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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

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 fol-
lowing alterations in and additions to the scale of fares,
rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government Rail-
ways, to come into force on and after the 10th day of Sep-
tember, 1894:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.
WELLINGTON SECTION.
Class K.—Timber.
Timber consigned from saw-mills to Lower Hutt, Welling-
ton, and intermediate stations will be charged 3d. per 100
superficial feet less than the classified rates; minimum
charge, 8d. per 100 superficial feet.
Rimu from Eketahuna, Opaki, and intermediate stations
to Wellington will be charged 2s. 6d. per 100 superficial feet.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.
Sheeting, in bales, consigned to, or to be used by,
frozen-meat companies, for manufacture of
coverings for frozen meat . . . . . Class D.
Unflanged wrought-iron pipes for mining purposes—mini-
mum quantity, 2 tons per single truck, 5 tons per double-
bogie truck: Class D. Any less quantity will be charged
as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class B.
Owners’ risk. Special goods.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was hereunto
affixed, this fifth day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four, in the presence of
JAMES MCKERROW, \
T. RONAYNE, \ Railway
JOHN L. SCOTT, \ Commissioners.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 4th September, 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. 493.]

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE is hereby given that HERBERT SUMNER MARTIN,
Esq., of Imperial Chambers, Bank Place, Melbourne,
a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been this
day appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commis-
sioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria,
under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the
Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering
and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in
the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of August, 1894.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1894.

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

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Mangere Road Board, County of Manukau:
William L. Henwood.

Otaki Road Board, County of Horowhenua:
Charles Vernon Swabey.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 27.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1894.

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 in-
tituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an
Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is
published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend Francis Edward Watson.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 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:—

Samuel Brown, late of Woburn Hill, in the Provincial
District of Hawke’s Bay. Filed at Napier, on the 27th day
of August, 1894.

John Hunter, late of Athol, in the Provincial District of
Otago. Filed at Invercargill, on the 25th day of August,
1894.

Jung Too, late of Stafford, in the Provincial District of
Westland. Filed at Hokitika, on the 24th day of August,
1894.

Martha Busch, late of Wanganui, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington. Filed at Wanganui, on the 29th day of
August, 1894.

Samuel Reid McDowell, late of Ashburton, in the Provin-
cial District of Canterbury. Filed at Christchurch, on the
30th day of August, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Auckland, Adams, and Campbell Islands for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 24th August, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following pastoral leases
will be submitted to auction in the Land Office,
Invercargill, at noon on Wednesday, the 21st day of
November, 1894:—

Run 501, being northern part of the Auckland Islands:
High and broken; term, 21 years from 1st March, 1895;
upset annual rental, £2. Area, 38,600 acres.

Run 502, being southern portion of the Auckland Islands:
High, broken country; term, 21 years from 1st March, 1895;
upset annual rental, £5. Area, 75,600 acres.

Run 510, being Adams Island: High, broken country;
term, 21 years from 1st March, 1895; upset annual rental,
£2. Area, 25,000 acres.

Run 511, being the Campbell Island: High, broken country;
term, 21 years from 1st March, 1895; upset annual rental,
£2. Area, 28,000 acres.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.