JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 749

Post Offices closed.

THE following names of post offices which have been closed in the colony are published for general information.
General Post Office, Wellington, 1st June, 1887.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Tenders for Sleepers for the Hurunui-Bluff and Napier Railways, 1887.

THE following successful and unsuccessful tenders for supply and delivery of sleepers for the Hurunui-Bluff and Napier Railways are published for general information.
Railway Department, Wellington, 3rd June, 1887.
By order.
J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

HURUNUI-BLUFF RAILWAY.

John Ingram .. .. .. | West Oxford .. | 5,000 birch .. | 3/ | Accepted for half-quantity. |
Gustave Hahn .. .. .. | " .. | 5,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
Rossiter Brothers .. .. .. | " .. | 5,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
E. B. Youngman .. .. .. | " .. | 4,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
Walter Ryde .. .. .. | " .. | 4,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
J. M. Booth .. .. .. | " .. | 3,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
E. B. Youngman .. .. .. | " .. | 3,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
T. Vincent .. .. .. | Bennett's .. | 5,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
J. P. Pole .. .. .. | Sheffield .. | 3,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
J. Lace .. .. .. | Sheffield and View Hill | 5,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
Alice Perham .. .. .. | View Hill .. | 5,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
Feary Brothers .. .. .. | " .. | 3,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
J. Sharplin.. .. .. .. | Sheffield and View Hill | 4,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
Johnston, Wood, and Co. .. .. | Little River .. | 5,000 black-pine | 3/ | Accepted. |
William Coop .. .. .. | " .. | 2,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
Charles Campbell .. .. .. | Whakapatu .. | 2,000 kauri .. | 1/11 | " |
Francis Henry .. .. .. | Oraki .. | 5,000 " .. | 1/6 | " |
Dunedin Iron and Woodware Company | Waimatiu .. | 5,000 " .. | 1/10½ | " |
J. W. Dawson and Sons .. .. | One-tree Point .. | 1,000 " .. | 1/9 | " |
Watson Brothers .. .. .. | Pahia .. | 5,000 " .. | 2/ | Declined. |
James More .. .. .. | Riverton .. | 5,000 " .. | 2/ | " |
McKenzie and Roff .. .. .. | Invercargill .. | 4,000 " .. | 2/ | " |

NAPIER RAILWAY.

P. Kiley .. .. .. .. | Mangatawainui .. | 1,744 hewn totara | 2/2 | Accepted. |
R. E. Rasmusen .. .. .. | Mangatera .. | 2,000 " .. | 2/6½ | Declined. |
H. Carkon .. .. .. .. | " .. | 2,000 " .. | 2/5½ | " |
Tamaki Saw-mill Company .. .. | Tahorai te .. | 2,000 " .. | 3/ | " |
Henderson, Wratt, and Co. .. .. | Danevirke .. | 2,000 " .. | 2/6 | " |
J. B. Leighton .. .. .. | Matamau .. | 600 " .. | 2/7 | " |
W. Bierre .. .. .. .. | Danevirke .. | 1,000 " .. | 2/8 | " |

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 16th day of July next.
1118. JANE ELIZABETH PACKARD, TAMAR JOHANNA BAIRD, MARY ALEXA PRINGLE BAIRD, WILLIAM BAIRD, CHARLES BAIRD, THOMAS ALFRED HENDRY BAIRD, and JAMES BAIRD.—77 acres 2 roods and 24 perches, parts of Section 152 and a stopped road (adjoining), Takaka District. Occupied by William Baird and James Baird.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 6th day of June, 1887, at the Lands Registry Office, Nelson.
ANDREW TURNBULL,
District Land Registrar.
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APPLICATION having been made to me by IGNATZ SCHRAMKA, of Palmerston North, Labourer, for the issue to him of a provisional certificate of title for Lot 2, deposited Plan 204, part of Section 189, Palmerston North, Vol. xxxiv., folio 191, and evidence having been lodged with me as to the loss of the original certificate, I hereby give notice that I will issue the provisional certificate as requested unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 30th day of June, 1887.
Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington, this 8th day of June, 1887.
GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same in each case within one calendar month next after date of the Gazette containing this notice.
Section 76, Block XXIV., Town of Dunedin.—ALEXANDER MATHIESON, Applicant. Occupied by Robert Kiniburgh Murray. No. 3765.
Part Section 90, Block VII., Town District.—ELIZABETH MATTHEWS, Applicant. Occupied by William Hepburn and Robert Park. No. 3766.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 6th day of June, 1887, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.
H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.
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Mining Notices.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO EXTEND WATER-RACE.

28th May, 1887.
To the Mining Registrar at Ahaura of the Westland Mining District, and to all other persons whom it may concern.
TAKE notice that it is intended to extend a Water-race and use water for saw-milling machinery and other industrial pursuits, and to occupy, for the purpose of depositing matter removed from such race, the land immediately adjoining such water-race to a distance not exceeding 14ft. in width, excluding the width of such race on both sides thereof; commencing at termination of water-race held under License No. 8407, dated the 14th November, 1882;