APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1019

Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1906.

ACHERON POINT BREASTWORK (AUCKLAND).

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th April, 1906.

THE Auckland Harbour Board reports that large quantities of rock are being deposited off Acheron Point, Freeman’s Bay, to form a breastwork about 2,000 ft. in length from high-water mark. A wall of rock is also being made from the breastwork 500 ft. in an easterly direction. Masters of vessels are warned against navigating or anchoring their vessels near these works.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1906.

MANUKAU HARBOUR.—SOUNDINGS IN CHANNELS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th April, 1906.

THE Harbourmaster at Manukau reports that recent soundings show very little difference in the depth of water in the South Channel, but found one small ridge with a little over 2 fathoms at L.W.O.S., with the beacons in line. For some time this ridge has had 2½ fathoms at L.W.O.S. The main channel is improving in depth, there being 4¾ fathoms at L.W.O.S. where formerly there was 4½ fathoms.

Charts, &c, affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2535 and 2726. “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chapter vii, pp. 251 and 252.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1906.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Decision No. 802.]

Auckland Grammar School.

Education Board’s Office,
Auckland, 5th April, 1906.

IN accordance with “The Auckland Grammar School Act, 1899,” and with the regulations thereunder for the election of Governors by the Education Board of the District of Auckland, I hereby notify that, at a meeting of the said Board held this day,

ALFRED RICHARD HARRIS, Esq.,

was duly elected a member of the Board of Governors constituted by the said Act, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Peter M. Mackay, Esq.; and that

SAMUEL LUKE, Esq.,

was duly elected a member of the Board of Governors aforenamed, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard Hobbs, Esq.

SAMUEL LUKE,
Chairman of Meeting.

Officiating Ministers for 1906—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1906.

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.
Mr. William Cyril Roseveare.

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
Mr. John D. McArthur.

[This name is re-entered by request of the President of the Conference after having been taken off the list.]

Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Reverend—
D. B. F. Carlisle.
F. A. Thompson.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Robert Laing.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1906.

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 deceased persons 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.

Karl Victor Danielsen, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 15th day of March, 1906.

Jane Lythgoe, late of Bald Hill Flat, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 15th day of March, 1906.

Duncan McDermid, late of Groper’s Bush, in the Provincial District of Otago, contractor. Filed on the 19th day of March, 1906.

Edward Blackhall, late of Hawera, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, road contractor. Filed on the 19th day of March, 1906.

Alfred Thomas Pearson, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, barman. Filed on the 22nd day of March, 1906.

Ann Eastwood, late of Porirua, in the Provincial District of Wellington, housewife. Filed on the 22nd day of March, 1906.

Catherine Robinson, late of Mercer, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed on the 22nd day of March, 1906.

John Thomson, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 27th day of March, 1906.

William Thorpe, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 27th day of March, 1906.

John Charles Revell, late of Rangiora, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, retired Stationmaster. Filed on the 30th day of March, 1906.

John Hawken, late of Paparangi, in the Provincial District of Wellington, poultry-farmer. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1906.

John Kirby, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, bootmaker. Filed on the 10th day of April, 1906.

Herbert Arthur Taylor, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, traveller. Filed on the 10th day of April, 1906.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.