APRIL 20. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 985

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1905.

EXHIBITION OF LIGHT ON TUAHINE POINT, POVERTY BAY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th April, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lighthouse of wood and iron, painted white, has been erected on Tuahine Point, Poverty Bay. From it will be exhibited, on and after 1st May, 1905, a white light flashing every 10 seconds, at an elevation of 138 ft. above high water. The light is called a Norwegian light, and is about 50-candle power. It should be seen from seaward between the bearings of S. 22° W. and S. 85° E., except when obscured by the land, at a distance of about six miles.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 2527 and 3321; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. iv., page 149.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Gisborne.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 21st day of February, 1905, and gazetted on the 23rd day of February, 1905, I, Richard John Seddon, Minister of Labour, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon me by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified as required by that section, did direct that, from and after the 1st day of March, 1905, all shops in the trades of boot-importers, grocers, drapers, upholsterers, cabinetmakers, &c., butchers, tailors, plumbers, jewellers, and saddlers, in the Borough of Gisborne (not being one of the districts mentioned in section 3 of the said Act), should be closed at 6 o’clock in the evening on four working-days of the week—viz., Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays—and at 9 o’clock in the evening of Saturdays: And whereas by a like requisition, duly made and certified as aforesaid, I have been requested to vary the said notice by limiting its action to all the shops mentioned except butchers’ shops: Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisition, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the above-mentioned section, I do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 24th day of April, 1905, its action shall be limited to all shops in the said borough except butchers’ shops.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of April, 1905.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Town District of Manaia.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Town District of Manaia (not being one of the districts mentioned in section 3 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904”) has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the following trades in such town district shall be closed at 6 o’clock in the evening on four working-days of the week, and at 10 p.m. on Saturdays, excepting on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and at 1 p.m. on the statutory closing-day: And whereas the Manaia Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all shops within the town district:

Now, therefore, I, Richard John Seddon, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of the said Act, do hereby direct that from and after the 20th day of April, 1905, all shops in the Town District of Manaia shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Trades.—Drapers, clothiers, bootmakers, general storekeepers, chemists, plumbers, saddlers, butchers, tailors, bakers, watchmakers, stationers, and grocers.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of April, 1905.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Native-school Site at Tautoro.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1905.

THE following report of the person appointed by the Governor, under the provisions of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Tautoro, in the Bay of Islands District, having been adopted by the Governor, is published in accordance with the said Act.

R. J. SEDDON.

REPORT UNDER “THE NATIVE SCHOOLS SITES ACT, 1880.”

WHEREAS certain Natives have consented to appropriate for the site of a school certain land alleged to be owned by them at Tautoro, situate in Block VIII., Punakitere Survey District, hereunder more fully described, the title to which land has not been determined by the Native Land Court:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor appointed me, the undersigned, to ascertain the title of such Natives to the land, and their consent to such appropriation: And whereas I have made the necessary inquiry:

Now I do hereby report as follows:—

That, having duly notified the date of my inquiry, as required by the aforementioned Act, I sat at the Public Hall, Russell, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 21st and 22nd days of February, 1905, for the purpose of such inquiry.

At such inquiry a number of Natives were present, claiming interest in the locality in which the school is situate.

After production and examination of Plan No. 7135, it was agreed by all present that Maera Kuao and Herewini Wa should be named as owners of the proposed school-site, it being expressly decided that such fixing of owners should in no way be made use of in the disputes now in progress as to the title of the surrounding lands.

And I am satisfied that the two chiefs above named, and all others present at the inquiry claiming interest in the adjacent lands, consented to the appropriation of the land for the site of the school under the provisions of the before-mentioned Act.

As witness my hand, at Auckland, this fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five.

H. F. EDGER,
Judge.

Description of Land referred to.

All that rectangular parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate at Tautoro, in Block VIII., Punakitere Survey District, containing 3 acres 2 roods 16 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a line commencing at a point 948·1 links, bearing 116° 12′ 10″, from Trig. Station 17A, in said Block VIII., Punakitere Survey District, 600 links; towards the east by a line, 600 links; towards the south by a line, 600 links; and towards the west by a line, 600 links: as the same is more particularly delineated in Plan No. 7135 in red.

Member of the House of Representatives elected, City of Wellington Electoral District.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1905.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued on the 24th March, 1905, for the election of a member to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of City of Wellington; and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that

FRANCIS MARION BATES FISHER

has been duly elected to serve as a member for the said district.

HUGH POLLEN,
Clerk of the Writs.

Officiating Ministers for 1905.—Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1905.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII., and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend William Thomas Currie.
Mr. Oscar Blundell.

The Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
The Reverend—
Beeche, J. B.
Copeland, Frederick.
Cross, W.
Dillicar, W. W.
Evans, R. E.
Grubb, B.
Howell, G. P., M.A.
Hudson, Lewis.
McArthur, John D.
Wilkinson, A. V.
Williams, Richard F.

The Free Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend John William Smith.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General,