THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1143

prosecution at Ross arose, cannot be considered a
fresh outbreak of scab at all.
The run is not in a clean sheep district, and,
moreover, it has all along been looked upon by me
with considerable suspicion; but still no actual dis-
ease could be discovered by the Inspector until an
infected sheep from this run got into a flock of Mr.
Kermode's immediately adjoining, at Interlaken.
The suspected flock was then immediately examined,
and in it was found a sheep with one spot upon it.
The flock was at once taken possession of by the In-
spector, under my instructions, and a competent
person placed in charge. They were, of course, not-
withstanding the inclemency of the season, dipped
twice by the gentleman in charge of them. The
owner was prosecuted at Ross, not because the run
is in that district, but because it was the most con-
venient place for all the parties interested to go to,
including myself. The owner of the flock, Mr.
Thomas Savage, was fined in all £167.
Mr. Kermode's flock, in which the infected sheep
was found, of course had to be dipped. It is, how-
ever, thirty miles from Mona Vale, where Mr.
Kermode's stud flock is kept.
The report that this case arose in the neighbour-
hood of or in the Midland District must have been
sent to Victoria by some malicious person, probably
an enemy of Messrs. Gibson and Kermode. The
object is obvious enough. It must have been done
with the view of exciting alarm in the minds of
breeders and purchasers of stud sheep in Victoria
and New South Wales; and probably this might
result in the exclusion of Tasmanian sheep at the
approaching sales in Melbourne next month.
I trust you will take immediate steps to disabuse
the mind of the Victorian Chief Secretary of the
idea which a groundless report has given birth to,
and assure him that the flock in question is the only
one now in Tasmania that I know to be unclean, and
that it is not in a "clean sheep district."
The districts in the Midlands and the North, where
all the stud sheep go from, have been clean for
years; and the law is now, and in point of fact has
been for a long time, so stringently carried out that
it is impossible for sheep from the southern un-
proclaimed districts to go north.
For anything that I know, so far as disease is con-
cerned, even all those districts, with the exception of
the one where Mr. Savage's flock is, might be pro-
claimed clean to-morrow. I only refrain from doing
so until after next shearing season because it would
suspend the operation of the compulsory dipping
clause, 25 of "Scab Act, 1875," and I do not think
this advisable until next year.
I have, &c.,
JAMES WHYTE.
The Hon. Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hobart Town, 20th July, 1878.
SIR,-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 18th instant, referring more
fully to the subject of the telegram received from
the Chief Secretary of Victoria with reference to a
reported outbreak of scab in Tasmania.
A copy of your communication has been forwarded
by this day's mail to the Hon. the Chief Secretary of
Victoria; and I trust that the satisfactory statement
made by you will dissipate any alarm that may have
been caused by the unfounded and false report
referred to.
I have, &c.,
WM. MOORE.
The Chief Inspector of Sheep.

Acknowledging Receipt of Conscience Money.

Treasury, Wellington,
8th August, 1878.
THE Colonial Treasurer acknowledges the receipt
of £15, paid into the Treasury as "Conscience
Money," received from some person unknown.
C. T. BATKIN,
Receiver-General.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1878.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Dunedin
Postal District, known as Lake Waipori, has been
changed to
BERWICK.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Public Valuers appointed under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Public Valuers under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1877:"-
Name. Address.
GEORGE LESLIE ... Russell Street, Dunedin.
PETER BLACK ... George Street, Dunedin.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Sheep Inspector's Notice.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1878.
NOTICE has been received from the Inspector of
Sheep for the Wairarapa District that he has
granted clean certificates for the following flocks:-
Robert Grant, Tu Purupuru, 434 dry sheep; dated
2nd July, 1878.
James Strang, Tu Purupuru, 600 dry sheep; dated
3rd August, 1878.
Jos. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations
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 13th day of September, 1878.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Lawrence.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANTS: Mathew Coxon and Others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock Cement Gold-Mining
Company." Ten acres, Tuapeka East, in the Tua-
peka Mining District.