654

Tenders.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1879.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.
J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

PALMERSTON-WAIHEMO RAILWAY.—PALMER-
STON CONTRACT.

Accepted.
Jesse Coates, Dunedin ... £ 4,622 9 4
s. d.

Declined.
W. Pasley, Dunedin ... 4,628 19 6
Maltreson Bros., Dunedin ... 4,688 1 8
Nicholson and Jackson, Dunedin ... 4,829 19 9
J. M. Watson, Dunedin ... 5,179 0 0
James Innes, Dunedin ... 5,196 1 5
John Bygar and Co., Dunedin ... 5,302 14 5
Cranstoun and Lee, Dunedin ... 5,597 1 2
Stephen and Dean, Dunedin ... 5,917 2 5
Templeton and Black, Dunedin ... 5,964 4 8

EDENDALE-TOI TOIS RAILWAY.—WYNDHAM
CONTRACT.

Accepted.
James Shirley, Invercargill ... £ 9,723 9 0
s. d.

Declined.
J. T. Weaver, Invercargill ... 10,219 2 8
J. Mackay, Dunedin ... 10,600 6 0
C. Abbott, Dunedin ... 10,651 16 9
Henderson and Fergus, Dunedin ... 10,982 7 10
J. B. Blair, Dunedin ... 11,649 0 0
J. M. Watson, Dunedin ... 12,500 0 0
Hughes and Menzies, Invercargill... 13,682 15 0

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1879.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to
the Writ issued by him on the twenty-third
day of April, 1879, for the election of a Member to
serve in the House of Representatives of New Zea-
land 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 Coleridge:
GEORGE HART.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

"Regulation of Mines Act, 1874."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1879.

THE attention of owners and managers of mines is
directed to the Proclamation published in the
New Zealand Gazette of the 28th of February, 1879,
bringing into force "The Regulation of Mines Act,
1874," the provisions of which will, so far as may be
reasonably practicable—especially with reference to
precautions for safety—be strictly enforced.

By order.

OLIVER WAKEFIELD,
Under Secretary for Mines.

Application to register two Trade Marks.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. HESKETH and
RICHMOND, of Auckland, Solicitors, have ap-
plied, on behalf of WILLIAM BARROWS, THOMAS HILL

BARROWS, and JOSEPH BARROWS, trading as "William
Barrows and Sons," Bloomfield Ironworks, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Iron Manufacturers, to register under
"The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the two trade marks
of which the following are descriptions, viz. :—

Description of Trade Mark No. 1.
The letters B.B.H. used in combination with a
crown.

Description of Trade Mark No. 2.
The word BLOOMFIELD surmounted with the
letters B.B.H.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such
Trade Marks shall apply.
Iron plates, sheets, bars, rods, hoops, and strips,

HUGH POLLEN,
(for the Registrar of Trade Marks.)

Sale of a further Portion of the Reclaimed Land in
the City of Wellington.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1879.

THE Commissioner of Crown Lands for Welling-
ton will sell, by public auction, on Tuesday, the
17th of June, 1879, at the Athenæum Hall, Lambton
Quay, Wellington, the under-mentioned allotments of
freehold land, in Blocks numbered X., XI., XII., and
XIII., on the plan of the reclaimed land, in the
City of Wellington.

Lithographed plans, as well as conditions of sale,
are now ready for distribution at the various Land
Offices throughout the colony.

The plans contain the fullest particulars, giving
the number of sections, with their area in poles and
tenths; also the frontage in feet and tenths.
Each section will be pegged and numbered before
the day of sale.

Block X. contains 15 sections.
" XI. 8 "
" XII. 5 "
" XIII. 14 "

Total ... 42 "

These several blocks of land have frontages to
Waterloo Quay on the East; Lambton Quay on the
West; Allen Street on the North; and to the
Government Buildings on the South.

Terms of payment: 15 per cent. cash deposit;
the balance by bills at six, nine, and twelve months,
without interest.
Immediate possession will be given after the sale.
Title direct from the Crown.

By order.

H. J. H. ELIOTT,
Under Secretary for Crown Lands.

Sale of Land under License and Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 24th April, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands described
in the Schedule hereunder will be offered by
public auction, at the Council Chamber, Napier, on
Friday, the 30th day of May next, at 11 o'clock, a.m.,
for occupation under the respective systems therein
mentioned. Terms and conditions to be seen on
application at this office.

J. T. TYLEE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.