1879.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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has been appointed a Clerk in the Crown Lands |
Office, Dunedin, vice R. A. Johnston, promoted.
The appointment to date from the 1st September
instant.

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM MATRAVERS, Esq.,
of Maketu, to be an Interpreter under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments :-
Otepopo Rifle Volunteers.
William McKay to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Thomas Bowie to be Honorary Assistant Surgeon.
Date of commissions, 21st August, 1879.
G. S. WHITMORE,

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar
appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 6th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDERICK THOMAS DUKE JEFFREY, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining
Registrar under "The Mines Act, 1877," for Rox-
burgh, in the Otago Gold Fields, as from the 1st
October instant.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.

Assistant Surveyor appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ARTHUR HOUGHTON, Esq.,
to be an Assistant Surveyor in the Survey Depart-
ment of New Zealand. Appointment dating from
the 1st August, 1879.

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

Licensing Officers under Arms Act appointed at
Napier, Foxton, and Mongonui.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 30th September, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
PAUL ADOLPHUS FREDERICK BIRCH, Esq.,
Registrar of the Supreme Court at Napier, to be
a Licensing Officer under "The Arms Act, 1860,"
vice Duncan Guy, Esq., resigned; and
ALEXANDER BURGESS, Esq.,
Collector of Customs at Foxton, and
GEORGE KELLY, Esq.,
Officer in Charge of Customs at Mongonui, to be
Licensing Officers under "The Arms Act, 1860."

G. GREY,
Commissioner of Customs.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1879.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

WAIKATO-THAMES RAILWAY (KAUAERANGA
BRIDGE CONTRACT).

Accepted.
A. Watson, Auckland ... ... £ s. d. 763 7 0

Declined.
J. McLean and Son, Auckland ... ... 822 12 0
R. White, Auckland ... ... 850 0 0
J. Brain, Auckland ... ... 957 12 6
D. Henderson, Auckland ... ... 978 4 9
R. N. Smith, Grahamstown ... ... 1,020 1 6
J. McAndrew, Grahamstown ... ... 1,071 1 0
J. Smith, Auckland ... ... 1,095 1 11
W. Sims, Grahamstown ... ... 1,120 7 6
W. Adams, Grahamstown ... ... 1,236 10 10
W. O'Brien, Grahamstown ... ... 1,691 10 0

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1879.-NOTICE No. 18.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1879.
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 New Zealand.
The Reverend Brownlow James Westbrooke.

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

Public Notification.
SALE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 24th September, 1879.
UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
the Waste Lands Board by "The Land Act,
1877," and "The Crown Lands Sale Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that the rural lands mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, by
the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on Monday, the
27th day of October, 1879, at the hour of eleven
o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Chief Commissioner of Waste
Lands Board.

SCHEDULE.

Lot. Area. Upset Price.

PARISH OF TUAKAU.
20 and 26 | A. R. P. 125 3 37 | £ s. d. 252 0 0
Description of Land. Good land, covered with
bush, fern, and manuka; near the Whangarata Rail-
way Station.

PARISH OF MANGATAWHIRI.
185 | 33 0 0 | 33 0 0
186 | 193 0 0 | 193 0 0
187 | 40 0 0 | 50 0 0