New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 18

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✨ Post Office Changes, Meteorological Data, Officiating Ministers, Tariff Decisions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Offices opened and closed; Designation changed.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of a designation changed, are published for general information.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd March, 1896.
J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Office.	District.	Date.
POST-OFFICES OPENED.
Haldane..	Invercargill	18 January, 1896.
Utika ..	Wanganui	21 January, "
POST-OFFICE CLOSED.
Maud Island	Blenheim	20 August, 1895.
POSTAL-NOTE OFFICES OPENED.
Ellerslie..	Auckland	1 February, 1896.
Okarito ..	Hokitika ..	20 January, "
TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.
Cape Maria van Diemen* ..	Auckland..	31 December, 1895.
Woolston†	Christchurch	1 January, 1896.

No post-office.
† Now receiving post-office, telephone office and bureau.

DESIGNATION CHANGED.

Description.	Office.	District.	Date.
	From	To
Post- and telephone-office	Palmer’s ..	Raumai ..	Wellington ..

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of February, 1896. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Date.	Barometer reduced, and corrected, in Inches.	From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
		Max. Temp. in Shade.	Min. Temp. in Shade.	Mean Temp. in Shade.	Solar Radiation.	Terrestrial Radiation.	Rainfall, in Inches.	Veloc. Wind, in Miles.	Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10.	Direction of Wind.
1	29·972	Fah. 76·0	Fah. 56·0	Fah. 66·0	Fah. 135	Fah. 43	..	190	2	N.W.
2	29·850	69·0	59·0	64·0	130	49	..	510	6	N.W.
3	29·493	68·0	64·0	66·0	80	53	2·100	630	7	N.W.
4	29·927	67·5	51·9	59·7	120	40	·010	250	2	N.W.
5	30·095	68·0	52·0	60·0	132	41	..	180	2	S.E.
6	30·091	74·3	56·5	65·4	132	43	..	160	3	N.
7	29·994	71·0	58·0	64·5	130	49	..	250	3	N.W.
8	30·085	69·0	53·0	61·0	135	42	..	200	3	S.E.
9	30·100	66·3	55·0	60·6	125	45	..	120	5	N.W.
10	30·038	69·0	56·0	62·5	132	45	..	250	6	S.E.
11	30·268	63·8	51·0	57·4	115	40	·180	230	5	S.E.
12	30·210	63·5	45·0	54·2	124	36	..	130	3	N.E.
13	30·000	66·5	56·0	61·2	127	46	..	260	3	N.W.
14	30·247	75·0	52·5	63·7	139	41	..	160	5	S.
15	30·261	72·0	55·0	63·5	132	43	..	130	2	N.W.
16	30·200	71·0	59·0	65·0	134	48	..	260	5	N.W.
17	30·356	67·0	57·0	62·0	126	46	..	250	5	S.E.
18	30·271	71·0	54·0	62·5	128	44	..	100	4	N.W.
19	30·340	75·0	56·5	65·7	130	41	..	120	2	N.
20	30·298	73·0	60·0	66·5	128	52	..	230	5	N.W.
21	30·230	75·0	60·0	67·5	129	50	..	310	2	Cl.
22	30·168	79·0	57·0	68·0	136	45	·002	110	3	N.
23	29·800	78·5	62·0	70·2	136	54	..	460	5	N.W.
24	30·018	67·5	45·0	56·2	116	36	1·000	330	6	S.W.
25	30·068	60·0	48·0	54·0	120	37	·030	160	3	N.E.
26	29·819	66·0	53·0	59·5	120	40	..	340	5	N.W.
27	29·720	65·0	53·0	59·0	130	40	·013	530	2	N.W.
28	29·698	67·5	58·0	62·7	123	46	..	430	4	N.W.
29	29·601	66·5	55·0	60·7	119	42	..	610	2	N.W.
—	30·042	69·6	54·9	62·3	126·3	44·0	3·335	275	3·7	..
—	29·949	..	..	62·5	..	..	3·542	..	..	..

Means.
† Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Very heavy rain on 2nd—2·10in. recorded on 3rd—from N.W., and strong gale, then generally fine up to 22nd; remainder of month showery, especially on 23rd, when 1in. rain fell; strong N.W. winds during latter part, otherwise a fine, bright, warm month, with prevailing N.W. winds. Maximum temperature in shade, 79°; minimum, 45°. Mean temperature of dew-point, 50°·1. Mean humidity, 65.
R. B. GORE, Observer.

Officiating Ministers for 1896.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th 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 intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend William Vandyke.

Baptists.
The Reverend Charles Crisp Brown.

Seventh-day Adventists.
Pastor David Steed.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 11th March, 1896.

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 Acts 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.

Articles, and how classed.	Rate of Duty.
Albo-carbon; as chemicals n.o.e. ..	20 per cent.
Bisulphide of carbon; as chemicals n.o.e. ..	20 per cent.
Malleable castings for cheese-moulds; as hardware	20 per cent.
Machines, seaming and turning-off, combined; as knitting-machines ..	Free.
Oil dressing composition for tarpaulins, &c.; as paints mixed ready for use ..	5s. the cwt.
Steel with bevelled edge for making curd-knives; as a. & m.s. ..	Free.
Wool webbing for making ladies’ belts; as haberdashery n.o.e. ..	20 per cent.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
[Commissioner’s Order No. 539.]

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1896, No 18

The Old Government Buildings (depicted) were completed in 1876 and initially housed the entire Wellington-based civil service as well as the entire New Zealand Cabinet. The Executive Council met there until 1948.

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🚂 Post Office Changes

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated2 March 1896
KeywordsPost Offices, Opened, Closed, Designation Changed, Postal-Note Offices, Telephone Offices
👩‍💼 Officials

J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner

🏥 Meteorological Observations

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated1 February 1896
KeywordsWeather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
👩‍💼 Officials

R. B. Gore, Observer

🎓 Officiating Ministers for 1896

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Dated10 March 1896
KeywordsMarriage Act, Officiating Ministers, Religious Leaders
👱🏽 Names

William Vandyke (Reverend), Roman Catholic Church
Charles Crisp Brown (Reverend), Baptists
David Steed (Pastor), Seventh-day Adventists

👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. Von Dadelshen, Registrar-General

🏭 Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated11 March 1896
KeywordsCustoms Duties, Tariff Interpretation, Trade and Customs
👩‍💼 Officials

W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector

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