SEPT. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1907

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 42.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1901.

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 late 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:—

The Scots Church (Wellington).

The Reverend William Thomson.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—THOMAS CATO WORSFOLD, Esq., of London, England, a Solicitor of the High Court of Judicature, England, has this day been appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of September, 1901.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of Nugent Chaplin, of 19, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, in England, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England; and in the matter of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875.”

UPON the application of Mr. William Allan, solicitor, on behalf of the above-named Nugent Chaplin, and upon reading the affidavit of Herbert Webb, filed herein on the 2nd day of September, 1901, with the exhibit “A” thereunto annexed, I, Joshua Strange Williams, Esquire, a Judge of this Court, do, by this commission issued under the seal of this Court, appoint the said Nugent Chaplin to be and act as a Commissioner of this Court in England for the purpose of administering and taking any oath, affidavit, or affirmation, whether in any action, suit, cause, proceeding, matter, or thing commenced or pending in this Court or in any Court of concurrent or inferior jurisdiction in New Zealand, or in any proceeding, matter, or thing whatsoever within the cognisance or jurisdiction of any such Court.

Dated at Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, this 3rd day of September, 1901.

[L.S.] JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS, J.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 28th August, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application on that behalf made to me by the Waimate Branch of the New Zealand Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 65, situated at Waimate, the registration of that industrial union will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within the six weeks specified proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested in or having some claim on the funds of the industrial union to set aside such cancellation, and the same is set aside accordingly.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

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Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

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 (100,000 lb.) 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, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1904.

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.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Reserves in Raetihi Township, Wellington, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1901.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 13th November, 1901, for the lease of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are not applied for on the above date, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the term stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RAETIHI TOWNSHIP.

Term, fourteen years.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 ls. lease-fee.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.