Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 415

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd 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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend George Theodosius Boughton Kyngdon.
The Reverend Richard Twitchell Matthews.

Baptists.

Mr. Frank Macdonald.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1901.”—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 20 of “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1901,” the registration of the Southland Carters’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 312, situated at Invercargill, will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within such period it is shown that such union has not ceased to exist.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Notice re Incorporation and Nomination of Committee.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
GISBORNE DISTRICT.

NOTICE is hereby given that a general meeting of the proprietors of the Haumatuku No. 2A and No. 2B Blocks will be held at the Native Land Court House, at Gisborne, on Monday, the 29th day of February, 1904, at 11 a.m., for the purpose of nominating a member of committee to fill the vacancy in the said committee owing to a sufficient number of members not having been nominated. Written nominations must be lodged with the Registrar, Gisborne, at least fourteen days before the time appointed for the meeting.

Dated at Gisborne, this 30th day of January, 1904.

JOHN BROOKING, Registrar.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1904.

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, HIRAANI TE HEI, of Hastings, hereby give notice that I have taken Kathleen Hiraani Blake, a child of John Thomas Blake, of Hastings, 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 January, 1904.

HIRAANI TE HEI.

Signed by the said Hiraani te Hei in the presence of—David Scannell, Solicitor, Hastings, and C. B. Heatley, Photographer, Hastings.

Notice of Appointment of Committee for Incorporated Blocks.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
GISBORNE DISTRICT.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has appointed the following persons to be members of the committee for the purposes of administering the lands set opposite their names.

Dated at Gisborne, this 30th day of January, 1904.

JOHN BROOKING, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

“The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Estimated Yields, 1903-4.—Notice No. 850.

Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 1st February, 1904.

THE following table gives the area of wheat, oats, and barley for threshing, and the estimated yields; also the amount of flour and wheat on hand as at 31st October, 1903.

In the New Zealand Gazette of 2nd July, 1903, the wheat on hand available for all purposes as at 28th February, 1903, was stated at

Wheat and flour imported from 1st March, 1903, to 31st October, 1903

Bushels.
6,971,275
40,478

7,011,753

This has been disposed of as follows:—

For seed, 230,959 acres at 2 bushels per acre
Consumption for population of 860,000, at 6 bushels per head per annum, for eight months (1st March to 31st October, 1903)
Wheat and flour exported, 1st March to 31st October, 1903

Bushels.
461,918
3,440,000
51,001

3,952,919

Leaving on hand, 31st October, 1903

3,058,834

Amount actually returned, 31st October, 1903, as per returns

2,245,299

Taking the figures 2,245,299 bushels as the correct quantity on hand at 31st October, 1903, and deducting therefrom 1,800,000 bushels, the estimated quantity required for consumption, on a population basis of 900,000, from 1st November, 1903, to 28th February, 1904, the time when the new crop will be available, it will be seen that the wheat on hand in excess of requirements on 1st March, 1904 (not including this season’s crop), will be, approximately, 445,299 bushels.

The exports and imports for the four months are not taken into account, but the exports for November and December were very small.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.