Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1115

STATEMENT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS under “The Dunedin Church Lands Ordinance, 1861,” during the Year ended 30th September, 1890.

RESERVE No. 10.

Receipts.
£ s. d.
1889.
Sept. 30. Balance in hand .. .. .. 751 0 11
1890.
Sept. 30. Rents .. .. .. 1,634 7 3
£2,385 8 2

Payments.
£ s. d.
Repayment on account of loan .. 1,000 0 0
Interest on loan .. .. 110 0 0
Property-tax .. .. 142 7 8
Assessment, Synod expenses .. 80 0 0
City- and water-rates (vacant land) 66 14 0
Commission .. .. .. 81 14 4
1,480 16 0
Balance in hand .. .. .. £904 12 2

F. and O. E. E. SMITH,
General Treasurer, Presbyterian Church of Otago.

Dunedin, 30th September, 1890.

Public Offices closed on the 28th October, 1890 (Labour Demonstration Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1890.

TUESDAY, the 28th day of October instant, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government Offices throughout New Zealand, on the occasion of the labour demonstration.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Dunedin.

Portion of a brick building roofed with slate, situate in Princes Street South, on Section 11, Block IV., City of Dunedin, to be known as the

SOUTHERN BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner’s Order No. 379.]

Additional By-law for 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 by-law (in addition to by-laws published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 89, of the 26th October, 1882), that is to say:—

BY-LAW.

No person shall enter upon, or remain or loiter upon, any part of the railway wharves at Port Chalmers without the permission of the Railway Stationmaster. All persons engaged on business with any ship lying at the wharves, or being passengers thereon, must, when required, obtain from the Stationmaster a ticket for admission before they can be allowed on the wharf, and such ticket will permit them to pass along such wharf only, and not to remain or loiter thereon.

Any person entering such railway wharves without a ticket, when required, or remaining or loitering thereon not having permission from the Railway Stationmaster, will be liable to a penalty of not exceeding £10.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this tenth day of October, one (L.S.) 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 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 13th day of October, 1890:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Native brown coals consigned from Waihao Forks to Timaru or Oamaru will be charged 5s. 3d. per ton.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this tenth day of October, one (L.S.) 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. 20.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Baptists.

The Reverend Edward Richards.

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

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 13th October, 1890.

THE Riversdale Lodge, situated at Riversdale, is registered as a branch of the Invercargill District, Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 13th day of October, 1890.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Trade Union registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 13th October, 1890.

THE Association of the Master Ironworkers and Farriers of the Provincial District of Auckland, situated at Auckland, is registered as a trade union, under “The Trade Union Act, 1878,” this 13th day of October, 1890.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Steam Service between Bluff and Milford Sound.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1890.

SEALED tenders will be received by the Chief Postmaster, Invercargill, until Friday, the 31st instant, for a monthly steam service between the Bluff and Milford Sound, via Coal Island. The service to be for six months, and to be terminable by the Postmaster-General on giving one month’s notice. Forms of tender, with terms and conditions of contract, may be obtained on application at the Post-offices, Bluff and Invercargill. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st January, 1890.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1891, the period of literature will be the period from 1800 to 1850, and the special books will be Milton’s Samson Agonistes, and Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound.

T. W. HISLOP.