MAR. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 265

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :—

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry.
Sub-Lieutenant Francis Henry Brittan. Date of
resignation, 17th January, 1880.

No. 1 Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Thomas Watts. Date of resig-
nation, 3rd February, 1880.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th February, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
ROBERT SCOBIE, Esq.,
of Clinton, as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Post Office, Queenstown, transferred to Postal Dis-
trict of Invercargill.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1880.

IT is hereby notified for general information that, on
and after the 1st April next, the Post Office at
Queenstown will be transferred from the Postal Dis-
trict of Dunedin to that of Invercargill.

As the accounts of the depositors in the Post
Office Savings Bank at Queenstown, or at any other
office in the Postal District of Dunedin which may
have been opened prior to the 1st proximo, cannot after
that date be operated upon at Queenstown until they
have been transferred from Dunedin, the depositors
are requested to forward their books on or before
the 31st March instant to the Chief Postmaster at
Dunedin, with notice that they require their accounts
transferred.

Forms of notice of transfer, and covers for the
transmission of deposit-books, can be obtained from
the Postmaster at Queenstown.

JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1880.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Postal
District of Oamaru, formerly known as Puki-iviti,
has been changed to

SHAG POINT JUNCTION.

By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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 day of December, 1878, the following

alterations and additions to the rates for the con-
veyance, delivery, and storage of goods, parcels, &c.,
on the New Zealand Railways, are hereby declared
to be fixed.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

DEMURRAGE ON COAL TRUCKS.

REGULATIONS for demurrage on trucks engaged in
the coal trade, applicable only to shipping consign-
ments at Auckland and Onehunga :—

s. d.
1st day (8 working hours) free
2nd " " " 3 6 per truck
3rd " " " 5 0 "
4th " " " 7 6 "
5th " " " 10 0 "
6th " " " 12 6 "

Thereafter the Railway Department may discharge
and store at cost of owners under the current
regulations.

RIVER TRAFFIC.

Schedule of through rates between Auckland and
ports on the Waikato and Waipa Rivers :—

Places.
Class of Through
Goods,
Rate.
s. d.
Auckland and Whatawhata ... A 42 0
" Cambridge and Alexandra 52 0
" Whatawhata B 35 0
" Cambridge and Alexandra 45 0
" Whatawhata C 28 0
" Cambridge and Alexandra 38 0
" Whatawhata D 20 0
" Cambridge and Alexandra 30 0
" Whatawhata 20 0
" Cambridge and Alexandra E 30 0

Interchange of traffic between the railway and
the Waikato Steam Navigation Company to be
effected at Ngaruawahia.

NELSON SECTION.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, conveyed over the
Nelson and Foxhill Railway, will be charged as Class
D; ships' goods will be charged according to bill of
lading, or by weight, or by measurement, at the
option of the Manager; other goods by weight or by
measurement, as the Manager directs.

RAILWAY WHARF.

Addition to Wharfage Rates.
s. d.
Hops, per bale ... 1 3
Sheep and rabbit skins per bale, not exceed-
ing 2 cwt. 0 3
Sheep skins, loose, per 100 2 6

AMBERLEY-BLUFF SECTION.

STORAGE RATES, LYTTELTON.

The Manager, should he think fit, may permit
consignors or consignees to do their own handling
in railway stores, when an allowance of 6d. per ton
will be made for each loading or unloading, which
shall include handling.

Dated this 3rd day of March, 1880.
R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.
Railway Department,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1880.