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112. { Fell, James, Waikouaiti.
     *Maxwell, Thomas, Auckland.
113. { Cullinane, Timothy John, Wanganui.
     White, Caroline, Bombay.
114. { Hosking, Winifred Christiana, Auckland.
     Kenrick, Lionel Francis, Thames.
115. Adams, Archibald Miles William, Blenheim.
116. Walker, John Moore, Ellerslie.
     { Bicknell, Hermann, Oamaru.
117. { Gordon, William Thompson, Wellington.
     Henderson, Augustine Stewart, Wellington.
118. Barry, Henry Philip, Christchurch.
119. Fraser, Catherine Jane, Roslyn.
120. *Bower, Eva, Onehunga.
121. Jago, Frederick William, Napier.
122. { McKay, Alexander, Port Chalmers.
     Quelch, Alfred Fleming Francis, Dunedin.
     { *White, Charles C., Pleasant Point.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1893.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the Formation-completion Contract of the Puta-ruru–Rotorua Railway is published for general information:—

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted. £ s. d.
M. Fallon, Auckland .. .. 3,286 7 0

Declined.
Messrs. Coates and Metcalfe, Auckland .. 3,649 0 0
J. McLean and Son, Auckland .. 3,783 4 8
J. Murphy, Hamilton .. 3,956 18 11

Application to proclaim the Kaniere River and its Tributaries Watercourses for the Deposit of Tailings.—Notice.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section 152 of “The Mining Act, 1891,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that application has been made to him to proclaim the watercourses known as the Kaniere River and its tributaries, in the Provincial District of Westland, to be watercourses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every kind used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed holding adjacent to such watercourses shall be suffered to flow or be discharged.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of February, 1893.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Notice of Intention to take Land for the Use of the Lunatic Asylum at Seacliff.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto is required for the use and convenience of the Lunatic Asylum at Seacliff, to be used for waterworks and otherwise in connection with such asylum, and that it is intended to take the said land for such purpose under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1892.” And notice is hereby further given that a plan showing the area of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office, Seacliff, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections thereto, set forth such objections in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 17032, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at

Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red and neutral tint.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of February, 1893.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Native Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1893.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that

PAORA TE PAKIHI

has been elected to be the Native Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Waioeka.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Under-Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1893.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1893.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1890,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Reverend Walter L. Salter.

Baptists.
The Reverend James Blaikie.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Land taken at the Bluff for the Purposes of the Lyttelton-Bluff Railway.

A NOTIFICATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Lyttelton-Bluff Railway, to take certain land at the Bluff referred to in “The Bluff Harbour Foreshore Reclamation Act, 1882,” for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, we, the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on us by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling us in that behalf, do hereby notify and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate at the Bluff, in the Provincial District of Southland, marked “Railway reserve” on a plan marked M.D. 622A deposited in the Marine Office, Wellington, and cross-hatched with black lines thereon, and which said plan is referred to in “The Bluff Harbour Foreshore Reclamation Act, 1882.”

Given under the common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JAMES MCKERROW.
W. M. HANNAY.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government railways, to come into force on and after the 21st day of February, 1893:—

PART III.—GOODS.

REGULATIONS.

Queensland Relief Fund.

Goods consigned for the Queensland Relief Fund will be carried free on the New Zealand Government Railways to ports of shipment.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in the presence of

JAMES MCKERROW,} Railway
W. M. HANNAY, } Commissioners.