THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 61

Discontinuance of Bar and Danger Signals at Port
Molyneux.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 13th January, 1877.

IT is hereby notified, that the Bar and Danger
Signals will not be shown at Port Molyneux
after the 31st instant.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).

Election of Members of Patea Harbour Board.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 16th January, 1877.

IT is hereby notified that the Carlyle Town Board
have elected

JOHN MILROY, Esq., and
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Esq.,

to be Members of the Patea Harbour Board.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).

Election of Members of the Hokitika Harbour Board.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 16th January, 1877.

IT is hereby notified, that, at an Election held at
Hokitika on the 8th instant, the following per-
sons were elected Members of the Hokitika Harbour
Board:-

JAMES CHESNEY, Esq.,
DAVID W. VERTUE,
JOSEPH CHURCHES, Esq.,
WILLIAM TODD, Esq., J.P., and
JOHN HALL, Esq.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).

Appointment of Members of the Waitara Harbour
Board.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 16th January, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HALSE, Esq., J.P.,
THOMAS BAYLY, jun., Esq., J.P., and
BURTON CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq.,

to be Members of the Waitara Harbour Board.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).

Tenders.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 13th January, 1877.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers are published for general information.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).

PUYSEGUR POINT LIGHTHOUSE.
Accepted.
£ s. d.
William Birss, Invercargill ... 2,984 2 0

Declined.
John B. Blair, Kingston ... 3,289 0 0

CENTRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE.
Accepted.
William Boyd, Invercargill ... 2,078 19 9

Declined.
P. Dey, Mosgiel ... 2,421 5 0
John Ramsay, Invercargill ... 2,786 5 6
Walker and Burns, Invercargill ... 2,954 7 0
W. Anderson and Co., Dunedin ... 3,528 1 10

Land reserved for Town and other purposes.

WHEREAS by the Regulations for the Sale and
Disposal of Lands taken under the authority
of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and
"The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and
to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing date
the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-one, it is provided that reserves
for roads, and all other public purposes whatever, and
for education, and the sites for churches and chapels
or other places of worship for different religious
denominations, may be made by Government out of
any confiscated lands, and that notices of all such
reserves shall be published in the New Zealand
Gazette: And whereas, by section five of "The
Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," it is pro-
vided that all Proclamations, Orders in Council, and
Regulations relating to confiscated lands, and every
Waste Lands Act in force at the time of the passing
of the said Act within any land district, shall, except
so far as the same is expressly or impliedly altered
or repealed by the said "Waste Lands Administra-
tion Act, 1876," continue in force, and that no such
repeal or amendment, whether express or implied,
shall affect any contract, promise, or agreement made
by or on behalf of Her Majesty thereunder, previously
to the coming into operation of the said Waste Lands
Administration Act, and then incomplete or unful-
filled:

It is hereby notified, that, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the powers and authorities hereinbefore
mentioned, and in fulfilment of a specific engage-
ment in that behalf, the lands specified in the
Schedule hereunder written shall be reserved for
the purposes therein mentioned, and set opposite the
description of the said parcels of land respectively.

D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

12th January, 1877.

SCHEDULE.

Railway Traffic Returns.

SOUTHERN RAILWAYS.

DUNEDIN DIVISION.

RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 30th
November, 1876