Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 191

Notice of Intention to take Lands for the Mangatoro Valley Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1894," to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road known as the Mangatoro Valley Road, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Coonoor, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

| Approximate | Being | Situated | Survey | Marked on |
| Area of each of | Portion of | in | District. | Plan. |
| the Parcels of | Section | Block | | |
| Land required to | | No. | | |
| be taken. | | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | | |
| 0 2 39 | 35 | XII. | Mt. Cerberus | 14684 |
| 0 0 37 | 37 | XII. | " | 14684 |

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated upon the plan above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Altering Time of Meeting of the Auckland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 48 of "The Land Act, 1892," approved of the meetings of the Auckland Land Board being held on the fourth Tuesday in each month.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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.

Auckland .. .. .. Saturday.
Patea .. .. .. Friday.
Geraldine .. .. .. Thursday.
Inglewood .. .. .. Thursday.
Timaru .. .. .. Thursday.
Te Awamutu .. .. Thursday.
Naseby .. .. .. Thursday.
Oamaru .. .. .. Thursday.
Featherston .. .. Thursday.
Carterton .. .. .. Thursday.
Papakura .. .. .. Tuesday.
Foxton .. .. .. Tuesday.
Hokitika .. .. .. Wednesday.
Otautau .. .. .. Wednesday.
Greymouth .. .. .. Wednesday.
Waipawa .. .. .. Wednesday.

Brunnerton .. .. Wednesday.
Southbridge .. .. Wednesday.
Pahiatua .. .. Wednesday.
Wyndham.. .. .. Wednesday.
Invercargill .. .. Wednesday.
Palmerston North .. .. Wednesday.
Palmerston South .. .. Wednesday.
Wellington .. .. Wednesday.
Riverton .. .. Wednesday.
Feilding .. .. Wednesday.
Rotorua .. .. Wednesday.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of January, 1895.
W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Labour.

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 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 Right Reverend William Leonard Williams, B.A., Bishop.
[Previously gazetted as the Venerable Archdeacon William Leonard Williams, B.A.]
The Right Reverend Frederic Wallis, D.D., Bishop.
The Reverend Hone Pohutu.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Henry William Burgoyne.

Bible Christians.
The Reverend Arthur Ernest Stevens.
The Reverend Lawrence John Ryan.

Scandinavian Methodist Church.
The Reverend Otter Christoffersen.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General,

Notice.—Section 118, Native Land Court Act, 1894.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1895.

THE attention of all persons interested is directed to section 118 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," which provides that bonâ fide transactions in Native lands may be completed under certain restrictions. All claims under this section must be notified as required by the Act and the rules made thereunder, before the 23rd day of April next, otherwise they will be excluded. Copies of the rules affecting such claims, and all other necessary information, may be obtained at any of the offices of the Native Land Court.

By order.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Under-Secretary.

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, Richard John Seddon, acting for 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 4th day of February, 1895:—

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.

(8) CLASS M.—LIVE-STOCK.

Sheep.

Where senders of sheep give a written undertaking (in form as below) to forward by rail all sheep which they