SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1183

SCHEDULE—continued.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Native Minister.

Tenders for Inland Mail Services.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 8th September, 1881.

SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief
Post Office, Dunedin, until Saturday, the 8th
October, 1881, for the conveyance of mails between
the under-mentioned places, for a period of two
years, from the 1st January, 1882, to the 31st
December, 1883.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN.
20. Palmerston and Naseby, twice weekly.
21. Naseby and Clyde, via St. Bathans and Cambrian, twice
weekly.
22. Palmerston and Naseby, via Macrae's and Hyde, weekly.
29. Lawrence and Cromwell, thrice weekly.
31. Cromwell and Queenstown, thrice weekly.
35. Cromwell, Bendigo, and Pembroke, twice weekly.
36. Pembroke and Cardrona, weekly.

The attention of intending tenderers is directed to
the following clause of the terms and conditions of
contract, printed at the back of the tender forms:-

"The days and hours of arrival and departure to
be fixed from time to time as the Postmaster-General
may direct. For services performed by coach no
stage shall exceed twelve miles, except by special
permission from the Postmaster-General, who shall
determine whether or not longer stages are unavoid-
able."

Contractors whose tenders may be accepted must
be prepared to carry out the services for which they
tender according to the time-tables framed by the
department.

Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of
contract, may be procured at any post office.
No tender will be considered unless made on the
printed form.

Tenders, indorsed "Tender for Mail Service No.
," to be addressed to the Postmaster-General,
Wellington, and enclosed to the Chief Postmaster,
Dunedin.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1881.

THE Perseverance Lodge No. 116 of the United
Ancient Order of Druids, at Addington, is regis-
tered as a friendly society, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877," this 12th day of September,
1881.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1881.—Notice No. 24.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 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 :-

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly
called the Church of England.
The Reverend Thomas Billinge Maclean.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Governor of Auckland College and Grammar School
elected.

AS Returning Officer, I have received notification
from the Chancellor of the University of New
Zealand that, in accordance with the provisions of
"The Auckland College and Grammar School Act,
1880," an election of one person as Governor of the
Auckland College and Grammar School has been
held, and that

FREDERICK MORRIS PRESTON BROOKFIELD, Esq.,
having received the greatest number of votes, was
duly elected.

1st September, 1881.
JOHN JAMES,
Returning Officer.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

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

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Greymouth on or
before the 15th day of September, 1881.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Greymouth.