Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3327

Tenders.—Supply of Forage, 1912–13.

Department of Defence, Wellington, 7th November, 1912.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply of forage in Auckland, Christchurch, and Nelson for the year ending 30th September, 1913, is published for general information.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

*Accepted.

Government Insurance Department Agency opened at Ongarue.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1912.

AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, ONGARUE,

as from the 1st December, 1912.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

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

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1912.

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 recognized 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 recognized head in New Zealand of the religious body to which he belongs; or
(b.) By two duly recognized 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.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911.—Application for Restoration of Lapsed Patent under Section 22.

NOTICE is hereby given that Thomas Boswell Sutton, lately of Rongotea, Wellington, New Zealand, but now of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Builder and Contractor, has made application for the restoration of the patent granted to him for an invention for “An improved butter-box,” numbered 22257, and bearing date the 29th December, 1906, which expired on the 29th December, 1910, owing to the non-payment of the prescribed renewal fee.

Any person may, on or before the 3rd December, 1912, give notice at the Patent Office of opposition to the restoration.

Such notice must be in duplicate, in the prescribed form, set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be accompanied by a stamp for the fee of 10s.

J. C. LEWIS,
Registrar.

The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911.—Application for Restoration of Lapsed Patent under Section 22.

NOTICE is hereby given that Charles Henry Edmund Hope-Johnstone, formerly of Aramoho, Wanganui, New Zealand, Factory-manager, but now residing at Tuhi-karamea, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer, has made application for the restoration of the patent granted to him for an invention for “An improvement in preparing milk for food,” numbered 23412, and bearing date the 1st September, 1907, which expired on the 1st September, 1911, owing to the non-payment of the prescribed renewal fee.

Any person may, on or before the 17th December, 1912, give notice at the Patent Office of opposition to the restoration.

Such notice must be in duplicate, in the prescribed form, set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be accompanied by a stamp for the fee of 10s.

J. C. LEWIS,
Registrar.