Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3915

the 1st of December, 1915, the red and the white light on lamp-posts at the shore head of the bay will be discontinued.

PORTLAND HARBOUR LIGHT.—Mariners and others are hereby notified that the Portland Harbour light will be converted into an unattended light on or about the 1st December, 1915, and from such date the reception of signals from vessels entering the port will be discontinued.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

SPENCER GULF.—HUMMOCK HILL JETTY.—Masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that vessels leaving Hummock Hill Jetty, bound southward, should steer 129° (S. 56° E. mag.) for a distance of about one and a half miles until Point Lowly Lighthouse bears 69° (N. 64° E. mag.), when a safe course can be steered up or down the gulf.

Approximate position : Lat. 33° 2' 30", long. 137° 36' 30".

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 403 and 2389.

—

Notice to Mariners No. 98 of 1915.

NELSON LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd November, 1915.

R EFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 96 of 1915, re the change in characteristic of Nelson Light, notice is hereby given that the change will be made on 5th December in lieu of 1st December, as previously notified.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Charts 2185, 2616, 3629, and 1212; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vi, page 188.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

—

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

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1915.

I 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 New Zealand.

All Congregational Independents.

Baptists.

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.

In order to obviate the necessity for further inquiry, it is also requested that the reason for omitting the name of any minister be stated (such as on account of death, absence from New Zealand, or as the case may be).

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

—

Mining Privileges struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Mining Registrar's Office,
Lawrence, 17th November, 1915.

N OTICE is hereby given that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been struck off the Register, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed period of three months.

J. M. ADAM,
Mining Registrar.

—

SCHEDULE.

D