Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3087

Honours conferred by His Majesty.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th August, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of a notification of the appointment by His Majesty the King of The Honourable CHARLES JOHN JOHNSTON and JOHN WILLIAM SALMOND, Esq., LL.B., K.C., as Knights Bachelor; and HENRY LINDO FERGUSON, Esq., M.D., and JOSEPHUS HARGREAVES RICHARDSON, Esq., as Companions of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George :and ROBERT WEST HOLMES, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., as Companion of the Imperial Service Order.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.

British Life Annuity Certificates.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 28th August, 1918.

HEREWITH for general information is published a circular despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, respecting British life annuity certificates. The Minister of Internal Affairs will verify the signatures of Justices of the Peace attached to these certificates.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.

CIRCULAR.

Received 8th July, 1918.-G.H. No. 1861/18.-Government House, N.Z.

Downing Street, 8th April, 1918.

SIR,-I have the honour to inform you that the Lords Commissioner of the Treasury have had under consideration the question of the certification of life in the case of Government annuitants residing in British colonies and protectorates, and that they are prepared, in order to increase the existing facilities for this purpose, to allow such certificates to be given (1) by a Justice of the Peace, whose signature shall be verified by a Colonial Authority ; (2) or by a Government Police Magistrate ; (3) or by the agent or manager of a bank having an office in London, who shall affix his office stamp after his signature.

2. The arrangements for such certification at present in force are those laid down in the Earl of Kimberley's circular despatch of 6th January, 1881, a copy of which is enclosed, and the facilities now offered by the Treasury are made under the provisions of section 18 (1) of the Revenue Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict., Ch. 46).

3. The Colonial Authority who should verify the signature of a Justice of the Peace, or of a Government Police Magistrate if the latter has no official seal, should be the Colonial Secretary or Chief Secretary of the colony or protectorate in which the annuitant resides, or, in the absence of such officer, the acting Colonial Secretary or acting Chief Secretary.

4. I enclose copies of the new form of certificate which has received the approval of the Treasury.

I have, &c.,
WALTER H. LONG.
The Officer Administering the Government.

FORM FOR CERTIFYING THE LIFE OF GOVERNMENT ANNUITANTS RESIDING IN BRITISH COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES AND IN INDIA.

The certificate must be granted on the day, or some day after, the date when the annuity becomes due, by one of the following authorities, viz. :- In Colonies and Protectorates : The Governor or Acting Governor. A Justice of the Peace, whose signature must be verified by the Colonial or Chief Secretary, or person acting as such. A Government Police Magistrate, who must affix his official seal, or his signature must be verified as above. The agent or manager of a bank, having an office in London, who must impress his office stamp after his signature.

In India :

An A District Magistrate.

(In Presidency Towns) A Commissioner of Police.

Any erasure or alteration in the certificate must bear the initials of the certifying authority.

No. of Annuity :

CERTIFICATE.

I, [Name in full], of , [State qualification], do hereby certify that [State Christian name and surname of the nominee in full] A. B. is living at , and appeared personally before me at on this [in words] day of , 19 .

Witness my hand

[State qualification]

Signature of J.P. or Magistrate verified. (* See above.)

Signature :

Qualification :

The following declaration is to be made and signed by the proprietor of the life annuity after the above certificate has been granted. When the declaration is not made by the nominee, the nominee must endorse the certificate.

DECLARATION.

I, , of , formerly of [The residence and description as stated in the original contract must never be omitted], do hereby declare that I [or A. B. (as above), of ], the person named and described in the above certificate, am [or is] the nominee upon whose life the annuity of £ s. d. doth depend, a quarterly payment of which became due on the 5th January [or April, July, October], 19 .

Witness my hand this day of , 19

Signature :

Extract from Act 2 & 3, Will. IV, c. 59.-“If any such declaration shall be untrue in any particular, the person making the same shall, over and above every other penalty to which such person may become subject, forfeit the sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.”

When the annuity depends on two joint lives and the life of the longer liver of them, the declaration below must be signed instead of that above.

The following declaration is to be made and signed by the proprietor of the life annuity after the above certificate has been granted. When the declaration is not made by the nominee whose life is certified, such nominee must endorse the certificate.

DECLARATION.

I, , of , formerly of [The residence and description as stated in the original contract must never be omitted], do hereby declare that I [or A. B. (as above), of ], the person named and described in the above certificate, am [or is] one of the two nominees upon the continuance of whose lives, and the life of the longer liver of them, the annuity of £ s. d. doth depend, a quarterly payment of which became due on the 5th January [or April, July, October], 19 ; and that , of , the other nominee upon whose life the said annuity also depends, is living at [or is dead § ].

Witness my hand this day of , 19

Signature :

Extract from Act 2 & 3, Will. IV, c. 59.-“If any such declaration shall be untrue in any particular, the person making the same shall, over and above every other penalty to which such person may become subject, forfeit the sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.”

§ If the person making this declaration shall be totally ignorant whether such nominee shall be living or dead, or, if living, of the usual place of his or her abode, then the same must be stated in such declaration.

Officiating Ministers for 1918.-Notice No. 34.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th August, 1918.

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 :-

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. LEONARD JOHN HODSON.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.