Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Wednesday 4 November 1885, page 3


GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. ? a. ?

Yesterday's Gazette contains a notification of the appointment of Hon. Malcolm Praeer, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, as an official member of the Finance Committee. The aocentance of the tender of W. At

kins to advertise on the sea jetties at Fre mantle, for three years, at £h per annniu. The description of a new (ownsite, called ' Onslow,' on the Ashburton River. A notification tiiat 37 additional town lots at Carnarvon are open, for sale, at tibe upset price of £20 each. The descriptions of two new reserves, of, respectively, 206 acres and 10 acres, on the road from York to Meekering, for water and stopping places. Notices of tenders for school house, at York ; for repairs to police stables, Perth ; for closets at Supreme Courthouse, Perth ; for cottage-quarters for railway employes, York ; and for the conveyance of various inland mails and for supplies and services for tbe year 1S86. Sales of Crown lands will be held at Perth on Nov. 4 of five town lots at Derby, opset price £29 each ; of twelve suburban lots at Kelmseott, upset price £Z per acre ; of one town lot at Perth, upset price .£50; of four town lots at Fremantle, upset price £30 each ; and of six lots at North Fremantle, upset price .£50 each. At York, on Nov. 4, of two suburban lots at Moornmbine, upset price £4 per acre.

A supplement to tbe Gazette issuea on Thursday contains a- notification tiiat Mr. J. S. Harris, Besident Magistrate, etc., Vasse, has been appointed to perform, temporarily, in addition to bis present duties, the duties of the several offices of tbe Besident Magistrate, Bunbury. That His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the Williams Commonage Board, as at present constituted, ana has appointed tile undermentioned gentlemen to be members of the Board, viz., Mr. John Coweher (chairman), and Messrs. P. Haghton, G. P. S. Coweher, B. S. Banford, and C. F- Gogdon. Statements of the liabilities and assets of all ttie Banks doing business in Western Australia for the quarter ended Sept. 3O, l885- , ? ^ * Return of approved applications for pastoral licenses of Crown land during the five months ended May 31, 1885.