JAN. 19.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 79

GREYTOWN CEMETERY.-AUTHORITY TO REOPEN A VAULT.

To the Sexton.
This is to authorize
, of
, to reopen vault
numbered
, situated on plot of ground numbered
on the plan of the Greytown Cemetery, for the purpose of inter-
ment of deceased person named in the accompanying burial-
warrant.
Trustee.

Dated this day of , 18 .

T. PORRITT,
Chairman.

Approved in Council, 17th January, 1882.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The
Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.:-

THOMAS DICK.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and
Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Orders in Council dated
the 6th January, 1881, and the 22nd September,
1881, the following scale of charges for the purposes
specified below is hereby fixed in lieu of or in addi-
tion to that at present in force, and such scale shall
come into force on the 30th day of January, 1882:-

PART III.-GOODS.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

Class E.-Agricultural Produce.

The provision that "Grain in bags, containing
more than 4 bushels each, will be charged rate and a
quarter" is hereby cancelled, and in lieu thereof the
following is substituted: "Grain in bags, containing
more than 240 lb. each, will be charged rate and a
quarter."

PART VII.-CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Bark, native, packed in bags or bundles ... E.
Bark, native, loose, minimum quantity 2 tons ... D.
Iron, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, and plate... D.
Iron, corrugated, loose ... C.
Iron, corrugated, packed ... D.
Iron, galvanized, loose ... C.
Iron, galvanized, packed ... D.
Standards, iron, for fencing, in bundles ... D.
Standards, iron, for fencing, loose ... C.
Wire, iron, fencing, in bundles ... D.

Dated this 18th day of January, 1882.

JOHN HALL,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to disband the under-mentioned cadet corps:-
The Timaru Artillery Volunteer Cadets.
The Canterbury Engineer Volunteer Cadets.

The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to
be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions
having lapsed under "The Volunteer Act, 1881 :"-
Walter Johnson, late Captain, Canterbury Engineer
Volunteer Cadets.
James Edward Stokes Jackson, late Captain,
Timaru Artillery Volunteer Cadets.

JOHN BRYCE.

Designation of Post Office changed.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 12th January, 1882.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Auck-
land Postal District, known as Kapanga, will, from
and after the 1st proximo, be changed to

COROMANDEL.

By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1882.

PATENT for Extracting Roots and Stumps of
Trees, to be called the "Root Extractor."
JAMES LINTON, of Palmerston North, New Zealand,
Commission Agent, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have ap-
pointed Friday, the 28th day of April next, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, 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 24th day of April 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.

Notice under "The Property-Tax Act, 1881."

NOTICE is hereby given that the first instalment
of Property-Tax for the half-year commencing
1st April, 1881, will be payable on Wednesday, the
15th day of February, 1882, and the second instal-
ment of Property-Tax for the half-year commencing
1st October, 1881, in respect of property will be pay-
able on Wednesday, the 1st day of March, 1882, and
D. in respect of fire, marine, and guarantee premiums
on Monday, the 1st day of May, 1882; and the place
or places where the said tax shall be paid shall be the
office of the Property-Tax Commissioner, Govern-
ment Buildings, Willington, or any Post Office (ex-
cept in Wellington) which is a Telegraph Station or
Money Order Office.

J. SPERREY,
Property-Tax Commissioner.

Wellington, 18th January, 1882.

Post Office opened as a Government Life Insurance
Office.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 13th January, 1882.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Post Office at the
under-mentioned place has been opened as a
Government Life Insurance Office:-

STIRLING, Otago.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner,