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classes of persons and such kind of cattle, carts,
vehicles, or goods, as the Governor may think fit.
9. Every bridge or ferry shall be deemed to be a
public bridge or ferry, as the case may require,
within the meaning of this Act, which shall be pro-
claimed to be a public bridge or ferry, as the case
may be, by the Governor, by Proclamation published
in the New Zealand Gazette.

Use of Telegraph by Government Officers.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
AUCKLAND TO MERCER RAILWAY.

ETURN of Traffic for four weeks ended 18th
R November, 1876.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 17,451 933 2 4
Parcels, &c. 71 14 4
Season Tickets 8 32 19 2
1,037 15 10

Wellington, 13th December, 1876.

「T is considered necessary to call attention to the
inexpediency of the practice which has grown up
of making too free a use of the Telegraph for ordinary
official correspondence, which could be as well con-
ducted by the post; a practice which, while it adds
very greatly and very unnecessarily to the labours
of the Telegraph Department, is, as compared with
transmission by post, extremely costly.

Officers of the Government are therefore strictly
enjoined to confine the use of Free Telegrams to
matters only of pressing importance, which do not
admit of the delay of the Mail, and to make such
telegrams as brief as may be consistent with their
being intelligible.

It is further enjoined that the use of the Telegraph
on Sundays may be avoided as far as possible, in
order that the officers of the Telegraph Department
may not be deprived of the privileges of the day
more than can be helped.

Any infringement of these directions will be
followed by the officer in fault being surcharged
with the expense of the unnecessary work thus
occasioned.

J. D. ORMOND.

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1876.

「NQUIRIES have been made for a person named
WILLIAM GREEN,

who was last heard of in Auckland, about August,
1874. He was then going some hundred miles away
to a saw-mill with an engineer.

He is 5 feet 8 inches in height, middling stout, fair
complexion, and has dark-brown hair and whiskers.
He is about 24 years of age, and was unmarried at
the time he was last heard of.

Any person possessing information respecting the
person above named is requested to communicate the
same to this office.

G. S. COOPER.

Freight 1,179 tons GOODS. 795 15 6

Total ... ... ... £1,833 11 4

NAPIER TO WAIPUKURAU RAILWAY.

ETURN of Traffic for four weeks ended 18th
R November, 1876.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 5,577 659 12 10
Parcels, &c. 19 9 8
Season Tickets 7 5 0
686 7 6

Traffic Returns.

KAIPARA TO RIVERHEAD RAILWAY.

ETURN of Traffic for four weeks ended 18th
R November, 1876.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 506 70 1 0
Parcels, &c. 3 15 8
73 16 8

Freight 265 tons GOODS. 117 16 6

Total ... ... ... £191 13 2

Freight 1,181 tons
Timber 165,762 feet
Horses 6
Carts 5
Sheep 221
GOODS.
750 9 4

Total ... ... ... £1,436 16 10

WAITARA TO NEW PLYMOUTH RAILWAY.

ETURN of Traffic for four weeks ended 18th
R November, 1876.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 1,533 111 6 3
Parcels, &c. 1 15 10
Season Tickets 1 1 14 0
114 16 1

Freight 262 tons 2 cwt.)
Sheep 20
Grain 5,780 bushels
GOODS.
83 14 11

Total ... ... ... £198 11 0

FOXTON TO MANAWATU RAILWAY.

ETURN of Traffic for four weeks ended 18th
R November, 1876.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 1,385 194 4 0
Parcels, &c. 54 13 7
248 17 7

Freight 734 tons GOODS. 340 15 5

Total ... ... ... £589 13 0

WELLINGTON TO MASTERTON RAILWAY.

ETURN of Traffic for four weeks ended 18th
R November, 1876.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 11,181 715 19 5
Parcels, &c. 17 17 10
Season Tickets 20 10 0
Carried forward 754 7 3