THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

799

JAMES FREEMAN FLETCHER, Esq., J.P., Town of
Kaiapoi, and Mandeville.
ROBERT LUKE HIGGINS, Esq., J.P., Town of Kaia-
poi, and Mandeville.
JOHN SCOTT CAVERHILL, Esq., J.P., Amuri.
JOHN HAWDEN DAVISON, Esq., Amuri.
GEORGE WILSDEN MCRAE, Esq., J.P., Amuri.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Provisional Trustees under "The Bankruptcy Act
1867 Amendment Act, 1874," appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th November, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Provisional Trustees under "The Bankruptcy Act
1867 Amendment Act, 1874," at the places set
opposite their names respectively :-
THOMAS MACFFARLANE, Esq., Auckland, Grahams-
town, and Hamilton.
ROBERT POLLOCK, Esq., Nelson.
RICHARD WALTON, Esq., Christchurch.
RICHARD HENRY LEARY, Esq., Dunedin.
THOMAS HOOD BROWN, Esq., Oamaru.
THOMAS PERKINS, Esq., Invercargill.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Acting Minister of Justice.

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1874.

INQUIRIES have been made respecting
GEORGE ETHERINGTON,
late a Private in the 65th Regiment, which he left
about ten years ago. He was last heard of by his
friends in England about six years ago, when he was
at New Plymouth, Taranaki. He is supposed to
been in Wanganui about three months ago,
but is not residing there at present.

Any person who may be able to give information
respecting the above-named person, either as to his
death or present place of abode, is requested to com-
municate with this office, where a letter is lying for
him.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1874.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

SLEEPERS FOR WELLINGTON-MASTERTON
RAILWAY.

Accepted.
£ s. d.

• Wm. Strachan, Wellington: 12,000 at 2 6
• E. Morgan and J. Robinson, Upper Hutt: 27,000 at 2 9½

Declined.

• Wm. Sykes, Upper Hutt: 27,000 at 2 11½
• Smith and Revans, Woodside: 5,000 at 3 3
• Jas. Cruickshank, Upper Hutt: 27,000 at 3 6
• Wm. Booth, Taratahi: 20,000 at 3 10½
• Smith and Revans, Woodside: 5,000 at 4 0

Informal.

• D. Haggerty, Carterton

WANGANUI-MANAWATU RAILWAY.

OROUA BRIDGE CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.

• James Bull, Bull's: 4,344 5 0

Robert S. Low, Wanganui ... 4,580 10 0
Henry McNeil, Palmerston N. ... 4,830 14 9
Samuel Brown, Wellington ... 4,598 0 0
Calman and Richardson, Wanganui ... 5,237 14 2

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 26 of 1874.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 16th November, 1874.

THE following Notices to Mariners received from
the Marine Board of South Australia are pub-
lished for general information.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

PORT WAKEFIELD LIGHT.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on and after Sunday,
the 1st of November, 1874, a Red Light will be ex-
hibited at Port Wakefield, in lieu of the present
White Light.

By order of the Board.
G. S. WRIGHT,
Secretary.

Marine Board Office, Port Adelaide,
30th September, 1874.

PORT ADELAIDE LIGHTHOUSE.
St. Vincent's Gulf.

REFERRING to a notification from this Department,
on the 28th August, 1873, with reference to the pro-
posed substitution of a Revolving Light for the
present White Light at the Port Adelaide Lighthouse,
it is hereby made known that, from unavoidable
causes, the construction of the lens apparatus has
been delayed; but the new light will probably be
exhibited on or about the 1st January, 1875.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
19th October, 1874.

"Marriage Act, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.-NOTICE
No. 21.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 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 name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information :-

Hebrew Congregation.
Mr. ALEXANDER SINGER.

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

In the Vice-Admiralty Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Worshipful
Alexander James Johnston, Esquire, Deputy
Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court of New Zealand,
has appointed a Sitting of the Vice-Admiralty Court
of New Zealand to be held at the Provincial Council
Chamber, Wellington, at 10 o'clock of the forenoon
of Monday, the 23rd day of November, 1874.

(Signed) H. C. WILMER,
Acting under appointment for
A. S. ALLAN,
Deputy Registrar.