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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

JOSIAH BIRCH, Esq., J.P., and
EDWARD GEORGE KERR, Esq.,
to be Members of the Waimakariri Harbour Board.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in absence of Commissioner of Customs).

Fixing Time and Place for First Meeting of the
Waimakariri Harbour Board.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 31st January, 1877.
IT is hereby notified, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint Monday,
the 12th February, at 7 p.m., to be the day on which
the Waimakariri Harbour Board shall hold its first
meeting; the place of meeting to be the Kaiapoi
Borough Council Chambers.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in absence of Commissioner of Customs).

Deputy Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALFRED HASSALL KING, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps at Hokitika,
in the Provincial District of Westland, vice Frederick
G. Morgan, Esq., promoted.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Depositaries of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1877.
IT is hereby notified, for public information, that
Mr. WILLIAM HARRISON,
Postmaster at Mangapai, in the County of Wangarei,
and
Mr. GEORGE KIRTON,
Postmaster at Feilding, in the County of Manawatu,
have been appointed Depositaries of Duties Stamps.

C. HICKSON,
(for the Secretary for Stamps).

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1877.
THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers are published for general information.
J. D. ORMOND.

REFRESHMENT ROOMS-TIMARU STATION.
Accepted.
Neal Murphy, Timaru ... ... ... ... £ s. d.
659 0 0
Declined.
Thomas H. Parsons ... ... ... ... 823 7 0
Henry Thornton ... ... ... ... 838 10 0
Thomas Machin ... ... ... ... 848 0 0
Sandilands and Co. ... ... ... ... 855 8 4
George Filmer ... ... ... ... 887 0 0
Temperton and Husband ... ... ... 961 14 0

WAITAKI-INVERCARGILL RAILWAY.
WAIPAHI CONTRACT.
Accepted.
John Whitaker, Dunedin ... ... ... £ s. d.
5,861 16 0
Declined.
J. Watson and Co., Dunedin ... ... 5,887 0 0
Walter Bell ... ... ... ... 5,960 18 0
W. H. Topham, Invercargill ... ... 5,979 6 8
Millar, Murray, and Walker, Waipukurau 6,228 16 0
Henderson and Fargus, Dunedin... ... 6,490 4 6
John B. Blair, Invercargill ... ... 6,600 0 0
Matheson Brothers, Dunedin ... ... 6,985 18 4
David Proudfoot, Dunedin ... ... 7,188 12 0

L. Litton, Clinton ... ... ... ... £ s. d.
7,361 4 11
Alexander Menzies, Invercargill ... ... 7,498 16 4
E. Duxberry, Dunedin ... ... ... ... 9,177 0 0

ROLLING STOCK CONTRACT.
AMBERLEY-WAITAKI RAILWAYS.
Accepted.
Walter Hogg, Christchurch... ... ... £ s. d.
359 10 0
Declined.
Thomas H. Kerr, Christchurch ... ... 380 1 0
Scott Brothers, Christchurch ... ... 474 0 0

Secretary to Waste Lands Board, Provincial District
of Canterbury, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
A. F. N. BLAKISTON, Esq.,
to be Secretary to the Waste Lands Board of the
Provincial District of Canterbury.
This appointment dates from the 1st instant.
D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1877.
INQUIRIES have been made for a person named
JOSEPH WILLIAM BOWLER,
who came to New Zealand in the ship "Waikato,"
and was last heard of by his friends in England in
April, 1875, when he requested his letters might be
sent to Post Office, Christchurch, as he was going
up country with Surveyors.
He is about 5 feet 9 inches in height, of slight
build, and has dark complexion, and is about 29
years of age.
Any person possessing information respecting the
person above named is requested to communicate the
same to this office.
G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1877.
INQUIRIES have been made respecting a person
named
KATHERINE MAHON,
who came to New Zealand in the "Carnatic" in
1874.
She has dark hair and eyes, round features, and
has a small scar on her forehead.
She lived when in England at 38, St. Clement's
Road, Notting Hill, London.
Any person possessing information respecting the
above-named person is requested to communicate the
same to this office.
G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Application for Registration of Trade Mark.

NOTICE is hereby given, that GEORGE LYMAN
SISE, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zea-
land, Merchant, Agent for ALBERT FLEETFORD SISE,
of the City of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts,
in the United States of America, has applied, on
behalf of the said Albert Fleetford Sise, to register
the following Trade Mark under "The Trade Marks
Act, 1866 ":-