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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Deputy Commissioner of Stamps appointed.
—
Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 28th May, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ANDREW TURNBULL, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties for the
Province of Nelson.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Notice of intention to withdraw Land from
Reservation.

PURSANT to the Regulations for the sale, dis-
posal, and occupation of lands taken under the
provisions of "The New Zealand Settlements Act,
1863," and "The New Zealand Settlements Amend-
ment and Continuance Act, 1865," and which said
Regulations are contained in the Schedule to an
Order in Council made and issued on the 11th day
of May, 1871, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 1st of June in the same year, it is
hereby notified, that the parcel of land specified in
the Schedule hereto, and which land was reserved for
the purpose therein mentioned, will, on the expiration
of three calendar months from the publication of this
notice, be withdrawn from such reservation.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.
Dated this 27th day of May, 1875.

SCHEDULE.

Money Order Offices.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1875.

THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, London, is published for general
information.

By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
ENGLAND.

On the 1st of April the following alterations will
take place, viz.,--

1. Money Order Offices will be opened in London
   and the Suburbs at--
   Acton (Churchfield Road) ... Postal District. W.
   Shoreditch (No. 246) ... Postal District. E.
   and the Office at Shoreditch (No. 57) will be
   abolished.

2. Money Order Offices will be opened in the
   country at-

   Head Office. County.
   Aberporth ... Cardigan ... Cardigan.
   Bengeo R.O. ... Hertford ... Hertford.
   Broadchalk ... Salisbury ... Wilts.
   Caton ... Lancaster ... Lancaster.
   Choppington ... Morpeth ... Northumberland.
   Gazeley ... Newmarket ... Suffolk.
   Highfield R.O. ... Sheffield ... York.
   Hursley ... Winchester ... Hants.
   Idridgehay... ... Derby ... Derby.
   Langley Moor ... Durham ... Durham.

Myton Place R.O. ... Hull ... County.
Old Whittington ... Chesterfield Derby.
Pavilion Place R.O. Scarborough York.
Sidbury ... Sidmouth ... Devon.
Stanton Hill ... Mansfield Nottingham.
Swanwick ... Alfreton Derby.
Thornton-le-Dale ... Pickering York.
West Brook R.O. ... Darlington... Durham.
Westbury-on-Severn ... Newnham ... Gloucester.

3. The Railway Sub-Office at Wincanton has been
   made an ordinary Sub-Office to Bath.

SCOTLAND.

4. Money Order Offices will be opened at—

   Head Office. County.
   Abernethy ... Newburgh... Fife.
   Nigg Station ... S.O. ... Ross.
   Rosewell ... Lasswade ... Edinburgh.

General Post Office, London,
29th March, 1875.

Insurance Agent appointed.

Government Insurance Office,
(Industrial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd June, 1875.

THE under-mentioned person has been appointed
Agent for the Industrial Branch of this De-
partment, under "The Government Insurance and
Annuities Act, 1874," for the Lodge and at the
place set opposite his name:-

Independent Order of
Good Templars. | Dunedin.

W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

Superintending Postmaster appointed.

Government Insurance Office,
(Industrial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd June, 1875.

THE under-mentioned Postmaster has been ap-
pointed a Superintending Postmaster for the
Industrial Branch of this Department, under "The
Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874:"-
The CHIEF POSTMASTER AT DUNEDIN.

W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 10 of 1875.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 27th May, 1875.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, and the Marine
Board, New South Wales, are published for general
information.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Commissioner of Customs).

FRANCIS OR WEST CHANNEL, BRISBANE RIVER BAR.

In consequence of the deposit of silt in the Outer
Cutting, caused by the recent floods, the available
depth of water has decreased about one foot. The
Tidal Signals made from the Lightship will, there-
fore, until further notice, represent one foot less
water in the West Channel than that given in the