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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 36.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1903.

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 names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Thomas Tait, M.A., B.D.
The Reverend William Woollass.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice under “The Companies Act, 1882.”

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the application and affidavit of Charles McGechie, of Cardiff, Farmer, Chairman of the Cardiff Co-operative Store Company (Limited).

I HEREBY notify that, no objection to such application having been made and lodged with me as by the said Act required, I do now declare such company to be dissolved.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 30th day of October, 1903.

R. L. STANFORD,
Registrar.

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

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1903.

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 Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
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.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, ERUETI ARANI, of Moawhango, hereby give notice that I have taken Te Oiroa Arani Patere, a child of Robert Thompson Batley and Emily Batley, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 23rd day of October, 1903.

ERUETI ARANI.

Signed by the said Erueti Arani in the presence of—J. M. Fraser, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, Auckland, and A. L. Arrowsmith, Solicitor, Taihape.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, HOKIAKE TE WHAREATUA, of Hawera, hereby give notice that I have taken Te Rongo Taiuru, a child of Taiuru and Hineuia, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 5th day of November, 1903.

Her
HOKIAKE TE X WHAREATUA.
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Signed by the said Hokiake te Whareatua in the presence of—A. Haughey, J.P., Hawera, and C. R. Bayley, Licensed Interpreter, Hawera.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.