Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3631

2774·8 links, to the Seadown Road ; and again on the north-west by that road, 2479·5 links, to the point of commencement : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21/21, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured with a red margin.

F. H. D. BELL,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Constitution of a Special Roading District in terms of Section 50 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913.

PURSUANT to section 50 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, and the regulations thereunder, I do hereby, on the recommendation of the Land Board of the Wellington Land District, declare the lands referred to in the Schedule hereto to be a special district for the purposes of the said section; and such district shall be known as the Kawautahi Special Road District.

As witness my hand this 21st day of November, 1916.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAITIEKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

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Imperial Government Meat-supplies.

Imperial Government Supply Department,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1916.

THE amended arrangements for the f.o.b. purchase on behalf of the Imperial Government of all meat available for export are as follows :—
The conditions laid down in the Right Hon. the Prime Minister’s notice published in the Gazette of the 3rd of March, 1915, page 725, remain unaltered, except in respect of the following points,—

1. The classification of the meat, and the price to be paid therefor, f.o.b., will now be—

No. Description. Prices now in Operation.
d.
1 Wethers, first quality, 72 lb. and under 5¾
2 " " over 72 lb. and up to 85 lb. 5¼
2A " " over 85 lb. and up to 98 lb. 4¾
(subject to special approval by the Inspector
3 " second quality 5¼
4 Ewes, first quality, 72 lb. and under 4¾
5 " " over 72 lb. and up to 85 lb. 4¾
6 " second quality 4¾
7 Lamb, specially price and Canterbury quality, 6½
42 lb. and under
8 " first quality, 42 lb. and under 6¾
9 " " over 42 lb. 6¼
10 " second quality 6¼
11 Beef, prime ox 5
12 " second and heifer 4¾
13 " boning in quarters 4¼
14 " cow, prime 4¾
15 " " second 4¼
16 " boneless 5¼
17 Mutton, legs 6¾
18 " shoulders 5¾
19 " loins 5¾

2. These prices are fixed for the period of the war, and for at least three months after its termination.
3. These prices apply to all meat from stock slaughtered on or after 20th October, 1916, and which is available for export.
4. Storage charges are reduced by 25 per cent. as from 1st November, 1916. They will therefore now be as follows : No storage shall be payable until after one month has expired, when the rate shall be 3/32d. per lb. per calendar month or any portion of a month, but the total storage for any period shall not exceed 9/32d. per lb.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister in Charge.

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

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1916.

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).

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1916.—Notice No. 32.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1916.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

Aotearoa Undenominational Mission (Feilding).

HENRY CURRAN.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Election of Member of Marlborough Land Board.

PURSUANT to section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, the amendments thereto, and the regulations made thereunder, I, Henry Gaunt Price, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Marlborough Land Board, do hereby declare

JAMES FULTON

to be duly elected a member of the Land Board for the Marlborough Land District, as from the 17th day of December, 1916, only one valid nomination having been received.

Dated at Blenheim this 14th day of November, 1916.

H. G. PRICE,
Returning Officer.