Nov. 2.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1599

situate in Customhouse Street West, on Lots 13 and
14, Section 17, in the plan of the City of Auckland,
to be known as

OWEN AND GRAHAM'S CUSTOMHOUSE STREET BOND
-to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
thirtieth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.

WM. ROLLESTON,
(for Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner's Order No. 171.]

Notice re "Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882."

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1882.

THE following particulars relative to estimates,
plans, and specifications to be submitted to the
Minister for Public Works under sections 9 and 10
of "The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882,"
are published for general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

Prize-firing Rules.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1882.

THE following rules for the competition for the
Government Prizes, 1882, are published for
general information.

WM. ROLLESTON.

THE Sum of £800 having been voted by the General
Assembly for prizes, the amount has been divided
pro ratá amongst the Volunteer Corps, according to
the nominal strength on the 30th September, 1882,
viz. :-

District.
Adults.
Ordnance.
Cadets.
Total.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland
44 8 0 12 0 0 2 17 0 59 5 0
Waiuku
9 3 0 ... ... 9 3 0
Waikato
12 16 6 ... ... 12 16 6
Taranaki
55 8 6 ... ... 55 8 6
Wanganui, Patea,
and Rangitikei..
69 3 0 5 18 0 75 1 0
Wellington
43 1 0 22 7 0 11 19 0 77 7 0
Napier...
9 0 0 4 5 6 ... 13 5 6
Poverty Bay
7 13 0 7 13 0 ... 15 6 0
Wairarapa
14 3 6 ... 6 4 0 20 7 6
Thames
30 9 0 12 4 6 3 4 0 45 17 6
Nelson
22 16 0 10 10 0 2 13 0 35 19 0
Marlborough
15 6 0 ... ... 23 2 0
Canterbury
41 2 0 11 2 0 3 8 0 55 12 0
Oamaru
22 11 6 5 9 6 6 13 0 34 14 0
Dunedin
67 1 0 27 10 6 27 7 0 121 18 6
Invercargill
37 2 6 10 11 6 4 17 0 52 11 0
Lake
13 19 0 4 16 0 5 2 0 23 17 0
Westland
14 9 6 ... ... 14 9 6
A. C. Force (Re-
serve)
53 19 6 ... ... 53 19 6
Total
583 12 6 128 9 6 87 18 0 800 0 0

2. The whole sum voted having been set apart for
   prizes, no claims for marking, &c., can be entertained.
   Each district must arrange for markers at its own
   expense.

3. A Committee, composed of the Officer Com-
   manding and not less than two senior Volunteer
   officers in each district, will divide the amounts set
   apart for their respective districts into such prizes
   as they may determine, and to be competed for at
   such ranges, &c., as they may appoint. The Com-
   missioner of Armed Constabulary will issue rules
   for the prizes apportioned to that force.

4. The firing for these prizes must be in accordance
   with the general rules published.

5. The competitions to take place at such times as
   may be directed by Officers Commanding districts,
   and they are to be concluded before the 31st Decem-
   ber, 1882.

6. Returns showing the conditions under which
   the competitions took place, the names of the prize-
   winners, and the several amounts of the prizes,
   together with the full scores of all competitors, are
   to be sent to the Under-Secretary for Defence not
   later than the 15th January, 1883.

THESE shall include, —

1. General or key plan, showing route of road
   between well-known termini, with locality of proposed
   works marked thereon; or the site of works may be
   indicated on the plan by reference to survey sections
   along any line of road. Scale: 1 mile to 1 inch.

2. Longitudinal section of ground and road-line
   formation, with grades marked on it, and heights
   at change of grade from a datum-line, also depths of
   cuttings and banks at every chain in rough ground,
   or at every 2 or 3 chains in ground of an even
   character. This section to be in sheets, each showing
   not more than 1 mile in length. Scale: 3 chains to 1
   inch longitudinal, 30 feet to 1 inch vertical.

3. Cross sections not more than 2 chains apart of
   all parts of the ground where the transverse inclina-
   tion of the same is more than 1 in 4; and ground of
   the latter character to be described on the longitudi-
   nal section as "sideling ground" or "level," as the
   case may be. Scale: 15 feet to 1 inch, natural.

4. Estimates for large culverts and bridges need
   not be given in detail, but per lineal foot. The kind
   of bridge must be described as iron or wood, truss
   or plain; size of spans, as also the width of roadway,
   and its height above ordinary water-level and above
   highest flood-level.
   Full particulars of culverts must be given as to
   shape, width, height, and thickness and the material
   of which it is proposed to build them.

5. Tracings on cloth of plans as above to be sent
   for approval. These will be kept in the Public Works
   Department as a record.
   A specimen sheet of each of such plans will be
   furnished to any local body applying for them.

Quarterly Returns under Section 19 of "The Sheep
Act, 1878."-Notice No. 128.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1882.

THE following quarterly returns of runs or farms
on which there were infected sheep on the 30th
September, 1882, are published in accordance with
section 19 of "The Sheep Act, 1878."

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Name of Owner and Run or Farm.
Particulars of Flock
or Flocks.
No.

AUCKLAND SHEEP DISTRICT.
Auckland Subdivision.
Paul, Walter, Mangare ... ... Mixed 350
Robinson, A., Mangare ... ... " 80

Marsden Subdivision.
Martin Brothers, Lower Matakana ... Mixed 300
Butler, Betty, Mrs., Whangarei Heads ... " 60
Evans, John, Ruatangata ... ... " 108
Cleary, R., Whangarei ... ... " 116
F. C. LEWIS.

NEW PLYMOUTH SHEEP DISTRICT.
Bayly, Frederick, White Cliffs ... | Mixed | 1,800
E. G. PRICE.