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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Stratford, and the County of Cook.—Notice No. 857.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th 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.
Stratford Borough Council .. Ox-eye daisy.
Cook County Council .. Ragwort or ragweed.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Resignation of Member of Council under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” accepted.

Office of Minister of Native Affairs,
Wellington, 12th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

RICHARD JOHN GILL, Esq., of Auckland,

of the office of member of the Tai-rawhiti District Maori Land Council, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Member of Council under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” appointed.

Office of Minister of Native Affairs,
Wellington, 12th February, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,—

PEKA KEREKERE, of Gisborne,

to be a member of the Tai-rawhiti District Maori Land Council.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Native Licensing Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th February, 1904.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that

REWETI TE RAKAHERA

has been elected to be the Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Taupo.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Under-Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 5.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th 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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Ernest Adams.
Mr. John Pender Bathgate.
Mr. George Wansbone.

Christians commonly known as Brethren.
Mr. Henry Curran.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Jos. J. Franklyn.

Pilgrims of Peace.
Mr. Percival Commins.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations. Wellington, for the month of January, 1904. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous year.

NOTE.—A very warm, dry month; towards the end the atmosphere was very hazy owing to the bush fires in the surrounding country. The maximum rainfall, 0·72 in., was recorded on the 6th. Prevailing winds, N.W. and S. Maximum temperature in shade, 82·3°; minimum, 46·1°. Mean temperature of dew-point, 51·9°; mean humidity, 50.

CUTHBERT FREYBERG,
Acting Observer.

Date of Surveyors’ Examination fixed.

Office of the Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 17th February, 1904.

THE next examination for surveyors under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” will be held in Wellington, beginning on Tuesday, 22nd March, 1904.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

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

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 15th February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Otago Hairdressers’ Assistants’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 280, situated at Dunedin, 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.