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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Flagstaff has been erected on the south side of that
river, from which, from and after this date, the tidal
and bar signals will be shown. Two red lights will
be used for channel lights instead of a red and white
light as heretofore.

There is also a green light exhibited on the ex-
treme end of harbour works now being carried out.
The harbour light will be shown on the flagstaff on
the north side of the river as heretofore, the channel
lights being shown on the south side of the river.

G. GREY.

Rejected—continued.
| Railway
| Tendered for. | Contractors. | Coal. | Rate per
| Ton. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Christchurch... | Francis Fulton | Newcastle | £ s. d. 1 11 0 |
| " | Francis Fulton | Waratahi | 1 11 0 |
| " | Francis Fulton | Wallsend | 1 11 0 |
| " | Hargreave | Newcastle | 1 9 9 |
| " | F. E. Wright | Newcastle | 1 9 2 |
| " | Brunner Coal Co. | Greymouth | 1 13 6 |
| " | C. W. Turner | Newcastle | 1 9 2 |
| Dunedin | H. Langham & Co. | Coke Gas Works | 1 7 6 |
| " | Kaitangata Coal Co. | Kaitangata | 0 10 6 |
| " | Francis Fulton | Newcastle | 1 9 10 |
| " | C. W. Turner | Newcastle | 1 9 10 |
| " | Green Island Coal Co. | Green Island | 0 13 0 |
| Timaru | Walton Park Co. | Walton Park | 0 13 0 |
| " | E. and J. Smith... | Newcastle | 2 2 6 |
| " | D. Gedge | Newcastle | 2 1 6 |
| " | J. Jackson | Newcastle | 2 1 0 |
| " | Henry Green | Newcastle | 2 3 3 |
| " | Gedge and White | Newcastle | 2 3 0 |
| " | H. Aitkin | Newcastle | 2 3 3 |
| Oamaru | Shag Point Coal Co. | Shag Point | 0 16 0 |
| Invercargill | James Waddell and Co. | Newcastle | 1 11 5 |
| " | Campbell & Ritchie | Newcastle | 1 12 10 |
| " | Hargreaves | Newcastle | 1 12 9 |
| " | Nicholl and Tucker | Newcastle | 1 9 11 |
| " | C. W. Turner | Newcastle | 1 9 10 |

IT is hereby notified that it is intended to grant
Gold Mining Leases to the under-mentioned
persons at the places and for the areas set opposite
to their names respectively :—

George Lemmon and Party, Nelson Creek, Nelson
South-West Gold Fields, 10 acres.

Conrad Haub and Party, Nelson Creek, Nelson
South-West Gold Fields, 6 acres.

George Druggan and Party, Golden Bay Gold
Field, 4 acres.

J. MACANDREW,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1877.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1877.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenders for the supply and delivery of coal to
the New Zealand Railways is published for general
information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Accepted.
| Railway
| Tendered for. | Contractors. | Coal. | Rate per
| Ton. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Auckland | { Taupiri Co. | Taupiri | £ s. d. { L.S. 0 6 0
| | W. G. Winstone | Newcastle | U.S. 0 4 0
| | | 2 0 0 |
| Napier | J. H. Vautier | Newcastle | 2 0 0 |
| Wellington | Brunner Coal Co. | Greymouth | 1 14 6 |
| Foxton | W. R. Williams... | Greymouth | 2 7 0 |
| Wanganui | Cross and Brown | Greymouth | 1 15 0 |
| New Plymouth | Webster Bros. | Greymouth | 1 16 11 |
| Picton | W. R. Williams... | Greymouth | 1 19 9 |
| Nelson | James Stropp | Greymouth | 1 14 6 |
| Westport | Wellington Coal Co. | Waimangaroa | 0 19 6 |
| Christchurch | James Mills | Newcastle | 1 8 9 |
| Timaru | C. W. Turner | Newcastle | 1 15 10 |
| Oamaru | C. W. Turner | Newcastle | 1 15 10 |
| Dunedin | James Mills | Newcastle | 1 8 9 |
| Invercargill | James Mills | Newcastle | 1 9 9 |

And the following Rejected.

| Railway
| Tendered for. | Contractors. | Coal. | Rate per
| Ton. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Auckland | Auckland Gas Co. | Coke | £ s. d. 1 2 0 |
| " | J. Craig | Newcastle | 2 0 0 |
| " | J. Craig | Coke | 6 10 0 |
| Napier | Waikato Coal Co. | Waikato | 0 4 0 |
| " | Waikato Coal Co. | Waikato | 1 12 6 |
| " | W. R. Williams | Newcastle | 2 5 0 |
| " | W. R. Williams... | Greymouth | 2 5 0 |
| " | Bay of Islands Co. | Kawakawa | 1 18 0 |
| Wellington | Joseph Le Quesne | Newcastle | 2 3 0 |
| " | W. R. Williams | Newcastle | 1 15 3 |
| " | W. R. Williams... | Greymouth | 2 7 0 |
| Wanganui | W. R. Williams | Newcastle | 2 7 0 |
| " | W. R. Williams... | Greymouth | 2 7 0 |
| New Plymouth | J. Pennington | Taupiri | 2 0 6 |
| " | J. Pennington | Waikato | 1 19 0 |
| " | Humphries & Son | Greymouth | 2 1 0 |
623

Depositary of Duties Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 14th December, 1877.

IT is hereby notified for public information that
Mr. C. J. HILL,
Postmaster at Sanson, in the County of Manawatu,
has been appointed a Depositary of Duties Stamps.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Secretary for Stamps.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

REGULE GENERALES, NOVEMBER, 1877.

BY virtue of the powers vested in us by law, it is
ordered by us, the Judges of the said Court,
with the approval of His Excellency the Governor in
Council, that the following Rule shall come into
force on and after the first day of January, 1878:---

Rule for the Time and Place of Delivery of Pleadings.
The provision in Rule 4 of the Regulæ Generales
of May, 1877, that, if the defendant shall reside in
that part of the Provincial District of Otago formerly
included in the Province of Southland, the place for
the delivery of the defendant's pleading shall be
some place in the Town of Invercargill is repealed,
and the following provision substituted :--

Provided always that if the defendant shall reside
in either of the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, South-
land, or Lake, or in Stewart's Island, the place to be
named in the Writ as the place at which the de-
fendant's pleading is to be delivered shall be some
place in the Town of Invercargill.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON.
C. W. RICHMOND.

WANGANUI GOLD MINING INVESTMENT COM-
PANY (LIMITED), IN LIQUIDATION.

A General Meeting of Members held at my
Office, Taupo Quay, this 10th day of December,
1877, at 12 noon, the following resolution was
carried:--

"That this meeting is of opinion that the affairs of
this Company have been fairly wound up."

EDW. CHURTON,
Liquidator.