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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

FORFEITURE AND RESTORATION OF MEDALS.

1. Every Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or private soldier who is a recipient of the above or other Medals (except the New Zealand Cross, which is dealt with under special Regulations) shall, upon being found guilty of crime or misdemeanour, at once forfeit the same.

2. Any Medal forfeited under the terms of the article preceding may be restored on the approval of His Excellency the Governor.

PAYMENT FOR MEDALS REPLACED.

1. Medals required to be replaced through loss or otherwise shall be subject to a charge of seven shillings and sixpence (7s. 6d.) for the Medal, and eighteen pence (1s. 6d.) for the clasp.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the seal of the said colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

T. THOMPSON,
Minister of Defence.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1898.

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 John Knox Barklie, B.A.

[This name is published in substitution for that of the Reverend John Knox Barclay, B.A., previously published in the New Zealand Gazette of 7th April, 1898, Notice No. 10.]

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

[In Gazette of 27th January, 1898, Notice No. 3, for Robert Wyllie read Robert Wylie.]

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 amendment 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 May, 1898:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

TECHNICAL SCHOOLS SEASON AND COMMUTATION TICKETS.

Regulation No. 30 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted, viz.:—

30. Technical schools season tickets, available for any distance not exceeding sixty miles, and for three months from date of issue, will be issued to bonâ fide students and scholars, not exceeding twenty years of age, attending technical schools or classes (including music schools) registered with the Minister of Education, subject to the following conditions:—

The tickets will only be available for use when the holder is proceeding to or from the technical or music school for the purpose of receiving tuition. If used for any other purpose the ticket will be forfeited.

The days upon which tuition will be received must be the same in each week, and be stated in the certificate, and duly inscribed on the ticket.

The certificate of attendance at foot of ticket must be signed by certifying teacher on each day that holder of ticket attends the school.

The tickets are not transferable.

They will be charged as follows:—

First Class. Second Class.
For students and scholars not exceeding sixteen years of age .. .. 30s. 10s.
For students and scholars over sixteen but not exceeding twenty years of age .. 40s. 20s.

Twenty-trip commutation tickets, available for ten outward and ten return trips within three months from date of issue, will be issued to bonâ fide students and scholars attending technical schools or classes (including music schools) registered with the Minister of Education.

The name of the purchaser and the days of the week upon which tuition will be received must be duly inscribed on the ticket, which will be available only for use by the purchaser when travelling to or from the technical school or class for the purpose of receiving tuition. If used for any other purpose the ticket will be forfeited.

Any portion of the ticket punched, detached, or not used before the date on which the ticket expires will not be available for use.

The certificate of attendance attached to the ticket must be signed by certifying teacher on each day that holder of ticket attends the school.

The tickets are not transferable.

They will be charged as follows:—

Applications for technical schools season and commutation tickets must be accompanied by a certificate in the following form, signed by the director of the technical school or class, or the teacher of music school:—