Dec. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3221

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops wherein Groceries are sold in the Borough of Petone under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein groceries are sold in the Borough of Petone, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the hours for closing for all such shops in the said borough shall be 9 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; 1 p.m. on Wednesdays; and 10 p.m. on Saturdays, excepting on the day before Christmas Day and New Year’s Day: And whereas the Petone Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Borough of Petone wherein groceries are sold: Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that, from and after the 13th day of December, 1909, all such shops in the Borough of Petone shall be closed in accordance with such requisition. The notice dated the 20th day of May, 1909, is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Removal of Order forbidding Money-order and Postal Correspondence for the “Kookaburra” Newspaper Company, Sydney.

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THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, being satisfied that the company whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is no longer engaged in advertising the treatment of diseases of the sexual organs, hereby rescinds the order made, under section 28 of “The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,” on the 11th day of May, 1909, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th day of May, 1909, forbidding that any money-order for such company shall be issued, and that any postal packet addressed to such company shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered, by the Post Office of New Zealand, and orders that such money-orders shall be issued, and that such postal packets shall be registered, forwarded, and delivered, in the usual course.

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SCHEDULE.

“KOOKABURRA” Newspaper Company, Post-office Box 1530, Sydney.

Dated this 6th day of December, 1909.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Postmaster-General.

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Bonus on Mineral Oil produced in New Zealand.

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Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 3d. per gallon (£6,250) will be paid on the first 500,000 gallons of mineral oil produced in the Dominion of New Zealand. The mineral oil in the refined state to have a specific gravity of 0·814 to 0·830, and a flash point of not less than 83° Fahr. by the Abel closed test.
2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Minister of Mines not later than 31st March, 1912.
3. The claim must be made before 31st March, 1913.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
5. All conditions as to quantity, quality, priority, and value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

RODERICK MCKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

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Exemption of Slaughterhouse used in connection with the curing of Bacon and Hams.—Notice No: 1355.

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Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 7th December, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor has exempted from the operation of subsection (1) of section 17 of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908,” the slaughterhouse situated on Tawhiti Road, Hawera, Subdivision 2, part Section 176, Patea District, Block VI, Hawera Survey District, and used by the Hawera Bacon Company (Limited) in connection with the curing of bacon and hams.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce, and Tourist and Health Resorts.

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Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 42.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1908,” 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 Hetekia Rika Heke.

Church of Christ.

Mr. J. R. Clarke.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

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Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1908.”

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Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1909.

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 persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as is known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Auvinet, Jean Baptiste, late of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, gardener. Filed on the 17th day of November, 1909.

Wallbank, Stephen, late of Waipiro Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, porter. Filed on the 17th day of November, 1909.

Denly, Bernard, late of Morrinsville, in the Provincial District of Auckland, cabinetmaker. Filed on the 24th day of November, 1909.

Hayes, Thomas, late of the steamship “Penguin,” seaman. Filed on the 25th day of November, 1909.

Tasker, James, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 27th day of November, 1909.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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Appointment of Agent at Alexandra to the Public Trustee.

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Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1909.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

CHARLES EDWARD RICHARDS, Esq.,

has been appointed to be Agent to the Public Trustee at Alexandra, as from the 1st instant, vice Laurence Ryan, Esq., resigned.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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Land Surveyors’ Examination, March, 1910, Australia and New Zealand.

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The Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 7th December, 1909.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Surveyors’ Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors’ Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for licenses to survey, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 7th March, 1910, at the Dominion Museum, Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board at least thirty days before the date of the examination, and that the examination fee of £1 1s. must be paid at least seven days before the date of the examination to the Secretary of the Board, from whom examination regulations, application forms, and other particulars may be obtained.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board,