THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 459

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1875.

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

WANGANUI-MANAWATU RAILWAY.

WANGANUI CONTRACT. (PERMANENT WAY ONLY.)

Accepted.
Wilkie and Denby, Wanganui ... £ 3,895 0 0

Declined.
E. G. Allen, Wanganui ... 4,557 8 9
J. Brogden and Sons, Wellington ... 4,945 13 0
Anthony Nathan, Wanganui ... 5,539 0 0
Pell and McHay, Wanganui ... 8,017 2 0

TOKOMAIRIRO-LAWRENCE RAILWAY.

COMPLETION OF GLENORE CONTRACT.

Accepted.
A. J. Smyth and Co., Dunedin ... 13,513 2 0

Declined.
Jas. McKenzie, Dunedin ... 15,791 0 0
Matheson Bros., Dunedin ... 15,890 0 0
W. Strachan, Dunedin ... Balance of amount of contract.

Reserve for a Town Hall.

WHEREAS by the regulations for the sale and
disposal of lands taken under the authority of
"The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and
"The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and
Continuance Act, 1865," contained in the Schedule
to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing date
the 11th day of May, 1871, it is provided that reserves
for roads, and all other public purposes whatever, and
for education, and the sites for churches and chapels
or other places of worship for different religious
denominations, may be made by Government out of
any confiscated lands, and that notices of all such
reserves shall be published in the New Zealand
Gazette: It is hereby notified, that the land speci-
fied in the Schedule hereunder written shall be
reserved for the purposes therein mentioned and set
opposite the description of the said parcel of land.
Dated this 7th day of July, 1875.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

for a
more or less, and being Section numbered | Town Hall.
326. Bounded towards the North by the
Wereroa Road, one hundred and twenty-five
links; and towards the East, South, and
West by Section numbered 325, two hundred
links, one hundred and twenty-five links, and
two hundred links. |

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1875.

CONFUSION having arisen owing to misdirection
of letters intended for the Registrar-General
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and the Registrar-
General of Land, whereby letters intended for one
officer are frequently left at the office of the other,
any persons having occasion to correspond with
either of the above-named officers are requested to

see that their letters are addressed in such a manner
as will insure their reaching their intended destina-
tion.

By command.
G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Depositary of Duty Stamps appointed.

*Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1875.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that
Mr. A. R. NICHOLLS,
Postmaster at Palmerston North, in the Province of
Wellington, has been appointed a Depositary of
Duty Stamps.

R. C. HAMMERTON,
Secretary for Stamps.

"Marriage Act, 1854."

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1875. - NOTICE No. 19.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1875.

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: -

United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend CHARLES DANIEL DE CASTRO.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Insurance Agent appointed.

Government Insurance Office,
(Industrial Branch,)
Wellington, 7th July, 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 :-

• Name of Agent: Samuel Worms...
• For what Lodge: Victoria Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars
• Place: Newmarket.

W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

Medical Referee appointed.

Government Insurance Office,
(Industrial Branch,)
Wellington, 7th July, 1875.

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

• Medical Referee: Francis Thomas Bayntun, Esq.,
  M.R.C.S. Eng.
• For what Lodge: Victoria Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars
• Place: Auckland.

W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.