[FEB. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 267

This regulation shall take effect from the ninth
day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this
sixth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Minister acting for the Commissioner
Commissioner's Order No. 158.] of Customs.

Authority to frank.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 10th February, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The CLERK and ACCOUNTANT, PRISONS DEPARTMENT,
WELLINGTON,

to frank, free from prepayment, telegrams, letters,
and parcels posted on the public service.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

Post Offices opened.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1882.

THE following list of additional Post Offices which
have been opened in the colony is published for
general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

| Name of Office. | In what Postal
District. | Circulating Office.
|---|---|---
| Aongatete | Auckland | Auckland.
| Dalmore | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Ellerslie | Auckland | Auckland.
| Eastown | Wanganui | Wanganui.
| Egmont Village | New Plymouth | New Plymouth.
| Epsom | Auckland | Auckland.
| Flemington | Christchurch | Christchurch.
| Grove (reopened) | Blenheim | Blenheim.
| Heddon Bush | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Ida Valley | Dunedin | Dunedin.
| Kiwitea | Wellington | Wellington.
| Kauangaroa | Wanganui | Wanganui.
| Kenepuru | Blenheim | Blenheim.
| Lake Tekapo (re-
opened) | Timaru | Timaru.
| Limehills | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Lower Hawea | Dunedin | Dunedin.
| Mallaghan's | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Mapourika | Hokitika | Hokitika.
| Martinborough | Wellington | Wellington.
| Matawai | Auckland | Auckland.
| Moonlight | Dunedin | Dunedin.
| Ngaire | Wanganui | Wanganui.
| Ohonga | Wellington | Wellington.
| Okoroiri | Auckland | Auckland.
| Oropi | Auckland | Auckland.
| Otakeho | Wanganui | Wanganui.
| Otonga | Auckland | Auckland.
| Parihaka | New Plymouth | New Plymouth.
| Pungarehu | New Plymouth | New Plymouth.
| Rahotu | New Plymouth | New Plymouth.
| St. Omer | Blenheim | Blenheim.
| Tadmor | Nelson | Nelson.
| Taupaki | Auckland | Auckland.
| Te Kao | Auckland | Auckland.
| Trentham (reopened) | Wellington | Wellington.
| Upper Waianiwa | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Wangaparapara | Auckland | Auckland.
| Waikomiti | Auckland | Auckland.
| Waitetuna | Auckland | Auckland.

Post Offices closed.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1882.

THE following list of Post Offices within the colony
which have been closed is published for general
information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

| Name of Office. | In what Postal
District. | Circulating Office.
|---|---|---
| Ashbourne | Christchurch | Christchurch.
| Arthur's Point | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Big Bay | Hokitika | Hokitika.
| Gap | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Homewood | Blenheim | Blenheim.
| Lowther | Invercargill | Invercargill.
| Malvern | Christchurch | Christchurch.
| Pinehili | Dunedin | Dunedin.
| Rahotu | New Plymouth | New Plymouth.
| St. Johns | Wanganui | Wanganui.
| Spreydon | Christchurch | Christchurch.
| Waihenga | Wellington | Wellington.

Appointment of Postmasters.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1882.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-
General by His Excellency the Governor, the
following appointments have been made in the Postal
Service of the colony.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

| Name. | To be Post-
master at | In what Postal
District. | From
|---|---|---|---
| C. Nicolls | Akuaku | Gisborne | 1 July, 1881
| H. D. Willcox | Alexandra
South | Dunedin | 7 Jan., 1882
| G. Hunter | Aongatete | Auckland | 1 Aug., 1881
| M. Loubere | Antonio's Flat | Greymouth | 1 Oct., "
| R. Vinsen | Ashburton | Christchurch | 1 Jan., 1882
| J. Wood | Awamoko | Oamaru | 1 June, 1881
| P. F. Thiel | Awhitu | Auckland | 1 Sept., "
| W. A. Comerford | Balclutha | Dunedin | 1 June, "
| T. Shadrack | Balcairn | Christchurch | 8 Dec., "
| J. Linton | Batley | Auckland | 1 July, "
| H. Wilton | Bideford | Wellington | 1 Nov., "
| S. Macalister | Blenheim | Blenheim | 1 June, "
| J. McKechnie | Blueskin | Dunedin | 1 May, "
| R. L. Hasseltine | Brightwater | Nelson | 15 Aug., "
| E. G. Wilson | Burnham | Christchurch | 23 Jan., 1882
| A. Boyes | Caversham | Dunedin | 25 Nov., 1881
| R. Stewart | Cheltenham | Wellington | 1 Aug., "
| J. Gray | Chertsey | Christchurch | 26 Jan., 1882
| M. O. Dodd | Dairy Flat | Auckland | 1 July, 1881
| A. McPherson | Dalmore | Invercargill | 15 Aug., "
| O. H. Osborne | Dreyerton | Wellington | 1 June, "
| R. Todd | Dunback | Dunedin | 1 Sept., "
| James Grant | Dunsandel | Christchurch | 14 Dec., "
| H. N. Leach | Ealing | Christchurch | 20 Jan., 1882
| A. Hogg | Eastown | Wanganui | 1 Oct., 1881
| A. Barnett | East Takaka | Nelson | 1 Nov., "
| T. E. Donne | Edendale | Invercargill | 9 May, "
| W. J. Grayling | Egmont Village | New Ply-
mouth | 1 June, "
| C. H. Regnell | Ellerslie | Auckland | 1 Sept., "
| F. M. Dando | Epsom | Auckland | 23 Jan., 1882
| A. Potts | Erewhon | Napier | 1 Oct., 1881
| J. Smith | Fernside | Christchurch | 1 Dec., "
| H. C. Williamson | Flemington | Christchurch | 1 Sept., "
| E. Fildesley | Gladstone | Wellington | 1 July, "
| A. G. Oldfield | Governor's Bay | Christchurch | 24 Jan., 1882
| E. McKenna | Greatford | Wanganui | 1 Sept., 1881
| W. Whitton | Greenstone | Greymouth | 1 Oct., "
| A. Borland | Groper's Bush | Invercargill | 1 Oct., "
| C. Brown | Grove | Blenheim | 1 Oct., "
| J. H. Young | Heddon Bush | Invercargill | 1 Sept., "
| J. T. Parsons | Helensville | Auckland | 1 Aug., "
| S. J. Jago | Hokitika | Hokitika | 1 June, "