Sept. 30, 1874 | Fall of earth. |
| | Edwin Standing | Oamaru | Hadlow, near
Tunbridge,
Kent | None required | Under £5 | Sept. 30, 1874 | Drowned in Waireka
Creek. |
| | James Smith | Dunedin | ... | None required | Under £5 | Aug. 29, 1874 | Drowned in Otago
Harbour. |
| | Robert Brown | Wellington | ... | None required | Under £50 | July 7, 1874 | Drowned. Late of
s.s. "St. Kilda." |

Dated the 2nd day of November, 1874.
J. WOODWARD, Public Trustee.

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 be lodged forbidding the same,
in each case, within one calendar month from date
of publication of this notice.

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1874.
INQUIRIES having been made and letters having
been received for a person named
FERDINAND PAVELKA,
any one who can give any information respecting
him is requested to communicate with this office.
G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Traffic Returns.

WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY.
RETURN of Traffic for Month ending 31st October,
1874.

COACHING.
Passengers
Parcels, &c.
No.
9,508
£ s. d.
384 5 8
8 6 1
£ s. d.
392 11 9

MERCHANDISE.
Freight
Tons.
297
£ s. d.
65 15 3
65 15 3

Total ... £458 7 0

ANTHONY GARSTIN,
1st October, 1874.
Traffic Manager.

Notice to the Public.

ALL Sales of Acts and other Publications issued
from the General Government Press will, after
this date, be made only to the Trade throughout the
Colony. Purchasers are therefore requested to
make application to some Bookseller, instead of to
the undersigned.
GEO. DIDSBURY,
Government Printer.
Government Printing Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1874.

Section 36, Block VI., Town of Dunedin.—
JOSEPH SYKES WEBB, of Dunedin, Accountant,
and FRANCIS CROSSLEY FULTON, of Dunedin,
Gentleman, as Attorney for Edward Forbes, of Paris,
France, Clerk in Holy Orders, D.D., Applicants.
1685.
Sections 9, 10, 13, 14, and part of 11, Block I.,
Table Hill District.—CATHERINE ABERCROM-