Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 463

Notice as to the Day for closing under "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894."

WHEREAS the local authorities respectively mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto have duly notified to me that the days upon which the shops in their respective districts shall be closed, pursuant to the provisions of "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894," are the days set opposite their respective names in the second column of the said Schedule: Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the said Act, I, William Pember Reeves, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint that the said respective days shall be the days upon which all shops within the said respective districts shall be closed.

SCHEDULE.

Kaitangata .. .. Wednesday.
Lethbridge (Turakina) .. .. Wednesday.
Normanby .. .. Friday.
Helensville .. .. Saturday.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of March, 1895.
W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Labour.

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 Lyttelton.

Divisions 2 and 3 of a cellar, the walls of which are of stone and the floors of concrete, beneath the Customhouse, Lyttelton, situated on the Government Reserve, corner of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
W. P. REEVES,
For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 507.]

Result of First Election, Cheviot County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1895.

THE following result of the first election of the Cheviot County Council, received from the Returning Officer, is published for general information :—

Hawkeswood Riding.. ANDREW WILLIAM RUTHERFORD.
Seaward " .. CROMPTON BERNARD SMITH.
Waiau " .. JOSEPH GIBSON.
Lowry " .. WILLIAM GEORGE FORBES.
Hurunui " .. THOMAS PHILIP GELL.
Kaiwara " .. WALTER MACFARLANE.

HUGH POLLEN.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE is hereby given that DERMOT J. MOONEY, of No. 35, Westmoreland Street, Dublin, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland, has been this day appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Ireland, 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 26th day of February, 1895.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES GEORGE WASHINGTON CROAKER, of Beresford Chambers, 20, Castle-reagh Street, Sydney, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has been this day appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, 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 26th day of February, 1895.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Memorandum to Receivers of Public Moneys.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury accounts of the current financial year, ending on Saturday, the 30th March, Receivers are directed to prepare copies of their cash-books for the period ended on that day, and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General immediately after the bank has closed on that date.

If any bank receipts dated on or before the 30th instant are received from sub-offices after copies of cash-books have been posted, officers are directed to enter all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to transmit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General on the same day.

The first ordinary account for the new year shall be for the period from the 1st to 6th April, both inclusive, and is only to contain such revenue as may have been paid to the Public Account subsequent to the 30th instant, or collected after bank hours on that date.

The first four-weekly account shall be for the period from the 1st to the 27th April, both inclusive.

Receivers are requested to take great care that the copies of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month are promptly posted.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st March, 1895.

Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1895.

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 :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Horace Weston Klingender.

Brethren, usually denominated "Plymouth Brethren."
Mr. Alfred Brunton.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of "The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894."

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Alexander Weir, late of Pipiriki, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 26th day of February, 1895.

John Hickey, late of Waihao Downs, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 26th day of February, 1895.

John Page, otherwise Teasel, late of Mornington, in the Provincial District of Otago, accountant. Filed on the 2nd day of March, 1895.

George Edward Bolger, late of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, station cook. Filed on the 2nd day of March, 1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land for Sale by Auction at Blenheim.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 7th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale by auction, at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 1st day of May, 1895, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICT.
Hampshire Hills Run.

Section 4, Block V.: 64 acres; upset price, £40; weighted with £8 15s., cost of survey, and £175, value of improvements.