JAN. 5.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 4th January, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HENRY WARREN, Esq.,

to be a Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps for the pur-
poses of section 7 of "The Stamp Act 1875 Amend-
ment 1881," as from the 1st December, 1881.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Resignation of Member of the Hawkesbury Domain
Board.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1882.

IT is notified for general information that His
Excellency the Governor in Council has accepted
the resignation of

M. C. ORBELL, Esq.,

as a Member of the Hawkesbury Domain Board.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of
Hawera.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HENRY ENDELL WANKLYN

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Hawera, and also
Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of
Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said
Borough; also to appoint Tuesday, the 7th day of
February next, for the election of Mayor, and Wed-
nesday, the 8th day of February next, for the election
of Councillors, and Thursday, the 9th day of Feb-
ruary next, for the election of Auditors of the said
borough; and also to appoint Friday, the 10th
day of February next, at half-past 7 o'clock in the
evening, to be the time for the first meeting of the
Council of the said borough, and the Institute,
Hawera, to be the place for such first meeting.
THOMAS DICK.

Approving and Appointing Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned
warehouse, viz.,—

Port of Timaru.

Portion of a brick building, roofed with iron,
situate in Strathallan Street, on Section No. 32,
Rodes Town, opening to a right-of-way on the same
section, to be known as

MILES, ARCHER, AND Co.'S BOND

—to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of December, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-one.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Commissioner of Customs.)

Commissioner's Order No. 156.]

Native Title extinguished.

Native Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that the Native title has been
extinguished over the parcel of land described
and mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Wellington, containing by admeasurement 20 acres,
more or less, shown on the plan of the Terawhiti
District as a Native reserve. Bounded towards the
North and East by Section No. 9, 1000 links and
1450 links respectively; towards the South by the
coast-line, 2100 links; and towards the West by
Section No. 10, 2300 links: be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less.
N.O. 81/42784.
JOHN BRYCE,
Native Minister.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1882.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
tenders are published for general information.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON.

HURUNUI--WAITAKI RAILWAY.—WEKA PASS SEC-
TION.—PERMANENT WAY CONTRACT No. 2.

Accepted.
Jesse Coates, Palmerston South ... ... £ 2,727 5 0

Declined.
T. Taylor, Christchurch ... ... 3,488 2 0
Robert Johnstone, Waikari ... ... 4,418 7 0

WELLINGTON—NAPIER RAILWAY.—MANGA TE
WAINUI BRIDGE CONTRACT.

Accepted.
J. Saunders, Wellington ... ... £ 17,780 16 0

Declined.
J. Small and Co., Dunedin... ... 17,795 0 0
Jay and Poole, Foxton ... ... 17,858 0 0
Mace and Bassett, Patea ... ... 18,479 0 0
Ross and Dunbar, Auckland ... 18,462 0 0
H. McKenzie and Co., Dunedin ... 18,543 12 1
Davidson and Conyers, Dunedin ... 18,566 2 3
Hunt, White, and Clark, Auckland ... 19,398 18 6
Briton and Glendinning, Napier ... 20,373 0 0
Thomas H. Downes, Dunedin ... 20,547 0 0
Kendall and Bush, Patea ... ... 20,755 2 8
James Lockie, Wellington ... ... 20,890 1 8
John Taylor, Auckland ... ... 22,249 0 0
Martin Danaher, Auckland ... ... 23,378 0 0
J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch ... 24,570 13 0

The University of London and the Gilchrist
Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 31st December, 1881.

A SCHOLARSHIP of the value of £100 per
annum, and tenable for three years, is biennially
awarded to the highest among those candidates at the
London University June Matriculation Examination
held in New Zealand, who pass either in the Honours
or in the First Division, are not less than sixteen nor
more than twenty-two years of age, and are desirous
of prosecuting their studies either at the University
of Edinburgh, or at the University College, London,
with a view to graduation in one of the Faculties of
the University of London.

If any candidates offer themselves, the June ex-
amination for New Zealand will be held some time
in the month of June, 1882, or as soon after as the
examination papers arrive in the colony, and at such