THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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at the following stations:---Calcutta, Allahabad,
Cawnpore, Lucknow, Agra, Morar, Meerut, Bareilly,
Umballa, Lahore, Mooltan, Sialkote, Rawul Pindi,
Peshawur.

In future the purchases will, except under special
circumstances, be made only between the 15th Sep-
tember and 28th February. With regard to the
purchases of the season of 1877-78, however, no
alteration will be made in the date of closing-viz.,
1st April.

Horses and mares of all breeds will be received,
but they must be within the prescribed age, 4 to 7
years.

The average price for a remount has been fixed at
rupees 550. Every horse presented for purchase
will be valued separately, and higher or lower prices
may be given, provided that the average of the pur-
chases does not exceed that limit.

H. K. BURNE, Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India.
Simla, 31st August, 1877.

Registrars of Dogs appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable WILLIAM FULLBROOK, and
Constable GEORGE CARTMILL,
to be Registrars of Dogs for the District of Canter-
bury, under clause 3 of "The Canterbury Dog Nui-
sance Ordinance, 1861."

G. S. WHITMORE.

Manager of Blackstone Hill Cemetery appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that he has appointed the following
gentleman to be a Manager of the Blackstone Hill
Cemetery (Otago), viz.,-
WILLIAM B. LEEDER, Esq., vice George Turnbull,
Esq., resigned.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Registration and Returning Officer appointed for
East Coast.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HOPKINS CLARKE, Esq.,
to be Registration and Returning Officer for the
Electoral District of East Coast, for the election
of members of the House of Representatives, vice
Hamlin, resigned.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
person, viz.,--

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Anna Malene Bowler ... Married woman Woollcombe's
Gully, near
Timaru.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
re-appoint
FRANCIS HAMILTON, Esq.,
Mayor of Greymouth, to be a Justice of the Peace
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the appointment
held by
Captain J. T. Marshall (New Zealand Militia), as
Officer Commanding Volunteers in the Nelson
District, from the 31st October, 1877.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
Captain Albert Pitt, Nelson Artillery Volunteers,
to command the Volunteers in the Nelson Dis-
trict. From the 1st November, 1877.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Akaroa Artillery Volunteers.
The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of Officers in the Volunteer
Force, their commissions having, under the provisions
of "The Volunteer Act, 1865," lapsed :--
C. W. Bridge, Esq., late Captain.
H. de B. Bridge, Esq., late Second Lieutenant.

J. SHEEHAN.

New Zealand Railways. Westport to Mount Rochfort
Railway.

Westport Wharf Rates.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New
Zealand Railways fixed by Order in Council
dated the seventeenth day of April, 1877, the follow-
ing rates for the Westport Wharf of the Westport
to Mount Rochfort Railway are hereby declared to
be fixed, and shall be paid by persons using the said
wharf on and from the 5th of November, 1877.

SCHEDULE.
WESTPORT TO MOUNT ROCHFORT RAILWAY.
Westport Wharf Rates. s. d.
On all sailing vessels, foreign, intercolonial, or coastwise,
from ports beyond the limits comprised between Cape
Farewell and Milford Sound, per ton register, per trip 1 0
On all sailing vessels from ports within the above limits,
per ton register, per trip 0 9
On all coasting steamers from ports beyond the limits
comprised between Cape Farewell and Milford Sound,
per ton register, per trip ... ... ... 0 9