THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1091

One hundred palings, or one thousand shingles, as
100 feet timber.
Owner to do all loading or unloading.
For each loading or unloading done by the rail-
way. 3d. per 100 feet additional will be charged.
All sawn timber under 1 inch is taken as inch
stuff in computing the measurement.

Hay, Straw, and Chaff.
Owner loads and unloads. For each loading or
unloading done by the Department, 1s. 6d. per truck
extra will be charged. Quantities under one ton may
be carried as Class B, pressed, at single rates; un-
pressed, double rates. No charge to exceed truck
rate.
Dated at Wellington, this seventh day of Novem-
ber, 1877.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister for Public Works.

Commissioner of Waste Lands Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

BUNTER CLAPCOTT, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board of
the Land District of Westland.

J. MACANDREW,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Post Office and Telegraph Holiday.

General Government Offices,
Wellington, 7th November, 1877.

IT is hereby notified for public information that
Friday, the 9th instant, the anniversary of the
Prince of Wales' Birthday, will be observed as a
general holiday at all Post Offices and Telegraph
Stations throughout the colony.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General and Commissioner of
Telegraphs.

Rules of Waitaki Acclimatization Society deposited.

colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1877.

NOTICE is hereby given, that in pursuance of the
provisions of "The Protection of Animals Act,
1873," the Rules of the Waitaki County Acclimati-
zation Society were deposited in this office on the
31st day of October, 1877.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1877.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Otago
Provincial District, known as Switzer's, has been
changed to

WAIKAIA.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Name of Money Order and Savings Bank Office
altered.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1877.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the name of the Money Order and Savings Bank

Office at Switzer's, in the Postal District of Dunedin,
has been changed to

WAIKAIA.
By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1877.-NOTICE No. 19.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 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 name of an Officiating Minister,
within the meaning of the said Act, is published for
general information:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend DAVID BORRIE.

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

Government Life Insurance Office opened.

Government Insurance Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1877.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the under-mentioned
Post Office has been opened as a Government
Life Insurance Office:—

AMBERLEY, County of Ashley.

J. WOODWARD,
Deputy Commissioner.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

HIS Honor the Chief Justice, on the first day of
September last, appointed

JAMES MARTIN, Esq.,
of Sydney, New South Wales, Associate to His
Honor the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
New South Wales, to be a Commissioner of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand for the purpose of
administering and taking oaths, affidavits, and affirm-
ations under the second section of "The Commis-
sioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875."

A. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Wellington, 29th October, 1877.

HALF-YEARLY Return of the aggregate average
amount of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets
of the Bank of Australasia, within the Colony of
New Zealand, from the 17th day of April, 1877, to
the 15th day of October, 1877, inclusive. Published
pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.

LIABILITIES.
Bills in Circulation not bearing Interest
Notes in Circulation not bearing Interest
Bills and Notes in Circulation bearing Interest
Balances due to other Banks
Cash deposited not bearing Interest
Cash deposited bearing Interest
Total Liabilities within the Colony

ASSETS.
Coin and Bullion
Landed Property (Bank premises)
Notes and Bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Debts due to the Corporation, including
Notes, Bills, and other Securities
Total Assets within the Colony

£ s. d.
4,701 18 7
54,602 0 9
156,091 0 8
261,520 12 9
£476,915 12 9

£ s. d.
79,294 17 0
23,604 10 10
-2,518 4 9
737,262 16 7
£342,680 9 2

J. SAWERS, Manager,
E. TURNER, Accountant,
} at Welling-
ton.
5th November, 1877.