Feb. 28. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 539

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th February, 1901.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance in his hand on or before Saturday, the 30th March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank-receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April or as soon after as possible.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Notice of Intention to take Land in the City of Wellington for the Purposes of the General Post Office.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of an extension of the General Post Office in the City of Wellington, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Public Works Office, Wellington, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land required to be taken:—

All in the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 19208, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Mariners No. 11 of 1901.

BEACONS FOR ENTERING WAIKATO RIVER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st February, 1901.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 55 of 1900, issued by this department on the 14th December last, it is hereby notified that the leading-beacons for entering Waikato River are situated on the north bank of that river.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 26th February, 1901.

WHEREAS the local authorities respectively mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto have duly notified to me that the days upon which the shops in their respective districts shall be closed, pursuant to the provisions of “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” are the days set opposite their respective names in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the said Act, I, William Hall-Jones, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint that the said respective days shall be the days upon which all shops within the said respective districts shall be closed.

SCHEDULE.

Greymouth .. .. .. Wednesday.
Kumara .. .. .. "
Alexandra South .. .. .. Thursday.
Kamo .. .. .. "

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Labour.

Senior Civil Service Examination, 1901.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1901.

THE following list of the successful candidates at the Senior Civil Service Examination held last month is published in accordance with section 11 of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

Passed with distinction—
Robertson, Isabel .. .. .. Auckland.
Wild, Cyril Thomas.. .. .. Invercargill.

Passed—
Arcus, John Laurence .. .. Greymouth.
Armstrong, Gertrude Henderson .. Wanganui.
Avery, Joseph Devonport .. .. Wellington.
Baldwin, Vawdrey Richardson .. .. "
Benge, Alfred James Havelock .. Waihi.
Bogle, Archibald Hugh .. .. Wellington.
Campbell, Lachlan Bain .. .. Waipu.
Collins, Rhoda May .. .. .. Auckland.
Colquhoun, Edith Jane .. .. Whangarei.
Davey, Ivor .. .. .. Wellington.
Easton, Charles Ernest .. .. "
Furlong, James Joseph .. .. "
Gibbs, Arthur .. .. .. Dunedin.
Gilmour, Emily Margaret .. .. Waihi.
Girdlestone, Hubert Earle .. .. Wellington.
Hallett, Edgar Joseph Whebby .. Christchurch.
Hay, Elizabeth Kerr .. .. Wellington.
Hovell, Rollo Richard St. John .. Napier.
De Lambert, Richard .. .. Wellington.
Lovatt, Cyrus James .. .. "
McIntosh, Lizzie .. .. .. "
McKellar, Gerald Forbes .. .. Dunedin.
Matthews, Frederick Gwillim .. Wellington.
Robertson, James .. .. .. Invercargill.
Scobie, William .. .. .. Riverton.
Snell, Agnes Maud .. .. .. Christchurch.
Taylor, Ella Millicent .. .. Auckland.
Trownson, Charles Owen .. .. Dunedin.
Walker, Clarice Agnes Redpath .. "
Wood, John .. .. .. Wellington.

Passed examination in shorthand—
Marple, Walter Henry .. .. Blenheim.