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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the costs of Assessor and witnesses, amounting to £3
6s. 9d., but, as I understand that he has no means, I
fear nothing can be recovered. At the inquiry
nothing could be ascertained respecting insurance.
I have since learned that the vessel and cargo were
insured in the following offices and amounts:
Vessel, £600, Standard; cargo, £1,400, South
British, and £1,000, National. The vessel was not
damaged so much as anticipated, for she was got off
and sent to Port Chalmers for repair.

"Given under my hand this twenty-fifth day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, at Oamaru, in the Provin-
cial District of Otago.

"J. W. PARKER,
"Resident Magistrate."

"I, James Matheson, Nautical Assesor on the in-
quiry into the wreck of the ketch 'Huon Bell,' do
fully concur in the above report concerning the
damage to the said vessel.

"JAMES MATHESON,
"Nautical Assessor."

Clerk in Accountant's Office, Constructed Railways
Department, appointed.

Constructed Railways Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to appoint

GEORGE NEWBATT, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Accountant's Office of the Con-
structed Railways Department. This appointment
dates from the 3rd January, 1878.

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

Abolishing Tolls on Waikato Bridge.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested
in me by "The Public Works Act, 1876," I,
George Stoddart Whitmore, Minister acting for the
Minister for Public Works, do hereby cancel and
abolish the scale of tolls for the Waikato Bridge, fixed
by Warrant, dated the 4th day of December, 1876,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
14th December, 1876, page 874.

This notice to take effect from the 1st day of
March, 1878.

Dated this 13th day of February, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

Alterations and Additions to the Rates for the Con-
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels,
&c., on all the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council, dated
the 17th day of April, 1877, the following alterations
and additions to the rates for the conveyance, deli-
very, and storage of goods, parcels, &c., on all the
New Zealand Railways, are hereby declared to be
fixed, and shall come into force from the eighteenth
day of February, 1878 :-

GRAIN.

Rate for freight of grain from Timaru and Wash-
dyke Stations to Lyttelton Station to be fourteen
shillings (14s.) per ton.

WOOL.

Rate for freight of wool from Timaru and Wash-
dyke Stations to Lyttelton Station to be six shillings
and sixpence (6s. 6d.) per bale of four (4) cwt.

Dated this twelfth day of February, 1878.

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

Addition to the Rates for the Conveyance, Delivery, and
Storage of Goods, Parcels, &c., on all the New
Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council, dated
the 17th day of April, 1877, the following addition to
the rates for the conveyance, delivery, and storage of
goods, parcels, &c., on all the New Zealand Railways,
is hereby declared to be fixed, and shall come into
force from the twenty-fifth day of February; 1878:-

AUCKLAND SECTION. - MERCER WHARF.

Wharfage.

Dated this thirteenth day of February, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.)

Chairman of the Education Board of the District of
Otago appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1878.

PURSUANT to section 17 of "The Education Act,
1877," His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

JAMES GREEN, Esq.,
to be Chairman of the Education Board of the Dis-
trict of Otago.

J. BALLANCE.

Authority to Frank.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

THE SECRETARY, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,
to frank and receive, free from the prepayment of
postage, letters and parcels posted on the public
service.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1878.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a
Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at

BLUESKIN (Chief Office, Dunedin),
from and after 1st March next.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.