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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

5. The bonus will be paid on the certificate of an officer that not less than twenty persons other than the applicant for the bonus are successfully working the invention.
6. Any person who receives the bonus shall not be allowed to take out patent rights in New Zealand for his invention.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Result of Road Board Election.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1901.

THE following notice of the election of members of a Road Board has been received at this office, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Wainku Road District, County of Manukau:
Charles Thomas Barriball.
Peter Dromgool.
Caleb Hosking.
Arthur Lanfer Hull.
William Sanday.

Results of Election of Trustees of Land-drainage Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1901.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of Drainage Districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Eltham Drainage District, County of Hawera:
Charles James Belcher.
John Bootten.
Alfred Coplestone.
Julius Jacobsen.
Caleb Jesse Maslin.

Maungatua Drainage District, County of Taieri:
Neil Black.
John Hoddinott.
Richard Arnold Kempshall.
George Lyall.
John Stevenson.

West Taieri Drainage District, County of Taieri:
John Bruce.
John Dow.
George Metaal.
Joseph McNeill.
Patrick Sutherland.

Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority over Religious Bodies.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1901.

THE attention of the persons or person within the Colony of New Zealand in whom is vested ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies enumerated in the Schedule B annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” and of all other persons concerned, is directed to the 11th section of the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesiastical authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-General, in the month of December in every year, a correct list of the Officiating Ministers within the meaning of “The Marriage Act, 1880,” of each of the said religious bodies.

The following are the religious bodies above referred to:—
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Roman Catholic Church.
The Wesleyan Methodist Society.
All Congregational Independents.
Baptists.
The Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Lutheran Church.
All Hebrew Congregations.
The Society of Friends.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious body may be certified to by two recognised office-holders thereof.

A Minister of religion not connected with any of the aforesaid bodies must send to the Registrar-General in the month of December in each year a certificate signed—
(a.) By the recognised head in New Zealand of the religious body to which he ministers, or
(b.) By two duly-recognised Ministers of such religious body, or
(c.) By ten adult members thereof, who shall append to their signatures their description as being such members, declaring that such Minister is their Officiating Minister, the said signatures being attested by some person who shall verify them as the genuine signatures of the persons whose they purport to be by a solemn declaration made under “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” signed by such person and appended to the certificate.

Neglect in sending the certificate will deprive the Minister of his status as an Officiating Minister under the Marriage Act.

N.B.—It is requested that the Christian names and the addresses of the several Ministers may be specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Tender.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 20th November, 1901.

THE following accepted tender is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Lease of Refreshment-cars running between Palmerston North and New Plymouth Railway-stations for a Period from 2nd December, 1901, to 31st March, 1905.

Receipt anonymously of £7 by Colonial Treasurer.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 19th November, 1901.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the receipt of seven pounds (£7) in bank-notes, contained in an envelope, without any writing.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

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 7th day of November, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land being Section 3, Block I., on the map of the Town of Greytown (now known as Allanton), in the Provincial District of Otago, and fronting Ramsay Street.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1901.

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