week, and 9.30 p.m. on Saturdays during the months of
October, November, December, January, February, March,
and April; and at 5.30 o'clock in the evening on four
working-days of the week, and at 9 o'clock on Saturdays
during the months of May, June, July, August, and September; excepting during the week preceding Christmas Eve,
when the hours of closing should be left to the option of the
tradespeople : And whereas by a like requisition, duly made
and certified as aforesaid, he has been requested to vary
the said notice by exempting tobacconists and hairdressers,
and fixing the hours for closing of same at 1 p.m. on Thursdays, at 10 p.m. on Saturdays, at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays,
and at 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, excepting
for the period from the 20th December to 3rd January
(inclusive), when the hours of closing on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays shall be 8 p.m., instead of 6 p.m. as afore-
said:

Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned
requisition, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon
me by section 21 of "The Shops and Offices Act, 1904," and
section 5 of "The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act,
1905," I, James McGowan, acting for and on behalf of the
Minister of Labour, do hereby vary the said notice by
directing that on and after the 2nd day of March, 1908, all
tobacconists' and hairdressers' shops respectively (including
all shops carrying on both such businesses conjointly) in the
Borough of Stratford shall be closed in accordance with such
requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of February, 1908.
JAMES MCGOWAN,
For Minister of Labour.

"The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Compilation Act, 1905." - Notice of Proposed Cancellations of
Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 25th February, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon
me by section 21 of "The Industrial Conciliation and
Arbitration Acts Compilation Act, 1905," the registrations
of the industrial unions of employers mentioned in the
Schedule hereto will be cancelled at the expiration of six
weeks from the date hereof unless within such period it is
shown that they have not ceased to exist.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

SCHEDULE.

THE Petone Milk Vendors Industrial Union of Employers,
registered number 136, situated at Petone.
The South Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 465, situated
at Timaru.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1908.

THE Queen of the Oak Lodge, situated at Sydenham,
Christchurch, is registered as a branch of the Grand
Lodge of Canterbury District of New Zealand of the United
Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under "The
Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 21st day of February,
1908.

C. T. BENZONI,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1908.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1908.

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 intitled "The Marriage Act, 1904," 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 Thomas Fielden Taylor.
The Reverend Wilfred Alexander Williamson,

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Civil Service Senior Examination, 1907-8.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1908.

THE following list contains the names of those candidates
who have passed the Civil Service Senior Examination
held in January, 1908, and of those who have passed in two
or more subjects of the examination. Results of former
examinations and of equivalent examinations have been
taken into account.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

PASSED CIVIL SERVICE SENIOR EXAMINATION.

Name of Candidate.
Andrew, Charles Thomas
Ball, Thomas Murdy
Berendsen, Carl August
Borthwick, Phoebe Fullerton
Bowen, Harriet Emma
Carroll, John Charles
Christophers, Herbert Henry
Craig, Archibald Wilson
Dowling, John William
Eastick, Gordon Ambrose
Findlay, Walter
Fisher, Charles John
Fitzton, Walter Raymond
Gray, William Moody
Hall, Abraham
Hunter, Scott
Jamieson, Charles Alexander
Judd, Leslie Ernest
Judkins, William Edwin
Leary, Leonard Poulter
Macalister, Sinclair
Madden, Richard Francis
Mazey, Norman
Miller, James
O'Reilly, Francis John
Parton, David Edwin
Payne, Harry Thomas
Phillips, Frederick Oliver Reuben
Prideaux, Francis William Harrison
Puttick, Edward
Ryan, William Charles
Smith, George Corser
Smyth, Kenneth Hugh
Tate, Arthur Robert Ward
Taylor, Charles Edward
Thornton, Onslow Garth
Tyrer, Robert Reed
Watson, Frederick William
Wild, Philip

Examination Centre.
Wellington.
Invercargill.
Wellington.
Christchurch.
Palmerston N.
Auckland.
Invercargill.
Auckland.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Wanganui.
Auckland.
Wellington.
Auckland.
Wellington.
Christchurch.
Christchurch.
Palmerston N.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Timaru.
Dunedin.
Napier.
Masterton.
Blenheim.
Dannevirke.
New Plymouth.
Auckland.
Palmerston N.
Wellington.
Nelson.
Masterton.
Palmerston N.
Napier.
New Plymouth.
Christchurch.
Invercargill.

PASSED IN FIVE SUBJECTS.

Abercrombie, Frederick Norman.
Appleton, William
Baird, William George
Barnett, James
Beasley, Herbert William
Blake, Valentine
Bradley, Henry
Cooper, Tom Lester
Dayman, Frank Scott
Downard, Samuel Charles Gower
Ennor, Harrold
Falconer, William Mowat
Hall-Jones, William
Hamilton, Hubert Arthur
Hutson, Ivy Irene
Jackson, Gordon Francis Welby
McCurdy, Donald Archibald
Macey, Leslie Lancelot
McLean, Thomas Duncan
Mardon, William Henry Thomas
Marshall, Arthur
Marshall, Cecil James Cunningham
Newnham, William Langston
Newth, Richard Douglas
Pearce, Arthur Hambley
Pound, Thomas
Robertson, John Hector
Salmon, Cedric Whitley
Sherwood, Thomas Henry
Thompson, Frederick Norman
Tily, Harry Smith
Williams, Henry
Wogan, Rupert Samuel

Wellington.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Dunedin.
Auckland.
Wellington.
Christchurch.
Wanganui.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Gisborne.
Greymouth.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Napier.
Wellington.
Wellington.
New Plymouth.
Dannevirke.
Auckland.
Wellington.
Auckland.
Timaru.
Wellington.
Whangarei.
Auckland.
Dunedin.
Wellington.
Palmerston N.
Dunedin.
Wellington.
Westport.