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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the
resignation of the commissions held by the under-
mentioned officers :--

Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Hughes. Date of resignation, 3rd
January, 1883.

Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Richard James Fitton. Date of resignation,
31st March, 1883.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband
the under-mentioned corps :--

The Thames Native Rifle Volunteers.
The Manutahi Rifle Volunteers.
The Thames Naval Cadet Volunteers.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be officers
in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having lapsed under
"The Volunteer Act, 1881:"--
John Kelly, late Captain, Manutahi Rifle Volunteers.
William John Barlow, late Captain, Thames Naval Cadet
Volunteers.
Raika Whakarongatai, late Lieutenant, Thames Native
Volunteers.
Pearson Wakefield, late Lieutenant, Manutahi Rifle Volun-
teers.
Matiu Poono, late Sub-Lieutenant, Thames Native Rifle
Volunteers.
Robert Wells, late Sub-Lieutenant, Manutahi Rifle Volun-
teers.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Tonnage Measurement of Italian Vessels.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th May, 1883.
THE following despatch, with its enclosure, from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 6th March, 1883.
SIR, --With reference to Lord Carnarvon's circular despatch of
the 2nd February, 1877, I have the honour to transmit to you,
for information and publication in the colony under your
Government, a copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council
modifying the Order in Council of the 30th September, 1873,
respecting the tonnage measurement of Italian vessels in this
country.
I have, &c.,
DERBY.
The Officer Administering the Government of
New Zealand.

At the Court at Windsor, the 14th day of February, 1883.
Present:
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act,
1862," it is enacted that, whenever it is made to appear to Her
Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage
of merchant ships for the time being in force under "The
Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," therein called the Principal Act,
have been adopted by the Government of any foreign country,
and are in force in that country, it shall be lawful for Her
Majesty, by Order in Council, to direct that the ships of such
foreign country shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted
in their certificates of registry or other national papers, and
thereupon it shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be
remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty's dominions,
but such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted on
their certificates of registry or other papers in the same manner,
to the same extent, and for the same purposes in, to, and for
which the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of
British ships is to be deemed the tonnage of such ships:
And whereas Her Majesty, by Order in Council dated the
30th day of September, 1873, was pleased to direct that
merchant sailing and steam ships belonging to the Kingdom of
Italy, the measurement whereof had, after the 1st day of July,
1873, been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other
national papers of such ships, testified by the dates thereof,
should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their registers
or other national papers, in the same manner, and to the same
extent, and for the same purposes in, to, and for which the
tonage denoted in the certificates of registry of British ships
is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships: Provided neverthe-
less that, if the owner or master of any Italian steamship
should desire the deduction for engine room in such ship to be
estimated under the rules for engine-room measurement and
deduction applicable to British ships, instead of under the
Italian rule, the engine room should be measured and the
deduction calculated according to the British rules:
And whereas the Government of His Majesty the King of
Italy have, by Royal Decree dated the 30th day of July, 1882,
modified the rules for engine-room measurement and deduction
applicable to Italian steamships, and the said modified rules
are now the same as those in force under the said Principal
Act, and came into operation in the said kingdom of Italy on
the 21st day of September, 1882:
Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of
Her Privy Council, to direct that the steamships of Italy, the
certificates of Italian nationality and registry of which are
dated on or after the 21st day of September, 1882, shall be
deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of
Italian nationality and registry.

C. L. PEEL.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1883.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is
published for general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

AWAPURUA BRIDGE CONTRACT, MANAWATU RIVER,
WELLINGTON-NAPIER RAILWAY.

Accepted.
H. McKenzie, Dunedin

Declined.
M. Danaher, Hawera
Alexander and Macfarlane, Wanganui
Alexander Reese, Masterton
A. Watson, Auckland
Smith and Walker, Invercargill
J. Saunders, Wellington
D. Glendinning, Napier
J. Lockie, Wellington

£ s. d.
14,824 7 5

15,600 0 0
16,612 13 2
16,953 0 0
19,422 0 0
20,012 0 0
21,149 19 0
21,999 0 0
27,059 2 4

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1883.
PATENT for an Improvement in the Manufacture of
Hydraulic Cement.
THOMAS JOHNSON THOMPSON, of Campbelltown, in the
Provincial District of Otago and Colony of New Zealand,
Marine Surveyor, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the
13th day of July next, at 11 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 28th
day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.
No. 821.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1883.
PATENT for Improvement in the Centres of Plough Skeiths,
in which the wear of the centre may be taken up by a
conical bush at each side, the whole being so encased as to
prevent sand from entering the bearings.
WILLIAM ROSS, of Sydenham, in the Provincial District of
Canterbury and Colony of New Zealand, Implement Manu-
facturer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 13th day of July
next, at 11 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 28th day of June next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said applica-
tion, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.
No. 789.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.