MAY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 521

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1890.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at MAWHERAITI (Chief Office, Greymouth), from the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Additional Land taken at Hamilton West for the Purposes of the Waikato-Thames Railway.

A NOTIFICATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Waikato-Thames Railway, to take further land at Hamilton West, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, we, the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on us by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," and of every other power and authority in anyway enabling us in that behalf, do hereby notify and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken.

A. R. P.
0 3 24 Section No. 40
0 3 27 Section No. 42
0 2 33 Reserve

Being

Situated in the Township of
Hamilton West
Hamilton West
Hamilton West

Situated in Block No. the Survey District of
II. Hamilton.
II. Hamilton.
II. Hamilton.

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R., P.W.D. 16430, deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

JAMES McKERROW.
J. P. MAXWELL.
W. M. HANNAY.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in force upon the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the following alteration in and addition to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come into force on and after the 5th day of May, 1890:

PART IV.-LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION-BRANCH LINES.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D.

The extension from Wyndham to Glenham is included amongst the branch lines for the purposes of computing rates on goods of Classes A, B, C, and D.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,

Railway Commissioners.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in force upon the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Railways, to come into force on and after the 12th day of May, 1890:

PART II.-LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

NEWSPAPERS (CARRIAGE OF).

Rates.

Newspaper parcels not exceeding 3lb. in weight will be charged-For distances not over 75 miles, 1d.; over 75 miles and not over 150 miles, 2d.; over 150 miles, 3d.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,

Railway Commissioners.

Officiating Ministers for 1890.-Notice No. 11.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1890.

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 intituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:-

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Right Reverend Churchill Julius, Bishop.
The Reverend Thomas Litchfield Stanley.

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

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 7th May, 1890.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:-

Note.-"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other kinds" as o.k.; "articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony" as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

Articles and how classed.

Balances, assay and bullion, as weighing-machines
Barley-screen, as machinery n.o.e...
Brakes, Westinghouse, as parts of locomotives
Bucket-handles and bails, as hardware
Chillies, in brine, as n.o.e.
Chloride of gold, as photographic chemicals n.o.e...
Cisterns, wrought-iron galvanised, as metal manufactures
Elastic webbing, staymakers', as a. & m.s.
Electrical apparatus, for surgeons' use, as n.o.e.
Essential oils to include dipteritis, ylang ylang, sassafras, serapis, origanum.
Machine for punching and flaring hoops, as machinery n.o.e.
Machine for manufacture of wire-netting, as machinery n.o.e.
Models for schools of art, as school apparatus
Moulders' brushes, as artificers' tools
Numbering machine (hand), as stationery n.o.e.
Planing and thickening machine, as machinery n.o.e.
Porous plaster (Alcock's), as patent and proprietary medicines, &c.
Saddlers' hemp, as twine n.o.e.
Saddlers' serge, as textile piece-goods
Silk, potters', for clay-dressing, as a. & m.s.
Surgeons' stomach-sound and catheter, as n.o.e.
Trimming, imitation-beaver, as made-up textiles
Zinco-copyist, as stationery n.o.e.

Rate of Duty.

15 per cent.
20 per cent.
Free.
20 per cent.
Free.
15 per cent.
20 per cent.
Free.
Free.
15 per cent.
20 per cent.
25 per cent.
20 per cent.
20 per cent.
Free.
Free.
25 per cent.
15 per cent.

H. S. McKELLAR,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner's Order No. 371.