THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 615

Pound Keeper at Riverton appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN HART
to be Pound Keeper of the Public Pound at Riverton,
vice Hugh Tanner, resigned.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DUNCAN GUY, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the Districts of Napier and Clive, vice Richmond
Beetham, Esq., R.M., absent on leave.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Public Vaccinators appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1877.
IT is hereby notified that, under the provisions of
"The Public Health Act, 1876," His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentlemen to be Public Vaccinators, to
perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act, and any Regulations
made or to be made thereunder, for the districts
mentioned in the Schedule hereto and set opposite
their names respectively.
DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.
JOHN GUTHRIE, Esq.—Akaroa.
LEIGHTON KESTEVEN, Esq.—Waimea South.

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th May, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT STUART, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of
Napier and Waipukurau, with jurisdiction to £100,
during the absence on leave of R. Beetham, Esq., R.M.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

District Land Registrar, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th June, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
GEORGE BOUTFLOWER DAVY, Esq.,
to be District Land Registrar and Registrar of Deeds
for the District of Wellington, from the 1st instant,
vice J. E. Smith, Esq., transferred.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Chairman of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th June, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT STUART, Esq., R.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Petane and Town of Napier, vice R.
Beetham, Esq., R.M.; and
HERBERT WILLIAM BRABANT, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Maketu, vice F. E. Hamlin, Esq., J.P., trans-
ferred.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Member of Licensing Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th June, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SYDNEY JOHNSTON, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the Dis-
trict of Waipaoa, vice J. M. Stokes, Esq., resigned.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Auditor of Trust Accounts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th June, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE AUGUSTUS PREECE, Esq., R.M.,
to be Auditor of the Trust Accounts for the District
of Opotiki, vice J. N. Ward, Esq.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Trust Commissioner.

Native Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL LOCKE, ESq., R.M.,
of Napier, to be a Trust Commissioner for the
Hawke's Bay District, under "The Native Lands
Frauds Prevention Act, 1870."
DANIEL POLLEN.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1877.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
J. D. ORMOND,
Minister for Public Works.

CONTRACT FOR THE ERECTION OF A BRIDGE
OVER THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE WAI-
MAKARIRI RIVER.
Accepted.
Evans and Butt, Christchurch ... ... £ s. d.
3,014 10 8

Declined.
R. W. England, Christchurch (did not take up
contract) ... ... 2,870 4 0
Thomas and Hill, Amberley ... ... 3,139 9 9
W. Stocks, Christchurch ... ... 3,300 0 0
W. Stocks, Christchurch (alternative) ... ... 3,099 0 0
H. Reid, Dunedin ... ... 3,715 2 4
Henderson and Fergus, Dunedin ... ... 3,853 3 6
W. H. Bains, Christchurch ... ... 3,971 12 0
W. H. Bains, Christchurch (alternative) ... ... 3,771 12 0
Thornton and Bull, Christchurch ... ... 4,063 8 3
F. H. Kerr, Christchurch ... ... 4,171 9 0

ONEHUNGA WHARF CONTRACT OF THE KAIPARA-
PUNIU RAILWAY.
Accepted.
A. Sutherland and W. Smith, Auckland ... ... £ s. d.
9,409 19 6