Nov. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2971

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th November, 1908.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Hopelands Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1908.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Hopelands Drainage District, County of Woodville :
William James Henry Thomass,
Benjamin Sinclair,
Charles Gregory,
John Frederick Gleeson, and
John Reichenbach.

Examination for Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredgemasters, under “The Mining Act, 1908,” will be held on Tuesday, the 13th April, 1909, at Greymouth and Clyde. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, Wellington,” and must be received on or before the 8th March, 1909. Forms of application may be obtained from Inspectors of Mines, Westport, Reefton, Clyde, and Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to Board of Examiners.

NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificates of service have been accepted by the Board.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery Superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

WRITTEN and oral examinations of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery Superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1908,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1908,” will be held on Tuesday, the 6th April, 1909, and following days, at the Thames, Waihi, Reefton, and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act], Wellington,” and must be received on or before the 8th March, 1909. Forms of application may be obtained at any School of Mines, and from Inspectors of Mines.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificates of service have been accepted by the Board.]

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.”—
Notice of Cancellations of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 18th November, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the industrial unions mentioned in the Schedule below are hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

SCHEDULE.

THE Rimu Gold-miners Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 391, situated at Woodstock.

The Canterbury Journalists Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 371, situated at Christchurch.

Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority over Religious Bodies.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1908.

THE attention of the persons or person within the Dominion of New Zealand in whom is vested ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies enumerated in the Third Schedule annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Marriage Act, 1908,” and of all other persons concerned, is directed to the 11th section of the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesiastical authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-General, in the month of December in every year, a correct list of their Officiating Ministers within the meaning of “The Marriage Act, 1908,” of each of the said religious bodies.

The following are the religious bodies above referred to:—
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Roman Catholic Church.
The Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
All Congregational Independents.
Baptists.
The Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Lutheran Church.
All Hebrew Congregations.
The Society of Friends.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious body may be certified to by two recognised office-bearers thereof.

A minister of religion not connected with any of the aforesaid bodies must send to the Registrar-General in the month of December in each year a certificate signed—
(a.) By the recognised head in New Zealand of the religious body to which he belongs, or
(b.) By two duly recognised ministers of such religious body, or
(c.) By ten adult members thereof, who append to their signatures their description as being such members, declaring that such minister is their Officiating Minister, the said signatures and descriptions being attested by some person who shall verify the signatures to the certificate as the genuine signatures of the persons whose they purport to be, by a statutory declaration signed by such person and appended to the certificate.

Neglect in sending the certificate will deprive the minister of his status as an Officiating Minister under the Marriage Act.

N.B.—It is requested that the Christian names and the addresses of the several ministers may be specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 13th November, 1908.

THE Loyal Te Kuiti Lodge, No. 8069, situated at Te Kuiti, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1908,” this 13th day of November, 1908.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Half-yearly Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia in New Zealand.

HALF-YEARLY return of the aggregate average amount of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Australasia within the Dominion of New Zealand from the 20th day of April, 1908, to the 12th day of October, 1908, inclusive. (Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.)

£ s. d.
Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. 14,851 16 2
Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 138,147 2 3
Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest ..
Balances due to other banks ..
Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 1,172,724 0 10
Cash deposited bearing interest .. 624,990 19 10

Total liabilities within the Dominion £1,950,713 19 1

£ s. d.
Coin and bullion .. .. 562,612 14 9
Landed property (bank premises) .. 45,931 7 7
Notes and bills of other banks .. 28,477 7 11
Balances due from other banks ..
Debts due to the corporation, including notes, bills, and other securities .. 3,306,871 14 2

Total assets within the Dominion £3,943,893 4 5

A. P. WEBSTER, Inspector.
R. SWANSTON, Accountant.
Wellington, 16th October, 1908.