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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Free Pardon.

NOTICE.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th November, 1876.

WHEREAS it is supposed that the premises known
as "Calderwood's City Foundry," off Tuam
Street, Christchurch, were set on Fire on Friday, the
13th day of October last, at about 2 o'clock a.m., by
the act of Incendiaries:

This is to notify that His Excellency the Governor
will grant a Free Pardon to any person implicated in
the said act, not being a principal offender, who shall
give such information as will lead to the apprehension
and conviction of any one or more of the other of-
fenders.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM ADOLPHUS SKAE, Esq., M.D.,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Cancellation of Franking Powers.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1876.

IT is notified that all franking powers formerly
delegated to officers holding appointments under
the late Provincial Governments throughout the
colony are hereby cancelled:

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Postmaster-General).

Executive Officers of Provincial Districts authorized
to Frank Letters, &c.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize the following gentlemen, who have
been appointed Executive Officers in the Provincial
District opposite their respective names, to frank,
and receive free from the pre-payment of postage,
letters and parcels posted on the Public Service :-

READER GILSON WOOD, Esq., Auckland.
FREDERICK ALONZO CARRINGTON, Esq., Taranaki.
JOHN DAVIES ORMOND, Esq., Hawke's Bay.
HENRY BUNNY, Esq., Wellington.
ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR, Esq., Marlborough.
OSWALD CURTIS, Esq., Nelson.
The Hon. JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Westland.
WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Esq., Canterbury.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Postmaster-General).

Certain Provincial District Officers authorized to
Frank Letters, &c.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to authorize the following gentlemen holding
the appointments opposite their respective names,
to frank free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the Public Service:---

to frank free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the Public Service:---

Provincial District of Otago--
W. CONYERS, Esq., General Manager of Rail-
ways, Dunedin.
ALEXANDER GRANT, Esq., Traffic Manager of
Railways, Dunedin.
THOMAS AITKEN, Esq., Manager of Railways,
Invercargill.
W. J. SMITH, Esq., Manager of Railways,
Oamaru.
JOHN F. DOUGLAS, Esq., Clerk, Gold Fields
Office, Dunedin.
JOHN HISLOP, Esq., Inspector of Schools, Dun-
edin.
P. G. PRYDE, Esq., Assistant Inspector of
Schools, Dunedin.
T. K. WELDON, Esq., Commissioner of Police,
Dunedin.

Provincial District of Wellington--
C. P. POWLES, Esq., Office of the Provincial
District Treasury, Wellington.
J. D. BAIRD, Esq., Office of the Engineer for the
Provincial District, Wellington.

Provincial District of Westland--
JOSEPH H. GREVILLE, Esq., Clerk to Executive
Officer, Hokitika.
GERHARD MULLER, Esq., Chief Surveyor, Hoki-
tika.

Provincial District of Auckland--
V. E. RICE, Esq., Chief Clerk to Executive
Officer, Auckland.

Provincial District of Hawke's Bay--
GEORGE THOMAS FANNIN, Esq., Chief Clerk to
Executive Officer, Napier.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Postmaster-General).

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1876.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that a
Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at

KUMARA
(Chief Office, Hokitika), from the 22nd instant.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Mr. Thomas Welton
Stanford, of Bourke Street East, in the City
of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied
on behalf of the Singer Manufacturing Company of
New York, in the United States of America, to
register under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the
trade mark of which the following is a description,
viz.,--

Description of Trade Mark.

An oval-shaped label, in the centre of which,
lengthwise, is a sewing machine shuttle with two
needles crossing it diagonally in opposite directions,
the top and bottom stroke of the letter S passing
across the ends of the needles, the central bend of
the said letter S passing through the centre of the
shuttle, and a spool suspended on the lower arm of
said letter S; the whole surrounded by a border,
within which are the words "The Singer M.F.G.
Co., N.Y."