June 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 945

Tuturau Road District, County of Southland:
Cecil F. Adams.
Andrew Brown.
James Galt.
James Mitchell.
Finlay McKay.
Montgomery Perkins.
William J. Smith.
Richard Wilson.
John Waddell.

Knapdale Road District, County of Southland:
William Calder.
John Dickson.
Duncan Gilchrist.
James Kirk.
William Key.
Adam John Nichol.
Alexander Peters.
John Robertson.
Alexander Syme.

By-laws regulating Traffic on Interior Roads in the Wellington Land District.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130 of "The Public Works Act, 1894," I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands, do, in respect of the Government roads known as the Ohingaiti-Tokaanu Road, the Pipiriki-Waiouru Road, the Maowhango-Te Horo Road, and the Parapara Raetihi-Ohura Road, hereby make the following by-laws:—

1. The use of bullocks as traction animals on the said roads is prohibited for the period from 1st May, 1895, to 1st November, 1895.
2. The haulage or transportation on the said roads of any engine or machine coming under the definition of "heavy traffic," within the meaning of clause (a) of subsection (1) of section 130 of "The Public Works Act, 1894," during the months of May, June, July, August, and September in any year, shall cease.
3. The width of tires of all vehicles upon the said roads, whether plying for hire or not, shall bear the following proportion to the number of animals employed to draw the same, that is to say:—

4. If any person shall commit a breach of any of the foregoing by-laws, he shall be liable, upon conviction for such breach, to a penalty of £5: Provided that the Court before which proceedings may be taken in respect of such breach may, if it think fit, impose such lower penalty as it may think adequate to the particular case.

The by-law regulating width of tires on wheels of vehicles to be used on parts of the above-named roads, dated 15th November, 1893, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 90, of the 23rd November, 1893, is hereby cancelled.

As witness my hand, this eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN accordance with "The Government Railways Act, 1894," I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways, 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 17th day of June, 1895:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

Students of Agricultural and Technical Colleges travelling for Field Instruction.

On Fridays and Saturdays students of Agricultural and Technical Colleges, in parties of not less than five, when travelling for field instruction, will be charged single fares for the double journey. Tickets will be available for return up to the following Monday. Application for this concession must be made to the District Manager.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Class K.—Timber.

Timber, other than white-pine, for export to places outside the Colony of New Zealand, consigned direct to ship at Lyttelton, will be charged as follows at per 100 superficial feet:—

From View Hill .. .. .. .. 1 9
From West Oxford .. .. .. .. 1 8

As witness my hand, this tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 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 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 Arthur James Beck.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 12th June, 1895.

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. 518.]

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 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