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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
CHARLES EDWARD HAUGHTON, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Chairman, Members, &c., of Licensing Court,
appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th November, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD SHAW, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman,
ROBERT CRAIG, Esq.,
ROBERT MCNEILL, Esq., and
RICHARD HARMAN JEFFARES REEVES, Esq.,
to be Members, and
JOHN MCMYN,
to be Clerk, of the Licensing Court for the District
of Grey Valley.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Grants to Municipalities, Road Boards, and River
Boards.

NOTICE.
Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1876.
UNDER "The Financial Arrangements Act, 1876,"
section 32 (which comes into operation on the
1st January, 1877), it is enacted that,-

"On or before the thirty-first day of January next,
and on or before the first day of May in every year
thereafter, the Council or Board of every county,
borough, road district, or river district, respectively,
shall transmit to the Colonial Treasurer a true and
detailed account, verified by the solemn declaration
of the Mayor or Chairman of such Council or Board,
as the case may be, setting forth-

"(1.) The total amount of all the rateable pro-
perty within the county, borough, road
district, or river district, as the case may
be, upon which rates have been or might
have been levied during the year ending on
the thirty-first day of March then previous:

"(2.) The total amount of all general rates
actually received by such Council or Board
during the said year:

and no subsidy shall become payable under this Act
to any such Council or Board unless such account is
sent to the Colonial Treasurer as herein provided."

The above enactment applies to the payments to
be made for the six months commencing on the 1st
of January next; but as a subsidy of five shillings in
the pound is payable for the quarter ending 31st
December proximo, under "The Appropriation Act,
1876," on the sum collected as general rates as set
forth in the enactment above quoted, it is desired
that the Returns required by the Act may be pre-
pared and forwarded to the Treasury forthwith, in
order that the last-named grant may be paid imme-
diately.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Resignation of Under Secretary for Immigration and
Crown Lands.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept, as from the 31st August last, the
resignation by
CHARLES EDWARD HAUGHTON, Esq.,
of his appointments as Under Secretary for Immi-
gration and Under Secretary for Crown Lands.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Resignation of Under Secretary for Gold Fields.

Public Works Office (Gold Fields Branch),
Wellington, 3rd November, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
CHARLES EDWARD HAUGHTON, Esq.,
as Under Secretary for Gold Fields, from the 31st of
August last.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(acting for the Minister for Public Works).

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1876.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(acting for the Minister for Public Works).

PATEA TO MANAWATU RAILWAY.
37,000 SLEEPERS.
Accepted.
Richter, Nannestad, and Co., Palmerston North,
37,000, at ... 1 4 each.
Declined.
C. Nees, Palmerston North, 37,000, at ... 1 8 "
C. Nees, Palmerston North, 37,000, at (if notched) 1 10 "
Morgan and Robinson, Wellington, 37,000, at ... 1 9 "
Manson and Bartholomew, Palmerston North,
37,000, at ... 2 6 "

WAITARA AND WANGANUI RAILWAY.
20,000 SLEEPERS.
Accepted.
Broadmore and Co., New Plymouth, 20,000, at ... 2 6 each.
Declined.
Timothy O' Sullivan, Havelock, 20,000, at ... 2 0 "
(Did not comply with conditions.)
Henry Brown, New Plymouth, 5,000, at ... 2 9 "
Brogden and Sons, Wellington, 1,500, at ... 3 3 "
Kensington Brothers, Auckland, 5,000, at ... 3 5 "
Richter, Nannestad, and Co., Palmerston North,
10,000, at ... 3 5 "
Brogden and Sons, Wellington, 8,500, at ... 3 5 "
John Reid, Palmerston North, 20,000, at ... 3 5 "
Richter, Nannestad, and Co., Palmerston North,
10,000, at ... 3 7 "
H. Malcolm and Co., Foxton, 10,000, at ... 3 9 "
Waller and Garlick, Onehunga, 20,000, at ... 3 9 "
Randolf and Walker, Palmerston North, 5,000, at 3 10 "
Geo. Snelson, Palmerston North, 5,000, at ... 3 10 "

Mate's Certificate suspended.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 6th November, 1876.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor has been pleased to confirm the sentence
of the Court of Enquiry into the stranding of the
steamer "Beautiful Star," and that the Board of
Trade Certificate of Competency as Second Mate,
No. 87150, held by
WILLIAM HASSETT CASEN,
is therefore suspended for a period of two months
from the 10th ultimo.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in absence of Commissioner of Customs).