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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[DEC. 18

No. 3 Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Clinton Hughes to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 2nd December, 1879.

Nelson Naval Brigade.
William Nedley Drake to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 13th October, 1879.

No. 1 City Guards (Dunedin) Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Chalmers Wilson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st September, 1879.
JOHN HALL.

Interpreter appointed.
Native Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM NICHOLAS SEARANCKE, Esq,
of Waikato, to be an Interpreter under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."
JOHN BRYCE.

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 December, 1878, the following addi-
tions to the rates for the conveyance, delivery, and
storage of goods, parcels, &c., on all the New Zealand
Railways, are hereby declared to be fixed, and shall
come into force on and from the 1st day of January,
1879.

NELSON AND FOXHILL SECTION.
RAILWAY WHARF, NELSON.
Wharfage Charges.
Wharfage on all goods and luggage not other-
wise specified, per ton weight or measure-
ment, including labour...
Wool, per bale
Flax and tow, per bale
Minimum charge
Posts and rails, at per 100; and firewood, at
per cord
Sawn timber, at per 100 feet
Horses, bullocks, and other great cattle, each
Sheep, pigs, and other small cattle, each
Bricks, per 1,000
Slates, per 1,000
Shingles, per 1,000
Hides, each
Poultry, each
Coals, coke, and ballast, per ton
Carts and carriages, each
Hand-carts or trucks, each
Half dues for wharfage to be charged on all goods
transhipped into lighters, &c., from vessels lying
alongside the wharf.
Vessels lying alongside the wharf without landing
or receiving cargo shall pay 3/4d. per ton net register
per day. Minimum charge, £1.
Masters or agents to supply Wharfinger with a list
of cargo to be shipped or landed, together with the
particulars of weight or measurement on which freight
is calculated, and wharfage to be paid accordingly,
unless the measurement or weight be found incorrect,
in which case the same is to be paid on the correct
measurement or weight.
Goods reshipped without being removed from the
wharf, and upon which inward wharfage has been
paid, to be free of outward wharfage.

Storage.
Any coal or other goods remaining on the
platform more than forty-eight hours after
landing to pay at the rate of 1s. per
ton for every week or part of a week. Rent
on all goods sent to the sheds and stored for
vessels which are not then in harbour or
not ready to receive, and goods delivered
from ship and not taken away within eight
working hours, at per ton, per week or part
of a week
s. d.
1 6
Receiving and delivering, per ton
1 0
Wool, flax, and tow per bale, and tallow per cask 0 6
Receiving and delivering
06

Cranage.
For use of crane on wharf, per ton
06
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the
Railway Department) by special agreement.
The working hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
week-days. No ship shall discharge or take in cargo
at other times without written notice being given by
the ship's officer to the Wharfinger, under a penalty
of £5 for each offence.
Ships discharging or taking in cargo at other than
the appointed working hours will be charged at the
rate of 2s. 6d. per hour or fraction thereof.
The time allowed vessels to occupy berths at the
wharf for the purpose of discharging cargo shall be
(exclusive of Sundays and holidays and the day of
removal)-
For vessels under 50 tons
Two days.
For vessels from 50 to 100 tons
Three days.
For vessels from 100 to 150 tons
Five days.
For vessels from 150 to 200 tons
Seven days.
For vessels from 200 to 250 tons
Nine days.
For vessels from 250 to 300 tons
Ten days.
And an additional three days for every additional
100 tons register.
Vessels occupying berths at the wharf longer than
the times above specified will be charged with rent
for every day or part of a day beyond the times above
s. d. specified, at the following rates, which shall be paid
to the Wharfinger before the vessel shall be removed,
viz.:
£ s. d.
For vessels under 50 tons
0 10 0
For vessels from 50 to 100 tons
0 15 0
For vessels from 100 to 150 tons
100
For vessels from 150 to 200 tons
1 10 0
For vessels from 200 to 250 tons
200
For vessels from 250 to 400 tons
2 10 0
For vessels above 400 tons
300

AMBERLEY TO BLUFF RAILWAY.
On the occasion of the Waikouaiti Agricultural
Show, single tickets issued from Oamaru and Clinton
and all intermediate stations to Waikouaiti, on the
18th and 19th December, 1879, will be available for
the return journey up to and including the 20th
December, 1879.
Dated this 16th day of December, 1879.
R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

Old Land Claims under the Land Claims Settle-
ment Acts, 1856, 1858, and 1878.

Court of Land Claims,
Wellington, 18th December, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given, to the claimants under
mentioned, that their respective claims have
been referred for final adjudication to Henry Halse,
Esq., a Judge of the Native Land Court, and that a
sitting of the last-named Court, for the purpose
aforesaid, has been appointed to be holden at
Ohaeawai, Bay of Islands, on the 13th day of January,
1880, commencing at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
All claimants entitled to make a selection of land
in satisfaction of awards heretofore made who have
failed to make their selections and to have the same