Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 491

Appointing Advisory Counsellor under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the eighth and ninth sections of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

HOANI PARAONE TUNUIARANGI, of Papawai,

to be Advisory Counsellor of the Rongokako Maori Council, vice Tamahau Mahupuku, deceased.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of West Harbour.—Notice No. 855.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th February, 1904.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the West Harbour Borough Council (Rothesay) has by special order declared Bathurst burr, broom, giant burdock, gorse, and ragwort or ragweed to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Campbelltown, and the County of Waikouaiti.—Notice No. 854.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th February, 1904.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local governing bodies have by special order declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Campbelltown Borough Council Bathurst burr, broom, giant burdock, gorse, hakes, ragwort or ragweed, wild turnip, ox-eye daisy, hemlock, dock, burdock, lupin, pennyroyal, St. John’s wort, tutsan, and the following thistles: Stemless, common plume or Scotch, woolly-headed, star, and milk.

Waikouaiti County Council Ragwort or ragweed.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Fixing Scale of Costs under “The Commissioners Act, 1903.”

In the matter of “The Commissioners Act, 1903.”

WE, the undersigned Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, do hereby, by virtue of section 12 of “The Commissioners Act, 1903,” make the following rules prescribing a scale of costs payable in respect of any inquiry under the said Act, namely:—

Rule I. The following shall be the scale of costs for an inquiry under “The Commissioners Act, 1903,”—
(1.) Preparing for the inquiry, seeing witnesses £ s. d.
and preparing brief, not exceeding .. 6 6 0
(2.) Fee for attendance of counsel at hearing, not exceeding (per day) .. .. 15 15 0
(3.) Costs of argument of a special case—
Preparing case, from .. .. £2 2s. to 5 5 0
Argument of special case, from £10 10s. to 21 0 0
if the Court before whom the case was argued certifies that costs should be allowed.

Rule II. Any other costs awarded shall be the same as the scale in the Supreme Court, and if there is any doubt as to what costs should be allowed pursuant to scale in any particular matter the Commissioner shall have regard to the scale, and fix such sum accordingly.

Rule III. No costs of any inquiry shall exceed £300.

Dated at Wellington, 15th December, 1903.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
THEO. COOPER, J.

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1904.

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:—

Roman Catholic.
The Reverend Louis Lézer.

Baptists.
Paster W. L. Heaven.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Alfred John Lee.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Robert Murray Grant McDowall.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1904.

THE Success of Ashburton Lodge, No. 22, situated at Ashburton, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of Canterbury District, New Zealand, of the United Ancient Order of Druids, Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 10th day of February, 1904.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branches of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1904.

THE Sancta Maria Branch, No. 2, situated at Auckland, and the St. Mary’s Branch, No. 3, situated at Wellington, are registered as branches of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 10th day of February, 1904.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1904.

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 to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Alexander William Doran, late of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, engineer. Filed on the 27th day of January, 1904.

Edward Thornton, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, composer. Filed on the 27th day of January, 1904.

Robert Williamson, late of Upper Nevis, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 3rd day of February, 1904.

James Louis Junge, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial District of Westland, labourer. Filed on the 3rd day of February, 1904.

Charles Joseph Morphet, late of Papakura, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 3rd day of February, 1904.

John Quinn, late of Maori Point, in the Provincial District of Otago, gold-miner. Filed on the 3rd day of February, 1904.

Christina Goodwin, late of Akaroa, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 3rd day of February, 1904.

Robert Waller, late of Loburn, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, retired farmer. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1904.

Sarah Bowden, late of Seacliff, in the Provincial District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.