1666
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 122
pence; and that the attached statement is a true
copy of the audited statement of the accounts of the insti-
tution for the year herein specified; and that by the rules of
the institution admission to the reading-room is open to the
public free of charge.
And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."
[Here affix and
cancel a stamp
at 2s. 6d.]
Signature:
Declared at , this day of , 188 , before
me—
Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Publie].

[NOTE.—The words relating to free admission may be
struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in
brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be
inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of statutory declaration may be
obtained on application to the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Education Board.
THOMAS DICK.

Notice to Mariners, No. 48 of 1883.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th November, 1883.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
President of the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South
Australia, is published for general information.
R. OLIVER,

(for the Minister having charge of the Marine
Department.)

GULF OF ST. VINCENT.—NORTH SPIT.

NOTICE is hereby given that a pile beacon has been placed
on the end of the North Spit, in 5 feet at low-water, in lat.
34° 41' 30" S., and long. 137° 54' 15" E., approximately.
When the weather permits it will be painted black and sur-
mounted by a St. Andrew's cross.

This beacon clears the spit leading to what is known as
Sheaoak Flat.
R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
23rd October, 1883.

Notice to Mariners, No. 49 of 1883.

EXHIBITION OF LIGHT ON WAIPAPAPA POINT, EASTERN
ENTRANCE TO FOVEAUX STRAIT, N.Z.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th November, 1883.

WITH reference to the preliminary notice issued by the
department, dated the 15th October last, it is hereby
notified that, on and after Tuesday, the 1st day of January,
1884, a Light will be exhibited from the lighthouse which
has been erected on Waipapapa Point, the position and
characteristics of which are as follow:—

The lighthouse is situated on Waipapapa Point, at the
eastern entrance to Foveaux Strait, lat. 46° 39′ 40″ S., long.
168° 52′ 30″ E. The tower is 44 feet in height from base to
vane, and is painted white. The light will be a Second
Order Flashing White Light, visible all round seaward, and
will show a flash every ten seconds.

The light is elevated 70 feet above the sea, and, allowing
15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a distance of
about thirteen and a half nautic miles in clear weather, and
at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.
R. OLIVER,

(for the Minister having charge of the Marine
Department.)

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1883.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the
designation of the Post Office in the Dunedin Postal
District known as Millar's Flat will, from the 1st proximo,
be changed to

ETTRICK.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Examination for the Civil Service of India.

Education Department,
Wellington, 14th November, 1883.

ON the 3rd June, 1884, and following days, an examina-
tion, open to all qualified persons, will be held in
London. Persons desirous to be admitted as candidates
must apply on forms which may be obtained from "The
Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London, S.W.," or from
the undersigned.
The forms must be returned so as to be received at the
office of the Civil Service Commissioner in London on or
before the 31st March, 1884.
By order.
JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.

Officiating Ministers for 1883.—Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1883.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and inti-
tuled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are
published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Robert Erwin, M.A.
United Methodist Free Churches.
The Reverend Charles Worboys.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority
over Religious Bodies.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1883.

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 the
Schedule B annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand intituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," and of all
other persons concerned, is directed to the eleventh section
of the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesias-
tical authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-
General a correct list, in the month of December in every
year, of the Officiating Ministers within the meaning of
"The Marriage Act, 1880," of each of the said religious
bodies.

The following are the religious bodies above referred to:—
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly
called the Church of England;
The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand;
The Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland;
The Roman Catholic Church;
The Wesleyan Methodist Society;
All Congregational Independents;
Baptists;
The Primitive Methodist Connexion;
The United Methodist Free Churches;
The Lutheran Church;
All Hebrew Congregations;
The Society of Friends.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority
over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of
the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious
body may be certified to by two recognized office-holders
thereof.

With respect to ministers of religion not connected with
any of the aforesaid bodies, it is necessary that a certificate,
signed by twenty-four householders resident in the district,
declaring that such minister is their Officiating Minister, the
said certificate being attested by some person, verified by a
declaration before a Justice 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 Act.
WM. 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1883.

PATENT for certain Improvements in the Coach-building
Trade, consisting of Ironwork for Drays and other
Vehicles, to be called "Verrall's Vehicle Improvements."

ALFRED VERRALL, of Newton, near Auckland, in the Pro-
vincial District of Auckland, and Colony of New Zealand,
Coachbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the
31st day of January next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at
this office, to hear the said application and all objections
thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in
opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or
before the 16th day of January next, at this office, particulars
in writing of their objections to the said application, other-
wise they will be precluded from urging the same.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
(for the Patent Officer.)
No. 966.