Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1269

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 8th August, 1894.

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 follows:—

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,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 488.]

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government 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 Government Railways, to come into force on and after the 13th day of August, 1894:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

SCHOOL SEASON TICKETS.

Season tickets for scholars and students will be issued at the following rates, at per quarter or fractional part of a quarter, subject to the following conditions:—

For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age .. .. .. 30s. 10s.
For students and scholars over 16 and not exceeding 19 years .. .. 40s. 20s.

For students and scholars over 19 years of age half the rate for ordinary three-monthly season tickets will be charged. Minimum charge, first class, 50s.; second class, 30s.

A certificate in the following form must be produced from the professor or schoolmaster that the applicant is a bonâ fide student or scholar in attendance at college or school, and that his or her age is within the prescribed limit:—
“I hereby certify that A.B. is a bonâ fide scholar in attendance at school at , and that present age is years months.”

School tickets will be available for any distance not exceeding 55 miles.

Every school ticket will be issued and dated as from the first day only of each quarter, and will expire on the quarter-day next after its issue.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this eighth day of August, (l.s.) one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW, \ Railway
T. RONAYNE, \ Commissioners.
JOHN L. SCOTT, /

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1894.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Whangamarino Road District, County of Waikato :
Maramarua Subdivision—
George McInnes.
William Simmons.
Rangiriri Subdivision—
Ernest John Parker.
Walter Reid.
Waerenga Subdivision—
Francis John Johnson.
James Lindsay.
John Thomas Mears.

Motoroa Road District, County of Patea :
Joseph Aaron Kemp.

Notice by the Public Trustee of his Election to administer Intestate Estates.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1894.

NOTICE.—It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of “The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1893,” the Public Trustee, having elected to administer the property of the following persons, who, so far as is known, have died intestate within the Colony of New Zealand, did file his election in writing at the Supreme Court Office at the place stated after the name of each such deceased person:—

Robert Innes Miller, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed at Invercargill on the 21st day of July, 1894.

James Ritchie, late of Moawhango, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay. Filed at Napier on the 21st day of July, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee of his Election to administer Intestate Estates.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1894.

NOTICE.—It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of “The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1893,” the Public Trustee, having elected to administer the property of the following persons, who, so far as is known, have died intestate within the Colony of New Zealand, did file his election in writing at the Supreme Court Office, at the place stated after the name of each such deceased person:—

Lucy Josephine Bailey, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland on the 30th day of July, 1894.

John Walker, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed at Dunedin on the 30th day of July, 1894.

James Scott, late of Waipori, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed at Dunedin on the 30th day of July, 1894.

Henry E. Rudge, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington. Filed at Wellington on the 28th day of July, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Taranaki District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st July, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands were forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board on the 25th June, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

Section No. 14, Block V., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by G. A. White.
Section No. 1, Block X., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by H. A. Eason.
Section No. 5, Block VIII., Huiroa Survey District, held by C. E. Major.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.