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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable at the office of the Fitzherbert Road Board in two instalments—viz., on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year; the cost of raising the said loan, together with the first year’s interest on the same, to be paid out of loan.”

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. STANLEY BRUCE,
Secretary, Fitzherbert Road Board.

Arrest of British Seamen Deserters in Japan, and of Japanese Seamen in British Dominions.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th July, 1898.

THE following circular despatch, received from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 30th May, 1898.

SIR,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 1st March last, enclosing copies of a Provisional Order of the Queen in Council applying section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” respecting the arrest of seamen deserters, in the case of Japan, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, copies of a further Order in Council, dated the 19th May, issued after compliance with section 1 of “The Rules Publication Act, 1893.”

I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government of
New Zealand.

At the Court at Windsor, the 19th day of May, 1898.

Present:

THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” it is provided that, where it appears to Her Majesty that due facilities are, or will be, given by the Government of any foreign country for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant-ships in that country, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that that section shall apply in the case of such foreign country, subject to any limitations, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order:

And whereas it appears to Her Majesty that due facilities are given by the Government of Japan for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant-ships in that country:

And whereas Her Majesty was pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, on the 3rd day of February, 1898, to pass a Provisional Order applying section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” in the case of Japan:

And whereas the provisions of section 1 of “The Rules Publication Act, 1893,” have been complied with:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in her by the hereinbefore-recited subsection (1) of section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” and by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that the said section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” shall apply in the case of Japan.

And the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Secretary of State for India in Council, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

J. H. HARRISON.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1894.”—
Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to application on that behalf made to me by the Allandale Coal-miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 110, situated at Allandale, Shag Point, the registration of that industrial union will be cancelled on the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof, on the ground that the said industrial union has ceased to exist, unless within the six weeks specified proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested in or having any claim on the funds of the industrial union to set aside such cancellation, and the same is set aside accordingly.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1898.

THE Loyal Karangahake Lodge, No. 7424, situated at Karangahake, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 28th day of July, 1898.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1898.

THE Court Onward, No. 8262, situated at Wanganui, is registered as a branch of the Wellington District Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 2nd day of August, 1898.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 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:—

Free Methodists.

The Reverend Richard Wilson.

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, 2nd August, 1898.

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.

Arthur Henry Fry, late of Featherston, in the Provincial District of Wellington, bootmaker. Filed on the 20th July, 1898.

John Burridge, late of White’s Bridge, Kaiapoi, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 23rd July, 1898.

James McMillan, late of Te Kuiti, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 26th July, 1898.

Alice Milbrew Poole, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 26th July, 1898.

Harry Walker, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, clerk. Filed on the 26th July, 1898.

Catherine Humphreys, late of Strowan, near Fendalton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, general servant. Filed on the 26th July, 1898.

Donald McKenzie, otherwise called Aleck, otherwise called W. D. McKenzie, late of Hohoura, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 28th July, 1898.

Robert Dimond, late of Ophir, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 28th July, 1898.

John Kinloch, late of Montserrat Station, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, ploughman. Filed on the 28th July, 1898.

James Irvine, late of Hamilton, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 28th July, 1898.

Henry Thurston Evans, late of Glentunnel, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, cook. Filed on the 28th July, 1898.

Eliza George, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed on the 1st August, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.