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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

Government Offices to be closed on Tuesday, 30th November, 1920 (St. Andrew's Day).

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th November, 1920.

AS provided under Public Service Regulations, the Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Tuesday, the 30th November, 1920, in celebration of St. Andrew's Day.

W. R. MORRIS,
Public Service Commissioner.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Masterton Gymnasium and Physical Training School is no longer carrying on its operations and has no assets, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of November, 1920.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 67 of 1920.

KAWHIA BAR.—LEADING-BEACONS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th November, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leading-beacons for entering Kawhia Harbour have been destroyed.

Mariners, especially those without local knowledge, are cautioned to exercise care if negotiating this bar in the absence of the leading-beacons.

Due notice will be issued when the beacons have been re-established.

The foregoing notice affects the following publications: Admiralty Charts No. 2524 and No. 2535; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 224; and ninth edition, 1919, Chapter ii, page 81.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

Exportation of Wool.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 19th November, 1920.

WITH reference to the Order in Council of the 24th November, 1919, gazetted on the 27th idem, prohibiting, inter alia, the exportation of wool except with the consent of the Minister of Customs, it is hereby notified, for public information, that the Minister has granted general permission for the exportation to any destination of—

(a.) Greasy or scoured wool clipped on or after the 1st day of July, 1920; and

(b.) Sliped or washed skin wool.

If any person wishes to export any greasy or scoured wool clipped prior to the 1st day of July, 1920, application should be made to the Comptroller of Customs, Wellington, stating the number of bales desired to be shipped, the marks and numbers, the date on which it was clipped, and, if possible, the name of the exporting vessel and the probable date of her departure.

W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.

Officiating Ministers for 1920.—Notice No. 35.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1920.

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 Robert Donald McEwan.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend James Moore.
" James P. Prendergast.
" Francis Sontheimer.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its Amendments.

To the owner of the following land—that is to say: All that parcel of land, situate in Block I of the Sumner Survey District, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 17·6 perches, more or less, being part of Lot 110 on deposited plan No. 829, part of Rural Section 32729, and being balance of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 120, folio 218, Canterbury Registry.

The last registered owner of the above land was the Canterbury Co-operative Freehold Land Association (Limited), representatives of which cannot now be found.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has been unable to find the owner of the above-described land or any agent of such owner in New Zealand:

Now, the Public Trustee hereby calls upon such owner, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his title to the said land; and if he fails or neglects so to do the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its amendments.

Dated this 22nd day of November, 1920.

J. W. MACDONALD,
Deputy of the Public Trustee.

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

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1920.

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.
The Salvation Army.

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, Registrar-General.