THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 769

Appointment of Member of Medical Board.

Native and Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

BERNARD DOYLE, Esq., M.D.,
to be a Member of the Medical Board, constituted 24th
September, 1866, under "The Military Pensions Act,
1866."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Native Assessors.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

KAPERIERE TE HUHU, of Whangape, and
HEREWINI TE TOKO, of Hokianga,
to be Assessors of the Native Land Court of New
Zealand.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Certificate Suspended.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 30th November, 1875.

IT is hereby notified, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to confirm the
sentence of the Magistrates, who held an investiga-
tion at Lyttelton into the conduct of John Mitchell
Williams, second mate of the ship "Waikato," who
was accused of drunkenness, neglect of duty, and of
resisting the lawful authority of the Master of the
said ship; which sentence found that the charge of
drunkenness was not substantiated, but that those of
neglect of duty and of resisting the lawful authority
of the Master were substantiated, and suspended his
certificate for six months.

The Board of Trade Certificate of Competency as
Second Mate, No. 93,908, held by the said

JOHN MITCHELL WILLIAMS,

is therefore suspended for a period of six months
from the 8th instant.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of the Commissioner
of Customs).

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1875.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that a
Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at

TURAKINA,
in the Province of Wellington, from the 6th Decem-
ber next.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office closed.

General Post Office.
Wellington, 30th November, 1875.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the Money Order and Savings Bank Office at
WASHDIKE,
in the Province of Canterbury, will be closed on and
after the 1st December next.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.
Traffic Returns.

WELLINGTON AND MASTERTON RAILWAY.

RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 20th
November, 1875.

PASSENGERS.

• No. 7,796: £330 18s. 7d.
• No. 199 (Parcels, &c.): £16 2s. 6d.
• Season Tickets*: £5 17s. 4d.
  Subtotal: £352 18s. 5d.

GOODS.

• Freight: 397 tons
• Timber: 36,462 feet (£108 17s. 6d.)
• Cattle: 1
• Sheep: 148
  Subtotal: £108 17s. 6d.

Total: £461 15s. 11d.

F. B. PASSMORE,
Superintending Engineer.

• Included in above number of Passengers.

Notice relating to Officiating Ministers under the
Marriage Acts.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1875.

THE attention of the persons or person within the
Colony of New Zealand in whom is vested
ecclesiastical authority over any of the Religious
Bodies enumerated in "Schedule D" of "The Mar-
riage Act, 1854" (as amended by "The Marriage
Act Amendment Act, 1858," and "The New Zea-
land Presbyterian Church Act, 1875"), is requested to
the clause in the Act requiring that a correct list of
the Officiating Ministers of each of the said Religious
Bodies shall be sent to the Registrar-General in the
month of December in every year.

The following are the Religious Bodies above
referred to:-

"The United Church of England and Ireland,"
"The Roman Catholic Church,"
"The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand,"
"The Presbyterian Church of Otago and
Southland,"
"The Wesleyan Methodist Society,"
"All Congregational Independents,"
"Baptists,"
"The Primitive Methodist Society,"
"The Lutheran Church,"
"All Hebrew Congregations,"
"The Society of Friends."

With respect to Ministers of Religion not con-
nected with any of the aforesaid bodies, it is neces-
sary that a certificate signed by twenty-four house-
holders resident in the district declaring that such
Minister is their Officiating Minister, the said certifi-
cate being attested by two Justices of the Peace,
shall be sent to the Registrar-General in the month
of December in each year. The neglect in sending
such last-named certificate will deprive the Minister
of his status as an Officiating Minister under the
Marriage Acts.

W. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

N.B. It is requested that the Christian names
and the addresses of the several Ministers may be
specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-
General.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought