2072
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Manaiā River; and for the purposes of such public work
the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be
taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of
the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-
office at Coromandel, and is there open for inspection; and
that all persons affected by the execution of the said public
work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have
any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said
public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the
same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days
from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of
Public Works at Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken:
3 roods 0·6 perch.
Portion of Manaiā 1B, 2B, D No. 2, Block XIII, Coromandel
Survey District (S.O. 19410).

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 41828,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and
thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 15th day of
May, 1917.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

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War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916.—Modification of
Fifth Schedule to Education Act, 1914 (Staffs of Public
Schools).

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Education Department,
Wellington, 8th May, 1917.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 15 of the War
Legislation Amendment Act, 1916, I, Josiah Alfred
Hanan, Minister of Education, do hereby make the altera-
tions as shown in the Schedule hereto, in the modifications
of the provisions of the Fifth Schedule to the Education Act,
1914, made by me on the 25th August, 1916. Such altera-
tions shall be deemed to have been in operation as from
the 1st January, 1917.

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SCHEDULE.

(a.) IN reckoning the quarter, or two quarters, or three
quarters immediately preceding for the purposes of Table C,
no account shall be taken of any quarter if it is shown to
the satisfaction of the Minister of Education, on the certifi-
cate of the District Health Officer, that an infectious disease
of an epidemic character has been locally prevalent during
that quarter to the extent of affecting 10 per cent. or more
of the children in the school or department.

(b.) The figures “120” in column (4) of Table C as modi-
fied on the 25th August, 1916, are hereby altered to read
“110.”

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Education.

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Officiating Ministers for 1917.—Notice No. 18.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1917.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act,
1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for general
information :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend WILLIAM BOWER BLACK, LL.B.
Mr. GEORGE WALLACE.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend ROBERT MITCHELL.

Baptists.
The Reverend J. F. JONES, B.D.
” S. B. MAIDEN.
” W. S. WOOLLEY.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

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Tenders for Supply of Coal, 1917–18.

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Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 10th May, 1917.

THE tender of the Nightcaps Coal Company (Limited),
Invercargill, has been accepted for the supply and
delivery of 18,000 tons screened Nightcaps coal for the New
Zealand Government Railways during the year ending 31st
March, 1918, at 10s. per ton, delivered on railway-wagons at
Nightcaps.

E. H. HILEY,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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Election of Member of the Board of Appeal under the Public
Service Act, 1912, as Representative of Officers of the
Telegraph Branch of the Post and Telegraph Department.

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Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th May, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions
of the Public Service Act, 1912, and the regulations
made thereunder, that the position of representative of officers
of the Telegraph Branch of the Post and Telegraph Depart-
ment of the Public Service Board of Appeal is vacant through
the resignation of the elected member.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

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Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery
of Stores.

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Wellington, 11th May, 1917.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Chairman,
General Post Office, Wellington, not later than 4 p.m.
on Wednesday, the 20th June, 1917, for the supply and
delivery of bicycle, motor-cycle, and motor-car covers and
tubes, and band tires for motor-lorries.

Particulars and conditions of tendering may be obtained
at the office of the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph
Department, Wellington; the District Storekeeper, Post and
Telegraph Department, Christchurch; or at the offices of
the Telegraph Engineers at Auckland and Dunedin.

J. ORCHISTON,
Chairman.

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Notice to Mariners.—No. 41 of 1917.

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AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—BEACON OFF BROWN’S ISLAND.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th May, 1917.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 39, of the 5th
instant, the Auckland Harbour Board have notified
that a new beacon has been erected on the reef off Brown’s
Island to take the place of the one which was knocked down
a few days ago by some unknown vessel.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 1896; “New
Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 43.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

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Notice to Mariners.—No. 42 of 1917.

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AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—BEACONS OFF ST. MARY’S BAY.—
AMENDMENT TO NOTICE NO. 37 OF 1917.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th May, 1917.

REFERRING to Notice No. 37 of 1917, second bearing
from Western Beacon should read—
Trig. Station Watchman 266° (S. 70½° W. magnetic) in
lieu of (S. 80° W. magnetic).

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.