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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Heathcote to Christchurch.
Class P: Bricks from Heathcote to Christchurch
will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity,
5 tons per truck.

Buxton's to Invercargill.
Class P: Bricks of native produce from Buxton's
to Invercargill will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Mini-
mum quantity, 5 tons per truck.

Dated this 11th day of May, 1881.
JOHN HALL,
(acting for Minister for Public Works.)

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1881.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.
R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

KAIPARA BRIDGE CONTRACT.
Accepted.
Orlando Wills, Auckland ... £ 962 18 s. d. 0

Declined.
Mercer and Marshall, Auckland ... 1,019 0 0
J. McLean and Co... ... 1,052 5 0
J. Sheehan, jun. ... 1,184 8 0
Alexander Sutherland ... 1,193 0 0
William Foughey ... 1,200 9 4
Samuel Gray ... 1,350 0 0

Designation of Chief Post Office and Telegraph
Station changed.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 6th May, 1881.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Chief Post Office and
Telegraph Station in the Thames Postal District,
known as Grahamstown, will, from and after the
16th instant, be changed to
THAMES.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Member of House of Representatives for Southern
Maori Electoral District elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1881.
THE Clerk of the Writs has received from His
Excellency the Governor a writ for the election
of a Member of the House of Representatives for the
Southern Maori Electoral District, indorsed with the
name of
HORI KEREI TATAROA
as having been duly elected to serve as a Member for
the said district.
G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Officiating Ministers for 1881.-Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1881.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information :-
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend John Ross.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Minister withdrawn from List.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1881.
IT is notified that the name of the Reverend Dover
Roberton has been withdrawn from the list of
Officiating Ministers, under "The Marriage Act,
1880," at the request of the Bishop of Christchurch.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1881.
THE Loyal Ashburton Lodge, situated at Ash-
burton, is registered as a branch of the North
Canterbury District of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society,
under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 5th
day of May, 1881.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1881.
THE Court Pride of Alexandra, No. 5194, situated
at Alexandra, is registered as a branch of the
United Otago District of the Ancient Order of
Foresters Friendly Society, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877," this 6th day of May, 1881.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

New Zealand Company's Commissioner's Report.

JOSEPH GODFREY HOLDSWORTH, a Commissioner
duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No.
15, Session XI., of the Legislative Council of the
Islands of New Zealand, to hear and decide claims
to land by persons claiming title thereto from,
through, or under the New Zealand Company, report
that the claim of
HARRY BOWLER
having been referred to me by the Colonial Secretary,
I do hereby decide that the said Harry Bowler is
entitled to a Crown grant of the Section No. 901 on
the plan of the City of Wellington.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of May, 1881.
Jos. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner, New Zealand Company's
Land Claims.

Gold Fields Notices.

Mineral Lease forfeited.

Warden's Office,
Naseby, 30th April, 1881.
IN accordance with section 21 of the Mineral Lease
Regulations under "The Mines Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that the Mineral Lease of Section 2,
Block VI., and Section 9, Block V., Kyeburn, granted
to George Thomas, has been declared forfeited, and
that the ground comprised in such lease is open to
applicants for a lease or license or other interest
which may lawfully be granted in the said ground,
as if no lease of the said ground had ever been ap-
plied for.
H. W. ROBINSON,
Warden.