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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointments in the Customs Department.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to the
Commissioner of Customs by His Excellency the
Governor, the following appointments have been
made in the Customs Department :-
David Frazer, Acting Clerk and Warehousekeeper,
to be First Clerk and Warehousekeeper at
Nelson. Appointment to date from 22nd
February, 1879.
Robert Martin to be a Locker at Auckland.
Appointment to date from 1st February, 1879.
Claude Colebrook to be a Probationary Cadet at
Auckland, from 1st April, 1879.
William Rout to be a Probationary Cadet at
Nelson, from 1st April, 1879.
Edward Temple Curtis, Cadet at Nelson, to be
Clerk and Examining Officer at Wanganui.
Appointment to date from 1st June, 1879.
Richard Thompson Talbot, Clerk in Stamp Depart-
ment, Wellington, transferred to Customs
Department, Auckland; from 1st June, 1879.
Heywood George Vickers, Cadet, Auckland, to be
a Locker at Wellington; from 1st June, 1879.
Alexander Burgess, Landing Waiter, Wanganui,
to be Collector and Examining Officer at Foxton.
Appointment to date from 7th June, 1879.
Donald Gunn, Locker, Hokitika, to be Locker at
Invercargill. Appointment to date from 1st
July, 1879.
Charles Stafford Nixon, Clerk, Greymouth, to be
Clerk and Warehousekeeper at Invercargill.
Appointment to date from 1st July, 1879.
Edward Rhaines Courtenay Bowen, Clerk and
Warehousekeeper, Invercargill, to be Landing
Waiter and Examining Officer at Wellington.
Appointment to date from 1st July, 1879.
Alexander Le Grand Campbell to be Coast Waiter
at Collingwood, vice F. Guinness, removed to
Temuka.
G. GREY.
Declined.-
T. F. Leather, Christchurch
Downes and Proctor, Dunedin
Henderson and Fergus, Dunedin
W. White, jun., Christchurch
Lake and Beard, Christchurch
F. Denham, Christchurch
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£ s. d.
16,168 3 6
16,249 5 4
17,657 8 9
17,839 14 10
22,205 11 0
27,831 1 0

Rangers of Crown Lands, Otago, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Rangers of Crown Lands for the Land District of
Otago:-
JOHN MATHESON and
GIDEON A. SMITH.
G. GREY,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY GEORGE CLARKE, Esq.,
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Pro-
vincial District of Marlborough. Appointment to
date from the 1st instant.
W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Lands.

Ranger of Crown Lands, Westland, appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ROBERT NICOL
to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land
District of Westland.
W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Lands.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1879.

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

CANTERBURY INTERIOR MAIN LINE-OXFORD TO
TEMUKA (RIVER TEMUKA BRIDGE CONTRACT).
Accepted.
Henderson and Fergus, Dunedin
£ s. d.
4,318 6 1

Declined.
T. S. Parsons, Christchurch
W. Paisley, Dunedin
J. Phillips, Timaru
4,817 0 0
5,070 4 8
5,252 0 0

CANTERBURY INTERIOR MAIN LINE-OXFORD TO
TEMUKA (RIVER EYRE BRIDGE CONTRACT).
Accepted.
Henderson and Fergus, Dunedin
£ s. d.
3,788 10 0

Declined.
James Butt, Kaiapoi
F. Benham, Christchurch
Thomas and Hill, Christchurch
Downes and Proctor, Dunedin
3,916 16 0
4,199 12 0
4,241 6 0
4,450 7 2

LITTLE RIVER AND AKAROA RAILWAY (ELLES-
MERE CONTRACT).
Accepted.
P. McGrath, Christchurch
£ s. d.
14,704 4 8

Inspector appointed under "The Regulation of Mines
Act, 1874."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES MONTEITH MCLAREN, Esq.,
to be an Inspector of Mines under "The Regulation
of Mines Act, 1874."
W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 8th July, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned gold-mining lease in the Otago
Gold Fields cancelled; and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground
had ever been applied for:-
Thomas Rowe and others ("The Standard Com-
pany"); Section 24, Block I., St. Bathans. No. 200c.
W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.