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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 7th November, 1900.

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. 650.]

Applications for Analyst invited.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1900.

WRITTEN applications, accompanied by testimonials, will be received at this office up to noon of Monday, the 3rd December, for the appointments of Analyst to the Mines Department and Analyst under “The Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880,” at a salary of £400 per annum. The person who may be appointed will be required to reside in Wellington.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Tender for Installation of Electric Passenger Lift in Railway Offices in Featherston Street, Wellington.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 5th November, 1900.

THE following successful tender for installation of electric passenger lift in Railway Offices, Featherston Street, Wellington, is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Wm. Cable and Co. .. .. .. £1,790.

Officiating Ministers for 1900.—Notice No. 30.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1900.

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:—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Thomas Haire.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1900.

THE Loyal Methven Lodge, situated at Methven, is registered as a branch of the Ashburton District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 5th day of November, 1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 47 acres, more or less, being Allotment 2, Parish of Waiau, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The last registered owner is Arthur Willis, described as of London, England, Esquire, who cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 5th day of November, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of November, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, situated in the Town of Clinton, being Sections 6, 7, 21, and 22, Block IX., on the map of the said town, having frontages to Skelda Street of 200 links and to Gloup Street of 200 links, by a depth of 500 links.

SEED WHEATS.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1900.

THE following Seed Wheats from recently imported seed are available for sale to farmers at 4s. per bushel (bags extra 6d.), f.o.b. train, Waihao Downs, South Island, or Waverley, North Island.

Orders will be received by the Inspector of Stock, Auckland, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, or the Department of Agriculture, Wellington.

The following classification is according to South Island results:—

AUTUMN WHEAT.

Allora Spring, Bearded Herrison, Fultz, Improved Fyfe, Sicilian Square Head, Blountz Lambrig, White Velvet, Pearl Velvet, Tardent’s Blue, Darblay’s Hungarian, Hedge-row, Rattling Jack, Australian Talavera.

WINTER OR EARLY SPRING.

Talavera de Bellevue, Medeah, Marshall’s White Chaff, Anglo-Australian, Red Clawson, White Essex, Hudson’s Early Purple Straw, Algerian, Red Straw, Marshall’s No. 3.

SPRING WHEAT.

Zealand or Berthoud, Marshall’s No. 8, White Tuscan, Beardless Quartzlee, Bearded Quartzlee, Early Baart, Early