THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 447

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1877.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
J. D. ORMOND,
Minister for Public Works.

MUNGAROA CONTRACT No. 1 (PERMANENT WAY)
WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY.
Accepted.
John Robinson, Upper Hutt ... 2,663 0 0

Declined.
P. Johnston, Wellington ... 2,678 0 0
W. H. Topham, Wanganui ... 2,841 0 0
John McLean, Wellington ... 3,451 0 0
John McLachlan, Upper Hutt ... 3,816 0 0
C. McKirdy, Wellington ... 3,931 0 0

Inspectors of Sheep appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

BENJAMIN PEDDIE BAYLY, Esq.,
Chief Inspector of Sheep for the Provincial District
of Otago, to be Chief Registrar of Brands, Stamps,
or Buists for the same provincial district, under
"The Diseased Sheep Act, 1876;" and the following
persons to be Registrars of Brands, Stamps, or
Buists under the same Act for that portion of the
said provincial district which is stated under the
name of each such person respectively :-

CHARLES ANDERSON, Esq.,
of Invercargill, for that portion of the Provincial
District of Otago that was comprised within the
former Province of Southland ;

WILLIAM EDWARD SESSIONS, Esq.,
of Dunedin, for the remaining portion of the afore-
said Provincial District of Otago.

GEO. MCLEAN,
(in absence of the Secretary for Crown Lands).

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1877.
INQUIRIES have been made respecting a person
named

WILLIAM EDWARD NEWCOMBE CURETON,
who came to New Zealand in the "Crusader," in
1873, from London.

He is about 5 feet 6 inches in height, has dark
hair and moustache, large eyes with melancholy
expression, is of rather slight build, and is 25 years
of age.

He had letters of introduction to gentlemen in
Christchurch, and was last heard of at home by letter
from Christchurch, written about March, 1874.

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

G. S. COOPER.

Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1877.
INQUIRIES have been made respecting a person
named

JOHN HUMPHREYS,
who is supposed to have arrived in New Zealand in
1862, having left Victoria during that year with
others for the New Zealand gold fields. Any
person possessing information respecting the above-
named is requested to communicate the same to this
office.

G. S. COOPER.

Designations of Post Offices Changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1877.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the designations of the Post Offices in the Pro-
vincial Districts of Auckland and Otago at present
known as Whapu and Teviot, have been changed
respectively to

DARGAVILLE and
ROXBOROUGH.

By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1877.-NOTICE No. 8.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1877.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information :-

Wesleyan Methodist Society.
The Reverend HENRY ELLIS.
The Reverend SAMUEL LAWRY.
The Reverend JOHN OSBOURNE.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Railway Traffic Returns.

KAIPARA TO RIVERHEAD RAILWAY.
RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 7th
April, 1877.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers ... 713 111 0 6
Parcels, &c. ... 2 17 10
113 18 4
GOODS.
Freight ... 328 tons ... 138 13 10
Total ... ... £252 12 2

AUCKLAND TO MERCER RAILWAY.
RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 7th
April, 1877.

PASSENGERS.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers ... 11,380 975 16 0
Parcels, &c. ... 20 10 5
Season Tickets ... 7 15 8 6
1,011 14 11