MAB. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 897

Offices opened and closed, &c.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 15th March, 1920.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, &c., are published for general information.

J. G. COATES,
Postmaster-General.

OFFICES.

Office. District. Date.
POST-OFFICES OPENED.
Gowan .. .. .. .. .. Nelson .. .. .. .. 31 December, 1919.
Waiotira .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. .. 6 January, ,,

POST-OFFICES CLOSED.
Cairnbrae .. .. .. .. .. Christchurch .. .. .. 31 October, 1919.
Ohape .. .. .. .. .. Timaru .. .. .. 1 August, ,,
Kereru .. .. .. .. .. Napier .. .. .. 31 December, ,,
Little Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. Westport .. .. .. 18 ,, ,,
Sandon Block .. .. .. .. .. Wanganui .. .. .. 20 ,, ,,
Wharehuia .. .. .. .. .. New Plymouth .. .. .. 31 ,, ,,
Wharuakura .. .. .. .. .. Wanganui .. .. .. 31 ,, ,,

MONEY-ORDER AND SAVINGS-BANK OFFICE OPENED.
Awakeri .. .. .. .. .. Thames .. .. .. 2 January, 1920.

TELEGRAPH-OFFICE CLOSED.
Featherston Military Camp .. .. .. Wellington .. .. .. 12 January, 1920.

TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.
Kohumaru .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. 9 February, 1920.
Paroa .. .. .. .. .. Greymouth .. .. .. 19 December, 1919.

TELEPHONE-OFFICES CLOSED.
Karapiro .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. 30 September, 1919.
Pararahi .. .. .. .. .. Invercargill .. .. .. 30 June, ,,
Waipu North .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. 31 January, 1920.

TELEPHONE BUREAUX OPENED.
Kohumaru .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. 9 February, 1920.
Paroa .. .. .. .. .. Greymouth .. .. .. 19 December, 1919.

TELEPHONE BUREAUX CLOSED.
Featherston Military Camp .. .. .. Wellington .. .. .. 12 January, 1920.
Karapiro .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. 30 September, 1919.
Pararahi .. .. .. .. .. Invercargill .. .. .. 30 June, ,,
Waipu North .. .. .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. 31 January, 1920.

CONVERTED FROM TELEPHONE TO TELEGRAPH.
Matata .. .. .. .. .. Thames .. .. .. 11 February, 1920.

DESIGNATION CHANGED.

Description. Office From To District. Date.
Post, telephone, and bureau Kohumaru* .. Lower Kohumaru .. Auckland .. 10 February, 1920.

• New office (telephone and bureau) opened at Kohumaru on 9th February, 1920.

Conscience-money received.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th March, 1920.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the sum of £5,
forwarded to the Railway Department by a person
unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

J. J. ESSON,
Acting Secretary to the Treasury.

Conscience-money received.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th March, 1920.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the sum of £5,
forwarded to the Prisons Department by a person
unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

J. J. ESSON,
Acting Secretary to the Treasury.

Notice to Mariners.-No. 9 of 1920.

MANUKAU HARBOUR.-BAR CHANGES.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th March, 1920.

WITH reference to Notices to Mariners Nos. 31 and 78
of 1919, re bar changes, further warning is hereby
given that masters without local knowledge should not
attempt to cross the bar under half tide, and then only when
the semaphore and bar signals can be clearly seen.

Charts, &c., affected.-Admiralty Charts Nos. 2535, 2543,
and 2726; "New Zealand Pilot," eighth edition, 1908,
Chapter vii, page 213; "New Zealand Nautical Almanac,"
1920, page 323.

B. W. MILLIER,
Acting-Secretary.