Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1811

Order by the Controller and Auditor-General fixing a Rate under Section 15 of “The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896.”

Audit Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1898.

UNDER the authority of section 15 of “The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896,” I, the Controller and Auditor-General, being satisfied that the change in the mode of levying rates by the Council of the Borough of Pahiatua will, in consequence of the adoption of “The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896,” within the district of the said borough, have the effect of diminishing the security for the Mangatainoka Bridge loan of £1,771 12s. 1d., granted to the Council under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” hereby fix a rate of 1¾d. in the pound on the unimproved value as the security for the said loan, this being the rate which will, as nearly as may be, produce the same amount as the rate levied before the change was made.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Controller and Auditor-General.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th August, 1898.

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.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 597.]

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

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to application on that behalf made to me by the Wellington Painters’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 37, situated at Wellington, 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.

Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 24.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 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 entitled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Reverend David Weatherall.

The Christchurch Central Mission.
Mr. Donald McLennan.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1898.

AT the request of the President of the Wesleyan Conference, the under-mentioned name has been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers under “The Marriage Act, 1880,” for the year 1898:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Reverend Frederick Quintrell.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Examination of Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th August, 1898.

IN accordance with the regulations for the examination of surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the following person has been granted a certificate:—

UNDER CLAUSE 19.
Thomas B. Ross Dix.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Chairman of the Board of Examiners.

Examination for Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th August, 1898.

IN accordance with the regulations for the examination of surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the next examination thereunder will be held on the 20th September next.

T. M. GRANT,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.