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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointments.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Public Works Department:—

FRANCIS DUNNE, Clerk in the Constructed Railways Branch; from 28th March, 1877.

THOMAS ADOLPH ARROWSMITH, Clerk in the Constructed Railways Branch; from 29th March, 1877.

HORATIO JOHN HOOPER BLOW, a Clerk in the Constructed Railways Branch; from 9th April, 1877.

ALLISON DALRYMPLE SMITH, a Locomotive Engineer; from 10th April, 1877.

JAMES DUNCAN HARRIS, a General Manager; from 11th April, 1877.

WILLIAM STONE, a General Manager; from 11th April, 1877.

HENRY ST. JOHN CHRISTOPHERS, a General Manager; from 23rd April, 1877.

CHARLES BELLINGHAM BARNARD HANKEY, an Assistant General Manager; from 23rd April, 1877; and

THOMAS HALL, Clerk, Christchurch; from 18th May, 1877.

J. D. ORMOND.

District Land Officer appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES ALLEN WRAY, Esq.,

to be an officer for conducting sales, and receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal, or occupation of waste lands within the Land District of Patea, being part of the Land District of Taranaki, and for carrying generally into effect the provisions of “The Taranaki Waste Lands Act, 1874,” as the same is amended by “The Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876,” within the aforesaid Land District of Patea.

D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

District Land Officer appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY ALDBOROUGH STRATFORD, Esq.,

to be an officer for conducting sales, and receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal, or occupation of waste lands within the Land District of Queenstown, in the Provincial District of Otago.

D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Chief Surveyor and Inspector of Surveys appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN SPENCE, Esq.,

to be Chief Surveyor of Southland, and Inspector of Surveys in the Invercargill Land District, in the department of the Surveyor-General. The appointment to date from 1st March, 1877.

D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Appointments.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Department of the Surveyor-General:—

D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Wanganui Harbour and River Conservators Board.—Wharf Regulations.

IN pursuance of “The Wanganui Harbour and River Conservators Board Act, 1876,” the Wanganui Harbour and River Conservators Board, hereinafter called “the Board,” make the following Regulations, that is to say:—

1. By-law number five (5) of the Council of the Borough of Wanganui is hereby repealed.

2. The term Wharfinger shall apply to such person or persons as the Board may from time to time appoint to take charge of the wharves, and shall include his or their deputy or substitute. All dues, unless otherwise directed, shall be paid to the Wharfinger.

3. The charges mentioned in Schedule No. 1 shall be made for wharfage at the Putiki cattle wharf only.

4. The charges mentioned in Schedules numbered 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, and the conditions and provisions in such Schedules contained, shall apply to and shall be made for storage and wharfage at all the other wharves, and on the foreshore vested or to be vested in the Board.

5. The exemptions contained in Schedule No. 6 shall apply to all the wharves and the foreshore vested in the Board, without exception.

6. The following rules for the management of the respective wharves shall be observed.

Wharf Rules.

1. Each wharf shall be open for receipt and delivery of goods on all business days (Sundays and holidays observed by Her Majesty’s Customs excepted) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but on Saturdays it may be closed at 2 p.m. Vessels may load and discharge from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but on Saturdays until 1 p.m. only.

2. The Wharfinger shall receive all goods landed at the ship’s side, and give receipts for the same: Provided always that he need not give such a receipt for twenty-four hours, unless previous to the vessel commencing to discharge he has been supplied by the master of the vessel with a copy of the manifest or freight-list, showing the weights and measurements on which freight is charged.