Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2631

King, T. T., Assistant Inspector of Post-offices, Southern District.
Curtis, P., Assistant Inspector of Post-offices, Northern District.

Third Class.
Morris, R. B., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Christchurch.
Black, J., Storekeeper, Wellington.
Keys, B. H., Officer in Charge, Telegraph-office, Napier.
Ward, W. T., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Dunedin.
Hawk, C. H. M., Assistant Inspector of Telegraphs, Wellington.
Kissel, H., Senior M.O. and S.B. Clerk, Wellington.
Williamson, J. C., Second Clerk, G.P.O., Wellington.
Dryden, A. P., Chief Clerk, C.P.O., Auckland.
Ledger, J. L. H., Assistant Controller M.O. and S.B., and Assistant Accountant, Wellington.

CHIEF POSTMASTERS.

First Grade.
McBeth, J. F., Chief Postmaster, Christchurch.
Hutton, J. A., Chief Postmaster, Wellington.
Douglas, W. St. G., Chief Postmaster, Dunedin.
Holdsworth, F. D., Chief Postmaster, Auckland.

Second Grade.
Miller, D., Chief Postmaster, Wanganui.
Sheath, J. H., Chief Postmaster, Napier.
McHutcheson, W., Chief Postmaster, Timaru.
Sampson, G. W., Chief Postmaster, Greymouth.
Chaney, W. J., Chief Postmaster, New Plymouth.
Capper, H. W., Chief Postmaster, Invercargill.

Third Grade.
Logie, H., Chief Postmaster, Westport.
St. George, D., Chief Postmaster, Hokitika.
Renner, W. H., Chief Postmaster, Gisborne.
Nicholls, W. H. S, Chief Postmaster, Thames.

POSTMASTERS.

First Grade.
Pickett, J. J., Postmaster, Stratford.
Whelan, C., Postmaster, Reefton.
Halliday, C. C., Postmaster, Feilding.
White, P. P., Postmaster, Marton.
Delany, J., Postmaster, Lyttelton.
Nicholas, C. E., Postmaster, Tauranga.
Walsh, W. J., Postmaster, Gore.
Salmon, T. B., Postmaster, Bluff.
Inder, S., Postmaster, Palmerston North.
Dansey, R. D., Postmaster, Ashburton.
Haszard, S. F., Postmaster, Hastings.
Norton, C. J., Postmaster, Pahiatua.
Drake, W. C., Postmaster, Whangarei.
Black, R. C., Postmaster, Dannevirke.
Empson, G. A., Postmaster, Rotorua.
Hester, T., Postmaster, Masterton.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Forbidding the Registering, Forwarding, or Delivery of Postal Correspondence for the Secretary, Botanic Institute, Sydney, and others.

THE Postmaster-General of the Colony of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the persons, the institute, the company, and the agency whose names or styles and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder are engaged in advertising the treatment of diseases of the sexual organs, it is hereby ordered, under section 9 of "The Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1906,” that no postal packet addressed to any of such persons (either by their own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to such institute, or to such company, or to such agency, or to such addresses without a name, shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

BOTANIC Institute, Secretary, Victoria Chambers, Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
The Cooper Drug Company, Manager, 88 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Arthur Hale, Indent Agent, Castlereagh Street, Sydney.
Harvard Remedy Agency, Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
Dr. Martin, M.D., Elmley House, 151 Elizabeth Street, Hyde Park, Sydney.

Dated this 14th day of August, 1907.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 20th August, 1907.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

SLOVEN CREEK VIADUCT CONTRACT.-MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Accepted.
Fraser, G. M., Dunedin .... 21,451 3 0

Declined.
Anderson, J. and A., Christchurch.. 22,344 15 0
Rhodes, Watson and Son, Dunedin .. 27,465 8 6

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Oroua County, Borough of Gisborne, and Fitzroy Town District.—Notice No. 1136.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th August, 1907.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local authorities have by special order declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Authorities. Plants.
Oroua County Council .. Ragwort, gorse, and penny-royal.
Gisborne Borough Council Fennel and gorse.
Fitzroy Town Board .. Bathurst burr, broom, giant burdock, gorse, hakea, ragwort, and ox-eye daisy.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.—Notice No. 36.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1907.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intitled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Matthias MacManus.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Reverend Arthur Harding.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Education Board of the District of Westland.—Election of Members.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 26 of “The Education Act, 1904,” that the following persons have been duly elected as members of the Westland Education Board :—

Middle Ward--
John James Clarke (unopposed).
North Ward-
Thomas William Duff.
South Ward-
Joseph Grimmond (by lot).

The number of valid votes recorded was as follows :-
North Ward-
Duff, Thomas William ... 20
Eggleton, Martin .. 15
Total valid votes, 35 ; informal paper, 1.

South Ward-
Bruce, Thomas Wanless .. 27
Grimmond, Joseph ... 27
Total valid votes, 54.

A. J. MORTON,
Returning Officer.