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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

David Asher, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant, Tauranga
Light Horse Volunteers.
Thomas Power, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant,
Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) Rifle Volunteers.
DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir D. McLean).

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of
The Tokomairiro Grammar School Cadets. Date
of acceptance, 19th April, 1876.
The Balclutha Cadets. Date of acceptance, 17th
May, 1876.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of Sir D. McLean).

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Turakina Cavalry Volunteers
at their own request.
The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers; their commissions
having, under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act,
1865," lapsed:—
William T. Owen, Esq., late Captain.
Alexander Simpson, Esq., late Lieutenant.
Frank Y. Lethbridge, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Special Agreements for Seamen in the Home or Coast-
ing Trade.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1876.

IT is hereby notified, for the information of ship-
owners and ship-masters, that His Excellency
the Governor, in pursuance of the provisions con-
tained in the 16th section of "The Merchant Ship-
ping Act, 1872," which was adopted and brought
into force in New Zealand by "The Merchant Ship-
ping Acts Adoption Act, 1874," has sanctioned forms
of Special Agreement for individual Seamen in the
Home or Coasting Trade, which agreements need not
expire half-yearly.

These forms can be had on application at the
various Custom Houses throughout the colony.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Appointment in the Customs Department.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1876.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to the Com-
missioner of Customs by His Excellency the
Governor, the following appointment has been made
in the Customs Department: —
JOHN HENRY JONES
to be Cadet at the Port of Dunedin.

This appointment to date from the 1st of April,
1875.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Customs.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 15 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 27th June, 1876.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Portmaster at Brisbane, is published for general
information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

FITZROY RIVER.

THE cutting at the Upper Flats being completed, the
available depth at low-water springs at that and the
other shoal places in the river is now as follows:—

Upper Flats ... ... ... ... Ft. in.
4 6
Second Flats, close to Nos. 14 and 15 Cross-
ing Marks ... ... ... ... 5 0
Brown's Crossing, between the black buoy
and No. 12 and 13 Crossing Marks ... 5 0
Crossing below Brown's Island, close to No.
10 and 11 Crossing Marks ... ... 5 0
The least depth at the crossings will be found at
the lower end of the shoal ground.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster..
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 23rd May, 1876.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES WALLACE,
of Taiporohenui, Taranaki, to be an Interpreter
under the 12th section of "The Native Land Act,
1873."

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in absence of the Hon. the Native Minister).

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1876.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WESTPORT-MOUNT-ROCHFORT RAILWAY.
WESTPORT STATION CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
William Smith, Hokitika ... ... ... 30,070 17 11

Declined.
Butler and O'Connor, Greymouth ... 31,485 10 0
David Proudfoot, Dunedin ... ... 32,359 16 9
John Henderson, Wellington ... ... 32,458 6 10
T. H. Kerr and Co., Christchurch... ... 33,433 0 0
W. H. Topham, Westport ... ... 34,496 0 0
P. Day, Mosgiel ... ... ... 37,206 0 0