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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

Member of Amuri Road Board elected.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1880.
IN conformity with "The (Nelson) Highways Act,
1872," it is hereby notified that
GEORGE WILSDEN MCRAE
was, on the 5th instant, duly elected a Member of
the Amuri Road Board.
THOMAS DICK.

"Onehunga Water Reserves Act, 1879," brought into
Operation.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th October, 1880.
THE following notice, received from his Worship
the Mayor of Onehunga, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of "The Onehunga Water
Reserves Act, 1879."
THOMAS DICK.

Borough Council Office,
Onehunga, 8th October, 1880.
SIR, - I have the honor to intimate to you that, at a
public meeting held on Friday, the 24th day of Sep-
tember last, pursuant to notice published once in
each week for four successive weeks in the Auckland
New Zealand Herald newspaper, setting forth the
proposal to bring into operation "The Onehunga
Water Reserves Act, 1879," the burgesses present,
after discussion, unanimously agreed to adopt the
said Act.

At the poll taken on Thursday, the 7th day of
October, 1880, on the proposal to bring into opera-
tion "The Onehunga Water Reserves Act, 1879,"
the number of votes recorded was-
For the above proposal ... 85 votes.
Against the above proposal ... 1 vote.

I have therefore given public notice in the New
Zealand Herald newspaper that I declare the pro-
posal carried, and, in compliance with clause 145 of
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," hereby
give you notice of the same.

I have further the honor to request you to have a
Crown grant prepared in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Onehunga Water Reserves Act,
1879."

I have, &c.
G. CODLIN,
Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
Wellington.

Dismissal from the Public Service cancelled.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to cancel the dismissal
from the Public Service of the colony of
HENRY JACKSON, Esq.,
Chief Surveyor of the Wellington District, as notified
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 31, of the 20th
March, 1879.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Resignation of Chief Surveyor.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion by

HENRY JACKSON, Esq.,
of the appointment of Chief Surveyor of the Welling-
ton District.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Approving of the Sizes of Casks to be used under
"The Beer Duty Act, 1880."

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Beer Duty Act, 1880," I, the
Commissioner of Customs, do hereby make the fol-
lowing regulations approving the sizes of casks in
which beer liable to duty under the said Act shall be
sold or removed for consumption or sale from any
brewery, and prescribing how the duty thereon shall
be assessed.

Such casks shall only be of the sizes specified
below, computed in Imperial gallons, viz. :-

Hogsheads of a capacity not greater than fifty-
four gallons.
Barrels of a capacity of thirty-six gallons.
Half-barrels of a capacity of eighteen gallons.
Casks of a capacity of thirty, twenty-eight,
twenty-seven, ten, five, three, and two gallons
respectively.

Hogsheads shall be assessed at fifty-two gallons,
and the other sized casks specified herein shall be
assessed as containing the number of gallons they are
respectively capable of holding when filled, and shall
be stamped accordingly, one stamp only being affixed
to each cask.

These regulations shall take effect from the four-
teenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.

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

H. A. ATKINSON.
Commissioner of Customs.

[Commissioner's Order No. 135.]

Beer Duty Stamps available for Use.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 12th October, 1880.

IT is hereby notified that Beer Duty Stamps are
now prepared and available for use. They can
be procured by brewers on application to the Col-
lector appointed to collect the duties leviable under
"The Beer Duty Act, 1880," for the district in which
their breweries are situated.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Notice to Mariners. - No. 44 of 1880.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th October, 1880.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Mel-
bourne, is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

GIPPSLAND LAKES.

MASTERS of vessels and others are informed that a
black beacon with a ball on top will be placed at
once to mark the shallow water off the east end of
Raymond Island.

The beacon will be 340 yards off the east point,
and will be in 6 feet of water at low summer level.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 2nd October, 1880.