1254

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 78

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 6th January, 1881, the following alterations and
additions to the rates for the conveyance, delivery,
and storage of goods, parcels, &c., on all the New
Zealand Railways, are hereby declared to be fixed
and to come into force from the 10th October, 1881.

PART IV. - LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

The maximum rate charged on wool consigned
from the Albury Branch to Timaru will be 2s. per
bale for undumped, and 3s. 6d. per bale for double
dumped.

Dated this 5th day of October, 1881.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Acting for Minister for Public Works.

Officiating Ministers for 1881.-Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th 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 Walter Stanley Bean.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Money Order and Savings Bank Offices opened.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1881.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
Money Order and Savings Bank Offices will be
opened at

STAFFORD (Chief Office, Hokitika),
from and after the 1st November next; and at
ST. ANDREW (Chief Office, Timaru),
from and after the 17th instant.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

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 a lease of Crown lands for gold-
mining purposes to the applicants 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 Lyell on or before
the 21st day of October, 1881.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Lyell.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James McDonnell and Thomas Glennie.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the
business: "Homeward Bound." 16 acres 2 roods,
south side of Lyell Creek, Lyell, in the Nelson South-
West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
sixth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Appointment for Hearing Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1881.

PATENT for a Machine for Quarrying and Cutting
Stone.

WILLIAM MURRAY, of Totara, near Oamaru, Otago,
Stone-mason, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention, and I have appointed Friday, the
20th day of January next, at 12 o'clock noon, at this
office, to hear the said application and all objections
thereto ; and I require all persons having an interest
in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave,
on or before the 16th day of January next, at this
office, particulars in writing of their objections to the
said application, otherwise they will be precluded
from urging the same.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

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 Reefton on or before
the 19th day of November, 1881.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: George Charles Bowman. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business: "Boat-
man's Gold-Mining Company (Limited)." 15 acres

Branches registered under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1881.

THE under-mentioned Lodges are registered as
branches of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand
of the Independent Order of Good Templars, under
"The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 4th day of
October, 1881 :--

Name of Lodge. No. Where Situated.
St. Johns ... 23 ... Wellington.
Home of Peace ... 241 ... Totara Flat.
Star of the Forest ... 247 ... One-Tree Point.

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