DEC. 23.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1771

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to issue Letters of Naturalization, under
"The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-
mentioned person, viz. :-

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Members of Foxton Highway Board, County of
Manawatu, elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1880.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under
the hand of the Presiding Officer, Mr. William
Gordon Robinson, that, on the 20th instant, the
following persons were elected to be Wardens of
the Foxton Highway District, for the several wards
placed opposite their names:----

No. 1 Ward ... THEOPHILUS EASTON.
No. 2 Ward ... ROBERT COBB.
No. 3 Ward ... JOHN WRIGHT GOWER.
No. 4 Ward ... ERNEST STEPHEN THYNNE.
No. 5 Ward ... JOHN CARTER.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Alteration in the Designation of Constabulary Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the designation of the First and
Second Class Superintendents in the Constabulary
being altered to that of First Class Inspectors, from
the 1st proximo.

JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1880.

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

New Zealand Torpedo Corps.
Captain Andrew Thomas Maginnity. Date of
resignation, 15th December, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband

The Patea Light Horse Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 15th December, 1880.

The under-mentioned gentlemen, therefore, cease
to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commis-
sions having lapsed under the provisions of "The
Volunteer Act, 1865:"----

William Cowern, late Captain.
Arthur Charles Croft, late Honorary Assistant
Surgeon.

JOHN BRYCE.

Alterations and Additions to the Rates for the Con-
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels,
&c., on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council dated
the 17th December, 1878, the following alterations
and additions 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 to come into force from the 3rd January,
1881:-

CLASS K.-TIMBER.

Sawn Timber, Squared Logs, and Mouldings.

Timber carried in single wagons, minimum quantity,
1,200 superficial feet for distances of 75 miles and
under; 2,000 superficial feet for distances over 75
miles. Where a check wagon is used it will be
charged for. Timber carried in timber trucks,
minimum, 2,000 superficial feet per pair of trucks for
distances of 75 miles and under; minimum, 4,000
superficial feet per pair of trucks for distances over
75 miles. Where a check wagon is used it will be
charged for.

Any less quantity which can be carried in one
truck will be charged as such minimum, or at 1d. per
100 superficial feet per mile; where this rate is
charged, the minimum quantity will be 100 feet;
and the minimum charge 1s. 3d. per 100 superficial
feet, without further charge for loading or unloading.

The minimum charge for each consignment will be
2s. 6d.

Instead of the classified rates, timber for 225 miles
and over will be charged as follows, viz.: 4s. 6d. per
100 superficial feet for distances of 225 miles, and d.
per 100 superficial feet per mile will be added for
every additional mile, subject to all conditions and
regulations applying to the conveyance of timber.

Mouldings will be carried solely at owners' risk.

In computing the charges for timber, 25 feet or
under in excess of any multiple of 100 are to be
foregone; over 25 feet to be charged as the next 100.

Australian and Tasmanian timbers will be charged
at a rate and a half; any quantity less than the
minimum will be charged as such minimum at a rate
and a half, or as ordinary timber at the rate for small
lots.

Round timber, measurement, as follows:-The
average girth in inches to be squared and divided by
152, the result to be multiplied by length in feet
which will give the contents of the log in superficial
feet. No allowance to be made for bark by "ring-
ing" or otherwise, or for tops, butts, or unsound
wood.

All sawn timber from half-inch to one will be taken
as inch stuff in computing the measurement.

Half-inch and under will be taken as half the
amount of inch stuff.

One hundred palings, or 1,000 shingles, as 100 feet
timber.

All loading and unloading must be done by the
owner.

For each loading or unloading done by the railway,
3d. per 100 feet additional will be charged.

Where senders who do their own loading require a
receipt for number of pieces, 3d. per 100 feet super-
ficial additional will be charged, as if loading had
been done by the Department.