THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1111

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.

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1878.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to
the Writ issued by him on the fifteenth day of
July, 1878, for the election of a Member to serve in
the House of Representatives of New Zealand, for
the electoral district hereinafter specified; and by the
indorsement on such Writ it appears that the under-
mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member
for such district, viz. :-

For the District of Roslyn:
HENRY DRIVER.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1878.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to
the Writ issued by him on the third day of
July, 1878, for the election of a Member to serve in
the House of Representatives of New Zealand, for
the electoral district hereinafter specified; and by the
indorsement on such Writ it appears that the under-
mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member
for such district, viz:-

For the District of Waipa:
EDWARD GRAHAM MCMINN.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1878.-NOTICE No. 14.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1878.

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 ROBERT EWEN.

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

Middle Island Steam Service.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1878.

SEALED Tenders will be received at the General
Post Office, Wellington, until NOON OF
SATURDAY, the 31st instant, for the performance
during a period of twelve months, commencing from
the 1st of October next, of the under-mentioned
steam service, viz. :-

Between Port Chalmers and the West Coast ports
of the Middle Island, monthly. A steamer to leave
Port Chalmers once in every month, proceeding
to the West Coast of the Middle Island, by way
of Cook and Foveaux Straits, alternately. The
steamer to call at Lyttelton, Picton, Nelson, West-
port, Greymouth, Hokitika, and the Bluff; and also,
when required, at Oamaru, Timaru, Martin's Bay,
Milford Sound, Preservation Inlet, and Port William
in Stewart's Island; and at such other places as the
Postmaster-General may from time to time direct.

Tenderers should state the names, tonnage, and
horse-power of the vessels to be employed in the
service.

Further particulars, and terms and conditions of
contract, may be obtained on applying to the General
Post Office, Wellington, or the Chief Post Offices at
Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, Hokitika, and Auck-
land.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be
accepted.

Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Post-
master-General, Wellington, and indorsed "Tender
for Middle Island Steam Service."

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regula-
tions made under that Act for the granting of leases
for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it
is intended to grant leases of Crown lands for gold-
mining purposes to the applicants specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objec-
tions against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Lawrence, on or
before the 30th day of August, 1878.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Lawrence.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Michael Monaghan and Robert Hal-
dane Johnston. Style under which it is intended to
conduct the business: "The Excelsior Cement Com-
pany." 10 acres, at Tuapeka East, in the Tuapeka
Mining District.

Applicants: Michael Whelan and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Harp of Erin Cement-Crushing Company." 10
acres, at Tuapeka East, in the Tuapeka Mining
District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)