Feb. 19.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Changing Name of Bonding Warehouse.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 4th February, 1880.

IT is hereby notified that, in consequence of a
change in the occupancy of the under-mentioned
warehouse, its name has been changed as follows:—

Port of Auckland.

The brick building, with slate roof, situate at the
corner of West Queen Street and Albert Street, on
Allotment 22, Section 17, and known as G. and E.
Lewis's Bond, will in future be known as

HULL'S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
fourth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Customs.

Commissioner's Order No. 129.]

Members of Wellington Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th February, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HORT LEVIN, M.H.R.,
EDWARD PEARCE, and
WILLIAM ROBERT WILLIAMS

to be Members of the Wellington Harbour Board.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1880.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenders is published for general information.

R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

INVERCARGILL - KINGSTON RAILWAY (LUMSDEN
BRIDGE CONTRACT).

Accepted.
Henderson and Fergus, Dunedin ... £ s. d.
4,422 18 10

Declined.
Graham and Co., Lumsden ... 4,768 18 0
M. Hughes, Invercargill ... 4,848 5 6
W. H. Matheson, Wyndham ... 5,008 10 2

"The Property Assessment Act, 1879."

Government Offices, Wellington,
20th January, 1880.

THE following sections of the Property Assessment
Act are published for general information.

J. SPERREY,
Commissioner.

18. Every company, including banking and insur-
    ance companies, carrying on business in New Zealand
    at the commencement of this Act, shall at all times be
    represented by a person residing in the colony; and
    a place within the colony shall be appointed from
    time to time by every such company as aforesaid at
    which any notices or other instruments affecting the
    company under this Act may be served or delivered.

(1.) Such person shall be called the "Public
Officer" of the company for the purposes of this
Act, and shall be appointed as follows:—

(a.) In the case of a company having a local
Board of Directors or Managers resident in the
colony, within three months after the passing
of this Act:

(b.) In the case of a company not having such

local Board as aforesaid, within six months after
the passing of this Act.

The office of Public Officer shall be kept con-
stantly filled by the making of fresh appoint-
ments thereto from time to time as may be
necessary.

(2.) Every new company shall, within three
months after it shall commence or enter into busi-
ness after the passing of this Act, appoint a Public
Officer, and name a place for delivery of notices as
aforesaid.

(3.) Every company failing or neglecting, within
the time hereinbefore limited in that behalf, to ap-
point a Public Officer, or name a place at which
notices or other instruments may be served or de-
livered as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding fifty pounds a day for every day after the
time aforesaid during which such neglect shall con-
tinue.

Deaf and Dumb Institution, Sumner, Canterbury.

Education Department,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1880.

THE Government having secured suitable accom-
modation at Sumner, Canterbury, for the pro-
posed Institution for the Education and Training of
Deaf-mutes, Mr. and Mrs. Van Asch will be prepared
to receive pupil-boarders at the Institution on the
1st March, 1880. Full information may be obtained
on application to the undersigned, or to the Secre-
taries of the several Education Boards.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary.

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regula-
tions made under that Act for the granting of leases
for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that
it is intended to grant leases of Crown lands to
the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule,
unless there shall be valid objections against such
leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and
lodged with the Warden at Queenstown on or
before the 4th day of March, 1880.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Queenstown.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Robert Brown and others. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business :
"Young Hero." 10 acres, Maori Gully, Upper
Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Applicants: Robert Brown and others. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Adelaide." 10 acres, Maori Gully, Upper Shot-
over, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Applicants: W. L. Davies and others. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Guiding Star." 15 acres, Rees River, in the
Wakatipu Mining District.

Applicants: W. Rainey and others. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business: "The
Little Wonder." 15 acres, Rees River, in the
Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this thir-
teenth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)