THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 247

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1877.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
J. D. ORMOND.

WANGANUI-MANAWATU RAILWAY.
CARTING 21,800 SLEEPERS.
Accepted.
Emigrant and Colonist's Aid Corporation ... 1,044 0 0
Declined.
T. J. Allen... ... ... ... 1,362 10 0
G. Y. Lethbridge ... ... ... 1,453 6 8
R. Slattery... ... ... ... 1,589 11 8
R. Slattery (alternative tender) ... 2,233 6 8
W. H. Taylor ... ... ... ... 1,589 11 8
Messrs. J. and C. Bull ... ... 1,589 11 8
T. Denby ... ... ... ... 1,771 5 0
Messrs. Hall and Iorns ... ... 2,866 13 4

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1877.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
J. D. ORMOND.

KOPUA BRIDGE CONTRACT.
NAPIER-MANAWATU RAILWAY.
Accepted.
A. Mackay, Waipukurau... ... 1,139 0 0
Declined.
D. McLeod, Waipukurau ... 1,255 0 0
Alexander Smith, Auckland ... 1,356 0 0
Kavanagh and Watson, Auckland ... 1,430 0 0
R. McInnes, Pakuratahi ... 1,485 2 9
J. B. Ross, Woodville ... 1,659 5 5
Miller, Murray, and Watson, Waipukurau ... 1,724 15 6
Boclstad and Co., Waipukurau ... 1,730 0 0
J. McSweeny, Napier ... ... 1,770 0 0
H. Monteith, Waipukurau ... 1,856 13 3
W. G. Boss, Wanganui ... 2,609 0 0

Appointments.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the following appointments in the
Public Works Department:-
PETER SEATON HAY, Cadet; from 13th January,
1875.
HENRY ANDREW GORDON, Assistant Engineer;
from 1st July, 1876.
ARCHIBALD MOINET, Traffic Manager; from 25th
December, 1876.
ROBERT WRIGHT, Clerk in the Constructed Rail-
ways Branch; from 15th February, 1877.
J. D. ORMOND.

Appointment of Assessor of Pastoral Lands.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM ARTHUR, Esq.,
to be an Assessor of Pastoral Lands within the Pro-
vincial District of Otago.
D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
THE OFFICERS IN CHARGE
of the Telegraph Stations at Dunedin, Christchurch,
Nelson, and Auckland, respectively, to frank, free
from the prepayment of postage, letters and parcels
posted on the public service.
D. REID,
(for the Postmaster-General).

Application for Registration of Trade Marks.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1877.
NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. RICHARD
BLACKWOOD, of Little Collins Street West, in
the City of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria,
has applied, on behalf of the firm of JOHN DE KUYPER
and Son, trading as distillers at Rotterdam in Holland,
to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the
three Trade Marks of which the following are de-
scriptions, viz.,-

Description of Trade Marks.
No. 1.
The name of "John de Kuyper & Son," painted
so as to form an arch, underneath which is a repre-
sentation of an anchor.
Nature of the Article to which it is intended such
Trade Mark shall apply.
"Cases containing Geneva."

No. 2.
The initials "J D K + Z," with an anchor above
them.
Nature of the Article to which it is intended such
Trade Mark shall apply.
"Cases containing Geneva."

No. 3.
A label for bottles, having a heart-shaped border
within which, and near the top, are the words
"Genuine Hollands Geneva;" underneath these
words is an anchor, and below the anchor are the
letters "J D K + Z;" underneath this again is a
ribbon on which are inscribed the words "John de
Kuyper & Son," and the word "Rotterdam," at the
bottom.
Nature of the Article to which it is intended such
Trade Mark shall apply.
A spirit known as "Hollands Geneva," or "Hol-
lands Gin," or more properly "Geneva."
G. S. COOPER,
(for the Registrar of Trade Marks).
Wellington, 28th February, 1877.

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1877.
THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to
the Writ issued by him on the 23rd day of
January, 1877, for the election of a Member to serve
in the House of Representatives for the Electoral
District hereinafter specified; and by the indorse-
ment on such Writ it appears that the under-men-
tioned gentleman has been duly elected Member for
such district :-

For the District of Napier.
FREDERICK SUTTON.
G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.