Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3691

Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 3rd October, 1910.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Duties Act in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the Dominion” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus † are revised decisions.

Minister's Order No. 939.] W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Secretary of Customs.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys not over sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fourteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools under the control of the Education Department, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open on similar conditions to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been satisfactory. The scholarships are open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Appendix to the Native Schools Code, 1908, and in amended regulations thereto, as contained in the Department’s circular memorandum of 25th April, 1910. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 5th and 6th of December, 1910. Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 26th of October, 1910.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

W. W. BIRD,
Inspector of Native Schools.
Education Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 1910.

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 33.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1910.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.

Mr. F. B. Lawrence.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ROBERT G. BALL, Esq., of 450 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of October, 1910.

EUSTACE STOCKER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.