THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 691

San Francisco closing at the Post Offices at Christ-
church, Wellington, Nelson, Napier, and Gisborne, on
Saturday, the 24th instant (the Queen's Birthday),
these offices will, for the convenience of the public,
be open as usual on that date, but Monday, the 26th
instant, will be observed as a holiday in lieu thereof.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The ASSISTANT MANAGER of the KAIPARA
RAILWAY

to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service, and to cancel
the authority to frank on behalf of the Manager of
the said railway, notified in the New Zealand Gazette
of the 30th January, 1879.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The ASSISTANT UNDER SECRETARY for PUBLIC
WORKS

to frank and receive, free from the prepayment of
postage, letters and parcels posted on the public
service.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,.
Wellington, 20th May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments:-

I Battery of Artillery.
Lewis Morton to be Captain. Date of commission,
5th February, 1878.
Frederick Dunn Holdsworth to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 5th February, 1878.

Oamaru Rifle Volunteers.
Alfred Headland to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 8th March, 1878.
Thomas Morris to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
sion, 8th March, 1878.

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Alexander Smith to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 2nd April, 1879.

Greytown Rifle Volunteers.
John Macara to be Captain. Date of commission,
10th July, 1878.
Ernest Charles Wilmot Porter to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 10th July, 1878.

Auckland Naval Brigade.
Sub-Lieutenant Henry Parker to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 25th April, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
691
Wellington, 20th May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer:-

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Robert Donnelly, from 1st April, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Fresh Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1879.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

WINGATUI CONTRACT (FORMATION ONLY).
OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY.

Daniel McKenzie, Dunedin Accepted. £ s. d.
48,839 7 10

Declined.
Proudfoot and McKay, Dunedin 49,680 17 2
W. Bell, Dunedin 55,900 0 0
J. M. Watson and Co., Dunedin 59,893 2 10

Application for Registration of Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that SIEVWRIGHT
and STOUT, of Wellington, in the Colony of
New Zealand, Solicitors, have applied, on behalf of
ALLAN SHEARER MCLEOD, of Dunedin, in the said
colony, Soap Manufacturer, trading under the firm or
style of "McLeod Brothers," at Dunedin aforesaid,
to register under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the
trade marks of which the following are descriptions:-

Description of Trade Mark No. 1.
The printed words "Established 1868," and under
them "McLeod Brothers"; again, under that, the
words "Purest Elaine," and between them "McLeod
Bros., Dunedin;" between them again a heart
transfixed by an arrow, and on the left-hand side
"18," and on the right "68," with the letters "TM"
on the left and right hand sides of the heart respec-
tively, with the word "Registered" under all.

Description of Trade Mark No. 2.
The printed words "Established 1868," and under
them "McLeod Brothers;" again, under that, the
words "Finest Diamond," and between them
"McLeod Bros., Dunedin;" between them again a
heart transfixed by an arrow, and on the left-hand
side "18," and on the right "68," with the letters
"TM" on the right and left hand sides of the heart
respectively, with the word "Registered" under all.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such
Trade Marks shall apply.
Soap.

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

Cancellation of License of Run No. 21, Wakatipu
Depasturing District.

IN pursuance of the regulations in this behalf pro-
vided, it is hereby notified that the license of
Run No. 21, Wakatipu Depasturing District, issued
in favour of John McLean, of Queenstown, has, with
the approval of the Land Board of the Otago Land
District, been cancelled, in consequence of the failure
of the licensee to pay the annual rent specified in