THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1767

the West by Sections numbered 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4,
and 2, Block II., of said district; again towards the
North by Section numbered 42, Block V., of said
district; and again towards the West by the Lee
Creek or Canal, and Section numbered 38, Block III.,
Taieri West Survey District: as the same is de-
lineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office,
Dunedin.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th December, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Andrew Anderson, Esq., Mayor of Avenal;
Edwin Blake, Esq, Mayor of Kumara;
Henry Blackett, Esq., Mayor of Rangiora;
David Blackie, Esq., Mayor of West Harbour;
George Henry Blackwell, Esq., Mayor of Kai-
apoi;
Robert Church, Esq., Mayor of Maori Hill;
Charles Colclough, Esq., Mayor of Cromwell;
Alexander Cross, Esq., Mayor of East Invercar-
gill;
Frederick H. Daniel, Esq., Mayor of Queens-
town;
George Fell, Esq., Mayor of Blenheim;
Edsall Grûber, Esq., Mayor of Arrowtown;
William Reeve Haselden, Esq., Mayor of West-
port;
Charles Haynes, Esq., Mayor of Palmerston
South;
Charles Thomas Ick, Esq., Mayor of Christ-
church;
Robert Richard Jones, Esq, Mayor of Milton;
Duncan McGregor, Esq., Mayor of Masterton;
Robert Rutherford, Esq, Mayor of Caversham;
David Lees Simpson, Esq., Mayor of Morning-
ton;
George Matthew Snelson, Esq., Mayor of Pal-
merston North; and
Christian Jacob Waukerle, Esq., Mayor of
Akaroa,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876."

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk of District Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th December, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Ashburton of the District Court of
Christchurch.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

New Postal Districts established.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1878.

IT is hereby notified for general information that,
from and after the 1st of January proximo, the
Post Offices at Oamaru, Timaru, and Wanganui will
be constituted "Chief Post Offices" within the mean-
ing of clause one of the Postal Regulations of the
29th December, 1874. Following this decision, the
under-mentioned new postal districts will therefore
be established:—

OAMARU.
The Postal District of Oamaru shall extend from
the River Shag to the River Waitaki, and include
all Sub Post Offices now established, or which may
be established within the County of Waitaki. The
following Sub Post Offices, which are within the
proposed Postal District of Oamaru, will be under
the immediate control of the Chief Postmaster,
Oamaru:—

• Awamoko.
• Duntroon.
• Enfield.
• Hampden.
• Kakanui.
• Maerewhenua.
• Maheno.
• Moeraki.
• Ngapara.
• Oamaru (Chief Office).
• Omarama.
• Otepopo.
• Papakaio.
• Pukeuri.
• Upper Ferry.
• Weston.

TIMARU.
The Postal District of Timaru shall extend from
the Waitaki River to the River Rangitata, and in-
clude all Sub Post Offices now established or which
may be established within the Counties of Waimate
and Geraldine. The following Sub Post Offices,
which are within the proposed Postal District of
Timaru, will be under the immediate control of the
Chief Postmaster, Timaru:—

• Albury.
• Blue Cliffs.
• Burke's Pass.
• Cave.
• Fairlie Creek.
• Geraldine.
• Hilton.
• Lake Tekapo.
• Makihiki.
• Orari.
• Otaio.
• Pareora.
• Pleasant Point.
• Pleasant Valley.
• Pukaki Ferry.
• Rangitata.
• Sandie Town.
• Silverstream.
• St. Andrew.
• Temuka.
• Timaru (Chief Office).
• Waihao.
• Waihi Bush.
• Waimate.
• Waimate Junction.
• Waitaki.
• Waitohi Flat.
• Washdyke.
• Winchester.

WANGANUI.
The Postal District of Wanganui shall extend from
the Rangitikei River to the River Taungatara, and
include all Sub Post Offices now established or
which may be established within the Counties of
Rangitikei, Wanganui, and Patea. The following
Sub Post Offices, which are within the proposed
Postal District of Wanganui, will be under the im-
mediate control of the Chief Postmaster, Wanga-
nui :—

• Bull's.
• Crofton.
• Fordell.
• Greatford.
• Hawera.
• Kai Iwi.
• Kakaramea.
• Makirikiri.
• Manutahi.
• Marton.
• Maxwelltown.
• Normanby.
• Parawanui.
• Patea.
• St. John's.
• Taylorville.
• Turakina.
• Waihi.
• Waitotara.
• Wangaehu.
• Wanganui (Chief Office)
• Waverley.

As the accounts of depositors in the Post Office
Savings Banks, which may have been or may be
opened prior to the 31st December next, cannot, after
that date, be operated upon at any of the offices of
the new districts until the accounts are transferred,
depositors resident within each of these postal dis-
tricts are requested, on or before the 31st instant,
to forward their deposit books to the Postmasters,
Oamaru, Timaru, and Wanganui respectively, with
a notice that they require their accounts transferred.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Postmaster-General.)