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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointment of Commanding Officer of Auckland
and Thames Districts.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Major EDWARD WITHERS,

New Zealand Militia, to command the Militia and
Volunteers in the Auckland and Thames Militia
Districts. From the 1st August, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband

The Clutha Cavalry Volunteers.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1878.

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

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

WAITAKI-INVERCARGILL RAILWAY.—TAPANUI
BRANCH CONTRACT.

Accepted.
Proudfoot and McKay, Dunedin ... £ 61,500 s. d.
0 0

Declined.
Topham and Angus, Invercargill ... 67,551 17 9
Allan and Stumbles, Timaru ... 68,711 2 7
H. Howatt and Co., Tapanui ... 72,800 15 4
J. McKenzie and Co., Dunedin ... 74,000 0 0

SUPPLY OF 878 TONS OF IRON RAILS AND
FASTENINGS FOR NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

Accepted.
McPherson and Co., Invercargill ... £ 6,424 s. d.
3 0

Declined.
John Duthie, Wanganui ... 6,608 10 0
Renshaw, Denison, and Co., Dunedin ... 6,614 15 0
Bright Brothers, Dunedin ... 6,688 11 4
W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Dunedin ... 6,872 7 6
McIntyre and Co., Wellington ... 7,062 15 8
T. and S. Morrin, Auckland ... 7,124 1 0
W. Guthrie, Dunedin ... 7,162 13 8
John C. Eva, Dunedin ... 7,312 18 0
W. Dawson and Co., Wellington ... 7,374 18 0
Topham and Angus, Invercargill ... 7,438 16 0
E. W. Mills, Wellington ... 7,603 0 0
J. B. Blair, Mosgiel ... 7,700 0 0

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 notice published in
the New Zealand Gazette, of the 13th June, 1878,
relative to the conveyance of road materials, is
hereby cancelled; and, in substitution thereof, the

following is hereby declared to be fixed, to take
effect from the 14th day of August, 1878:---

MISCELLANEOUS.-ROAD MATERIALS.
Road metal (or stone to be converted into road
metal), sand, earth, gravel, and shingle, required
for the construction and maintenance of streets and
roads, to be carried at one penny (1d.) per ton per
mile, with a minimum charge of five shillings (5s.)
per truck of five tons load.

Dated this 31st day of July, 1878.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

£10,000 Bonus.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1878.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in terms of a reso-
lution of the House of Representatives, the
Government of New Zealand will pay, by way of
bonus, the sum of five thousand pounds (£5,000) to
any individual or company who shall first produce
not less than five hundred (500) tons of marketable
sugar from beet grown and manufactured in the
North Island. Also that a like sum of five thousand
pounds (£5,000) will be paid to any individual or
company who shall first produce not less than five
hundred (500) tons of marketable sugar from beet
grown and manufactured in the Middle Island.
Such bonus to be paid upon its being duly certified
by the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the district
within which the sugar shall have been produced,
and by the Chairman of the nearest Chamber of
Commerce, that the minimum quantity hereinbefore
mentioned has been so produced, and is of market-
able quality: Provided further that such certificates
shall have been presented at the Colonial Treasury
within three years of the date above written.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister of Lands.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The MANAGER of the KOHIMARAMA NAVAL
TRAINING SCHOOL

to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1878.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Dunedin
Postal District, known as Teaneraki, has been
changed to

ENFIELD.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

NOTICE is hereby given that application has been
made by Messrs. W. and G. TURNBULL and
Co., of Wellington, on behalf of Messrs. BLOOD,
WOLFE, and Co., carrying on business as Bottlers, at
Liverpool, England, under the style or firm of