Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 857

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Booksellers' Shops in
the Borough of Hastings 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 booksellers'
shops in the Borough of Hastings, has been forwarded to
me, desiring that the hours of closing of all such shops
within the borough shall be in the evening of Saturday at
10 p.m., instead of 9 p.m.: And whereas the Hastings
Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such
requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all
booksellers' shops within the Borough of Hastings:

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
29th day of March, 1909, all booksellers' shops in the Borough
of Hastings shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted the 21st day of May, 1908, fixing the
closing-hours of all shops in the borough is hereby varied
accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

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Easter Holidays.

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Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1909.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Friday,
the 9th, Saturday, the 10th, and Monday, the 12th day
of April, 1909, will be observed as holidays in the public
offices of the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

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“Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.”—Declaration by the
Registrar dissolving a Society.

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I, ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been
made to appear to me that the Wellington Cooks' Association (Registered) is no longer carrying on its operations and
has no assets,—the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in
pursuance of section 28 of “The Incorporated Societies
Act, 1908.”

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of March, 1909.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 14.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th 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 entitled “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 John Robert Burgin.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend William J. Saunderson.

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend Thomas George Butler.
The Reverend W. S. Fernie.

[ERRATA.—In New Zealand Gazette of 21st January, 1909,
page 166, Notice No. 1, for “Glover, James, Major” (Salvation Army), read “Glover, James Henry, Brigadier.” In
New Zealand Gazette of 11th March, 1909, page 761, Notice
No. 11, for “Mr. Robert Morgan” (Presbyterian Church of
New Zealand) read “Mr. Richard Morgan”; and for
“Adjutant John Rowbotham” (Salvation Army) read
“Adjutant John Rowbotham Dixon.”]

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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Notice of Registration of Adoption under Section 50 of
“The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

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Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1909.

NOTICE having been lodged with me by Areta Kerei, of
Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, that she has taken Tataira
Raiha, otherwise Mere Toha, a child of Raiha Toha (deceased), to be her adopted child, and a certificate by a
Judge of the Native Land Court, as required by Regulation No. 6, having been received, it is hereby notified that
the said notice of adoption has been duly filed and registered.

E. A. WELCH,
Registrar.

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Meeting of the Aotea District Maori Land Board.

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Whanganui, 24th March, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Aotea
District Maori Land Board which was notified to be
held at Whanganui on the 2nd day of April, 1909, is hereby
adjourned to Wellington for the same date.

THOS. W. FISHER,
President.