988
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

set forth: And whereas the said railway has become vested in the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, and all the powers relating to the management, working, and maintenance thereof have been conferred upon the said Commissioners by virtue of “The Government Railways Act, 1877” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”):

Now, therefore, we, the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred on us by the said Act, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling us in that behalf, do hereby declare that the fencing erected on behalf of Her Majesty at both sides of the said railway, throughout the whole extent to which it passes through the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, shall be hereafter wholly maintained at the cost of Her said Majesty during such time as the said railway may continue to be used by or on behalf of the Government of New Zealand, or by us, the said Commissioners.

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SCHEDULE.

All in the Provincial District of Wellington; as the said railway is delineated on plans marked P.W.D. 16074 and P.W.D. 16585, both deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the said provincial district.

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

JAMES MCKERROW,\
J. P. MAXWELL,\
W. M. HANNAY,\
} Railway Commissioners.

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Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1891.

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, 1898,” 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.

W. T. GLASGOW,
For Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 400.]

Money-order and Savings-bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th August, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money-order and Savings-bank Office will be opened at

MIDHURST (Chief Office, New Plymouth),
from the 8th proximo.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Money-order and Savings-bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th August, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money-order and Savings-bank Office will be opened at

MAKARETU (Chief Office, Napier),
from the 8th proximo.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post Office in the Wellington Postal District, known as Mangaone, will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to

COLYTON.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1891.

THE Pride of Ngapara Lodge, No. 15, situated at Ngapara, is registered as a branch of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 31st day of August, 1891.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1892, the period of literature will be the period of the Commonwealth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Minister of Education.

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Crown Lands Notices.

Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses and Leases of Public Reserves, Westland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 16th July, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the runs set out below will be offered by public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 8th day of September next, at the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the prices and terms as given, and subject to any rights of renewal, &c., as may be prescribed by the Land Acts or any other constituted authority.

Also, at the same time and place, the leaseholds of the sections in the Grey Coal Reserve, also set out hereunder. Terms of these leaseholds as set out, annual rentals fixed, bidding by bonus; right of re-entry reserved to Government, for coal-mining purposes only, by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200.

Maps of the sections in Grey Coal Reserve may be seen at the District Land Office, Hokitika, and at the Railway, station, Brunnerton.
Maps of the pastoral runs may be seen at the District