1894
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality, and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Examination of Mine-managers.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1894.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 29th January, 1895, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 1st January, 1895, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1894.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1896, the period of literature will be the first half of the nineteenth century, and the special books will be Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus” and Milton’s “Samson Agonistes.”

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely:—

Port of Wanganui.

The warehouse known as

SCLANDER’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 361, of the 12th February, 1890.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 498.]

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 Wanganui.

A building constructed of wood and iron, with iron roof, situate on Section No. 55, fronting Taupo Quay, Town of Wanganui, to be known as

SCLANDER’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 499.]

Government Printing and Stationery Offices, Wellington, to be closed for a Fortnight.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1894.

THE Government Printing and Stationery Offices, Wellington, will be closed from Monday, 24th December, 1894, until Saturday, 5th January, 1895, both days inclusive. By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 11th December, 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. 502.]

The Bank of New Zealand appointed to be the Bank under “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894.”

Advances to Settlers Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1894.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Bank of New Zealand has been appointed by His Excellency the Governor, under section 46 of “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894,” to be the bank to keep “the Government Advances to Settlers Office Account.”

J. K. WARBURTON,
Superintendent.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 34.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 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 intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.

The Reverend William Henry Ash.

Church of Christ.

Mr. Charles Watt.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1894.

THE Mangatainoka Lodge, situated at Mangatainoka, is registered as a branch of the Wellington District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 10th day of December, 1894.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ARTHUR LEAHY, of the City of Edinburgh, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland, a Solicitor before the Supreme Courts of Scotland, has been this day appointed by his Honour Mr. Justice Williams a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Scotland, 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 Dunedin, this 27th day of November, 1894.

COLIN McK. GORDON,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of that colony, has this day been appointed by his Honour Joshua Strange Williams, Esq., a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, a Commissioner of the said 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 any oath, affidavit, or affirmation as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Dunedin, this 23rd day of November, 1894.

COLIN McK. GORDON,
Registrar, Supreme Court.