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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

The Second Schedule.

In this Schedule the quantities hereunder set out shall
respectively represent 12cwt., and so on in the same ratio.

Quantities.
Of Sawn timber or logs .. .. 250 superficial feet.
Firewood .. .. .. ½ of cord.
Gravel or broken stone .. .. ¼ cubic yard.
Bricks .. .. .. 230.
Wheat 6 bags.
Oats 4-bushel bags .. .. 9 bags.
Barley 7 bags.
Potatoes .. .. .. 8 bags.
Maize .. .. .. 6 bags.
Wool .. .. .. 3 bales.

JOHN HESLOP, Chairman.
O. A. BUDGE, Clerk.

Hawera, 14th December, 1895.

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

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me
under "The Public Works Act, 1894," and any amend-
ment thereof, and also of "The Government Railways Act,
1894," I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways,
do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of
fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand
Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to
come into force on and after the 9th day of March, 1896:—

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

LIBRARY EXCHANGES.

Books forwarded for exchange to and from subscribers to
recognised circulating libraries only will be carried at one-
quarter parcels rates, with a minimum charge of 2d., under
the following conditions, viz.:—
(1.) The sender's name must be legibly inscribed on each
parcel.
(2.) Each parcel must be open at both ends.
(3.) Each parcel must be declared on the consignment-
note to contain books only.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

WHANGAREI SECTION.

The Railway Department may require owners to unload
timber from the railway-wagons at Opau. For unloading
done by the Railway at Opau the following charges will be
made, per 100 superficial feet:—

s. d.
At the skids .. .. .. .. 0 0½
At the Railway Wharf .. .. .. 0 3

All logs unloaded at the skids shall be taken delivery of
by consignees in the harbour within the booms. Delivery
will be deemed to be complete when the logs are placed
within the booms.

NAPIER-TARANAKI SECTION.

Class P.

Goods of Class P (except coke, bonedust, guano, manure-
salt, rock-salt, salt for agricultural or pastoral purposes,
soot, and artificial manure) will be charged as Class N when
not otherwise specified.

WELLINGTON SECTION.

Class P.

Goods of Class P (except coke, bonedust, guano, manure-
salt, rock-salt, salt for agricultural or pastoral purposes,
soot, and artificial manure) will be charged as Class N
except otherwise specified.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Store Sheep for restocking Crown Lands.

The following rates will be charged for store sheep, for
restocking Crown lands which have been depleted by the
severity of the winter, and will remain in operation until
30th April, 1896, viz.:—

For distances of 65 miles and over: 20 per cent. less than
the classified rates; minimum, 10 trucks. The charge for
distances under 65 miles must not exceed the charge as for
65 miles.

For distances of 100 miles and over: For the first 100
miles, 40s. per truck for the first 13 trucks; and for each
additional truck, 24s. For each additional mile 2½d. per
truck per mile will be charged. The charge for distances
under 100 miles must not exceed the charge as for 100 miles.

A statutory declaration in the following form, signed by
the consignor, must be attached to the consignment-note:—
"I hereby certify that trucks of sheep, consigned
by me from Station to Station, on
are bonâ fide store sheep, not consigned for slaughter, and
that they are to replace sheep destroyed during the late
winter on Sheep-station, which is situated on Crown
lands."

PART V.—GOODS: CLASSIFICATION.

Acid, carboxlic, packed in casks or wrought-iron
drums. Owner's risk .. .. .. .. A

As witness my hand, this fourth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

*Notice to Imprestees under "The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th February, 1896.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is
hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at
the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the un-
expended balance in his hand on or before Tuesday, the
31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the
Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repay-
ment, together with an account of his expenditure to the
same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regu-
lations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to
make immediately after the close of the financial year,
requisitions for the amount required are to be made in
such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later
than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be
placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Officiating Ministers for 1896.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1896.

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:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Thomas Mulvihill.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1896.

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.

Lewis Richard Sheeres, late of Bell Block, in the Pro-
vincial District of Taranaki, settler. Filed on the 19th day
of February, 1896.

John Innis, late of Miller's Flat, in the Provincial District
of Otago, miner. Filed on the 25th day of February, 1896.

James Smith, late of Napier, in the Provincial District of
Hawke's Bay, labourer. Filed on the 25th day of Feb-
ruary, 1896.

George Bull, late of Seatonville, in the Provincial District
of Westland, miner. Filed on the 25th day of February,
1896.

Thomas William Ashe, late of Albury, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, cook. Filed on the 27th day of
February, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Anthrax.—
Notice No. 421.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 21st August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"anthrax" exists amongst stock running on certain
lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance
with section 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893,"