THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
177

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1876.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenders is published for general information.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.

NELSON CREEK WATER RACE, SECTIONS V. AND VI.
Accepted.
David Mitchell, Hokitika, Section 6... £ 1,756 0 0 s. d.

Declined.
Price and Co., Greymouth, Section 5 ... 16,459 0 0
Price and Co., Greymouth, Section 6 ... 2,010 0 0
John O'Connor, Greymouth, Section 6 ... 1,713 0 0

Fresh tenders were invited for No. 5 Section, with
the following result:----
Accepted.
Mundle and Evans, Hokitika ... 13,447 0 0

Declined.
Michael Drennan, Greymouth ... 15,860 0 0
John Whelan and others, Greymouth ... 16,411 0 0
Price and Co., Greymouth ... 16,243 0 0

WELLINGTON AND MASTERTON RAILWAY.
RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 12th
February, 1876.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 11,985 624 15 11
Parcels, &c. 266 8 13 8
Season Tickets ... 24 3 0 657 12 7

Freight 1,083 tons

GOODS.
Timber 55,016 feet
Wool 1,417 bales 434 2 1
Sheep 12
Cattle 3
Carriages 7
434 2 1

Total ... ... ... £1,091 14 8

F. B. PASSMORE,
Superintending Engineer.

Money Order Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1876.
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 January the following alterations
will be made, viz.,-'

1. The designation of the Money Order Offices in
   London at Medina Terrace, Dalston Lane, E., and
   Hammersmith (King Street West), W., will be
   changed respectively to Dalston Lane, Hackney, E.,
   and Hammersmith (near Broadway), W.
2. Money Order Offices will be opened in the
   country at-
   Barnetby ... Ulceby ... Lincoln.
   Bisley ... Stroud ... Gloucester.
   Castleton ... Manchester ... Lancaster.
   Cavendish Place Eastbourne ... Sussex.
   R.O.

Edmondsley ... Head Office. County.
Chester-le-street Durham.
Everton Road R.O. Southport Lancaster.
Hanbury Burton-on-Trent Stafford.
Lichfield Road R.O. Birmingham Warwick.
Newsham ... Blyth ... Northumber-
land.

Pontreselly ... Cardigan Cardigan.
Simms Cross R.O. Widnes Lancaster.
Sonning Reading Berks.
Springbourne R.O. Bournemouth Hants.
Smallbrook Street Birmingham Warwick.
R.O.
Stillington Easingwold York.
Thorpe-le-Soken ... Colchester Essex.
Wellingborough Northampton Northampton.
Road R.O.

3. The Sub-offices at Ambleside, Barnard Castle,
   and Bowness (Westmoreland), will become Head
   Offices; Ambleside having subordinate to it the
   Offices of Coniston and Hawkeshead, which are now
   served from Windermere.

4. The Sub-offices at Grasmere (Windermere) and
   Tynemouth (North Shields) will be made Railway
   Sub-offices.

5. The Offices at Blue Pits, Manchester, and Horse
   Fair, Birmingham, will be abolished.

SCOTLAND.
6. Money Order Offices will be opened at-
Invergarry Inverness Inverness.
Lindsay Place R.O. Edinburgh Edinburgh.

IRELAND.
7. Money Order Offices will be opened at-
Head Office. County.
Cappawhite Tipperary Tipperary.
Omeath Newry Down.
General Post Office, London,
27th December, 1875.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1876.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that a
Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at
MOSGIEL,
in the Province of Otago, from the 15th inst.

By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1876.--NOTICE No. 4.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1876.
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 names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information:-

United Church of England and Ireland.
The Rev. LORENZO MOORE.

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Rev. W. SALMOND, M.A.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.