SEPT. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2065

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.

George Edward Perkins to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15 of “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Te Wharau Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Te Wharau. Acceptance to date from 23rd August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15, “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Strathmore Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Strathmore. Acceptance to date from 23rd August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Marsden Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Drury. Date of resignation, 11th August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Awarua Rifle Volunteers.

Captain William John Struthers Dunlop. Date of resignation, 8th November, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:—

2nd Battalion Auckland (Hauraki) Infantry Volunteers.

Thomas Nepean Edward Kenny to be Honorary Colonel. Commission to date from 7th August, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1902.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

HURUNUI BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE CONTRACT, BLENHEIM-WAIPARA RAILWAY, SOUTH END.

Accepted.

Scott Bros., Limited, Christchurch .. 3,598 17 0

Declined.

J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch .. 4,223 5 0

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 13th September, 1902.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ONEHUNGA POLICE-STATION CONTRACT.

Accepted.

George H. James, Onehunga .. .. 509 0 0

Declined.

E. Hampton Jones, Ponsonby .. .. 545 17 0
A. J. Walker, Otahuhu .. .. 559 10 0
Guthrie and Braithwaite, Mount Roskill .. 604 14 0
J. Smith, Onehunga .. .. 633 0 0

Notice to Mariners No. 66 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1902.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1902, issued by this Department on the 19th May last, the following notice, received from the Acting Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, Western Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—WEST COAST.—FREMANTLE HARBOUR.

The Government of Western Australia desire to give notice that, pending the alteration to the Mole lights (as previously notified), a temporary fixed green light of the 5th order, visible six miles, will be exhibited from Arthur Head.

The light will be shown from the 23rd August, 1902, until further notice, and visible south of a line drawn through Arthur Head and Rottnest Main Lighthouse.

Chart affected: No. 1700, Fremantle Harbour and Gage Roads.

C. J. IRVINE,
Acting Chief Harbourmaster.

Harbourmaster’s Office,
Fremantle, 12th August, 1902.

Notice to Mariners No. 67 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1902.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Navigation, Sydney, New South Wales, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

ADDITIONAL MOORINGS, NORTH HARBOUR, NEWCASTLE, N.S.W.

THE Superintendent of Navigation hereby notifies masters of vessels and others that an additional set of moorings has been placed in the North Harbour, Newcastle, carrying a red buoy, in line between No. 1 Ballast Jetty, Stockton, and a point 160 ft. to the northward of No. 10 crane, and approximately 970 ft. distant from the latter. Masters of vessels are cautioned against anchoring in proximity to the moorings, in order to avoid fouling the cables, which lie S.S.E. and N.N.W.

NORMAN C. LOCKHART,
Secretary.

Department of Navigation,
Sydney, 1st September, 1902.

Government Offices to be closed on 8th October (Labour Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th September, 1902.

THE Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Wednesday, 8th October, 1902, being Labour Day.

J. G. WARD.