THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 183

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Pro-
vincial District of Nelson. The appointment takes
effect from the 1st of January, 1877.
D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Commissioner of Waste Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS MASON, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Waste Land Board of
the Land District of Wellington, vice Henry Jackson,
Esq., resigned.
D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
INSPECTORS AND SUB-INSPECTORS OF POLICE
throughout the colony to frank and receive, free from
the prepayment of postage, letters and parcels posted
on the Public Service.
D. REID,
(for the Postmaster-General).

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1877.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
J. D. ORMOND.

RANGITATA-TEMUKA RAILWAY.
PROTECTIVE WORKS AT ORARI BRIDGE.
Accepted.
Jones and Peters, Timaru ... ... £ s. d.
281 12 9

Declined.
Silas Sibley, Timaru (withdrawn) ... 185 10 0
W. H. Barnes, Christchurch (informal) ... 275 0 0
Wm. McGill, Timaru ... ... 315 0 0
W. Armand and Co., Timaru ... ... 561 0 0
Thos. H. Parsons, Timaru ... ... 809 9 0

Angus McLeod, late Clerk in Telegraph Office,
Dunedin.

UNDER the provisions of "The Public Payments
without Probate Act, 1869," and the regulations
made thereunder, published in the New Zealand
Gazette of 1870, page 212, the Colonial Treasurer
intends to make a payment of money due the above-
named deceased to a person not being his legal repre-
sentative. All persons objecting to such payment
being made must give notice to the Colonial Trea-
surer, at Wellington, within one calendar month
from the date of the Gazette bearing this notice,
when their objections will be considered.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Auction Sale of Crown Lands on Deferred Payments,
Wellington Provincial District.

THE under-mentioned Sections, situate in the
Manawatu District, having been applied for by
more than one applicant, will, in terms of Section 4,
Part I., of "The Wellington Special Settlements
Act, 1871," be offered for sale by public auction, at
the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, at noon on
Friday next, the 16th instant, at the upset price of
20s. per acre.
JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Chief Commissioner, Waste Lands Board.
Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1877.

No. of
Section. Area. No. of
Section. Area.
A. R. P. A. R. P.
158 134 0 0 193 178 0 0
160 200 0 0 194 178 0 0
162 200 0 0 226 200 0 0
164 200 0 0 228 200 0 0
168 199 0 0 230 200 0 0
170 176 0 0 235 200 0 0
178 82 0 0 239 200 0 0
182 102 0 0 241 200 0 0
192 178 0 0

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.
WILLIAM HENRY OSBORNE, of Brisbane, in
the Colony of Queensland, Associate to His
Honor Mr. Justice Lilley, and a Commissioner of
the Supreme Court of Queensland, has been ap-
pointed by His Honor the Chief Justice a Commis-
sioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the
Colony of Queensland, under the second section of
"The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act,
1875," for the purpose of taking all such oaths,
affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section
mentioned.
ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Wellington, 8th February, 1877.

Road declared to be a County Road.

Wellington, 14th February, 1877.
THE following Resolution, passed at a Meeting of
the Patea County Council held on the 6th day
of February instant, is published in terms of the
88th section of "The Public Works Act, 1876."
G. F. SHERWOOD,
Chairman, Patea County Council.
Resolved, That the Council do at once proclaim
all that portion of the main trunk line or Coast road
within the county, between the Waitotara and
Taungataia Rivers, to be a County Road, in terms of
section 88 of "The Public Works Act, 1876."

Assistant Surveyors wanted.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1877.
WANTED two temporary Assistant Surveyors,
accustomed to forest work preferred, for
Patea-Taranaki District. Salary, £275 per annum.
Applications in writing, with necessary certificates,
to be made to the Chief Surveyor, New Plymouth,
up to 1st March, 1877.
A. BARRON,
(for the Surveyor-General).