Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 809

GERMAN.—1910: Goethe, “Faust,” Part I; Lessing, “Minna von Barnheim”; Sudermann, “Frau Sorge.” 1911: Goethe, “Götz v. Berlichingen”; Schiller, “Jungfrau v. Orleans”; Fouqué, “Undine.”

ITALIAN.—1910: Manzoni, “I Promessi Sposi.” 1911: Fogazzaro, “Il Santo”; Amicis, “Carrozza di Tutti.”

SPANISH.—1910: Ayala, Camprodón, and Egulaz, “Teatro Moderno Español”; Trueba and La Quintana, “El Cid Campeador.” 1911: Galdós, “Trafalgar” (Pitt Press); Calderón, “Alcalde de Zalamea.”

MAORI.—No special books in Maori will be prescribed for the examination of 1910.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Education.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Boot-shops in the Borough of New Plymouth under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the boot-shops in the Borough of New Plymouth, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Thursday, 1 p.m.; Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 p.m.—with the exception of the period from the 21st December to the 31st December in each year, both days inclusive: And whereas the New Plymouth Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the boot-shops in the Borough of New Plymouth:

Now, therefore, I, Alexander Wilson Hogg, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that from and after the 22nd day of March, 1909, all the boot-shops in the Borough of New Plymouth shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of March, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department (Commissioner’s Office),
Wellington, 1st March, 1909.

THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now in possession of the police at the stations named, will, unless previously claimed, be sold by public auction, at the respective police-offices, on Saturday, the 27th March, 1909, at noon, in accordance with police regulations:—

AUCKLAND.—Various articles of jewellery, revolvers, and bicycle.

THAMES.—Watch, umbrella, &c.

NAPIER.—Watches, brooch, bicycle, &c.

WANGANUI.—Bicycles, umbrellas, &c.

WELLINGTON.—Bicycles, various articles of jewellery, clothing, &c.

CHRISTCHURCH.—Bicycles, various articles of jewellery, clothing, &c.

DUNEDIN.—Bicycles, various articles of jewellery, clothing, &c.

INVERCARGILL.—Bicycles, fur boa, and brooches.

W. DINNIE,
Commissioner of Police.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 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 Henry Sholto Bishop.

Baptists.

The Reverend Henry George Blackie.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Tenders for Forage.

General Post Office, Wellington, 11th March, 1909.

THE following particulars of tenders for the supply of forage in Wellington for the Post and Telegraph Department from the 1st May, 1909, to the 30th April, 1910, are published for general information.

[P.O. 09/642.]

W. R. MORRIS, Acting-Secretary.

“The Statistics Act, 1908.”—Estimated Yields, 1908-9.—Notice No. 1284.

Department of Agriculture (Division of Live-stock and Agriculture), Wellington, 15th March, 1909.

THE following table gives the area of wheat, oats, and barley for threshing, and the estimated yields for this season.

The amount of wheat and flour on hand at the 31st October, 1908 (as per returns), was 1,761,534 bushels.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.