Amending Regulations under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908—Amendment No. 6.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1921.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend clause six of the regulations made under the said Act on the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and gazetted on the thirtieth day of July then instant, by adding the following at the end thereof:

Notwithstanding anything in the said Home Office confidential list of authorized explosives, the following shall be the definition of the explosive gelignite,

“Gelignite” means any explosive consisting of nitro-glycerine thickened with nitro-cotton, nitrate of potassium, and woodmeal, with or without carbonate of calcium or of magnesium not exceeding 2 per cent., and with or without not more than $\frac{1}{2}$ per cent. of mineral jelly; provided that the proportion of nitro-glycerine does not amount to less than 56 per cent. or more than 63 per cent.

Provided that it shall be a sufficient defence to any proceedings for a breach of these regulations to show that the gelignite had been imported into New Zealand or was on board ship in course of transit to New Zealand on the date of the gazetting of this Order in Council.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Officiating Ministers for 1921.—Notice No. 12.

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.
The Reverend Henry Cooke Stuart.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1921.—Notice No. 13.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are withdrawn by request and are published for general information:

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. William Dunlop.
Mr. John Newlands.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Election of Member of Otago Land Board.—Result of Poll.

ROBERT THOMAS SADD, Returning Officer for the election of a member to the Otago Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations thereunder, the result of the poll taken by me on the 27th day of April, 1921, for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board to be as follows:

Valid Votes recorded.
Livingstone, George … 920
Waite, Fred … 781

1,701
Rejected as informal … 164

And I do hereby declare that GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Otago Land Board.

Dated at Dunedin this 28th day of April, 1921.
ROBT. T. SADD, Returning Officer.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department, Wellington, 2nd May, 1921.

THE Bluff United Friendly Societies' Dispensary, situated at Bluff, is registered as a friendly society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 29th day of April, 1921.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for License by Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 4th May, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for selection by discharged soldiers in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 25th day of May, 1921.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 26th day of May, 1921, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

Canterbury Land District.—National Endowment Waimate County.—Hewlings, Dalzell, and Gibson Survey Districts.

PART Waitangi Run 66A, Class A : Area, 21,200 acres ; annual rent, £677 10s. ; term, fourteen years.

All pastoral country, with flats (more or less stony) along the Waitaki River, remainder rough broken country ranging from 800 ft. to 6,300 ft. The vegetation consists mostly of native grasses. Well watered.

The improvements that go with the land are about thirty miles of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £1,197.

Access is from Kurow Railway-station, about thirteen miles by fairly good road. Rabbits are somewhat numerous on this block, but they are now being trapped and poisoned.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD, Commissioner of Crown Lands

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.—Westland District.

In the matter of the Administration Act, 1908, Part IV ; and in the matter of the estate of JOHN GIESEKING, late of Greymouth, Hotelkeeper, deceased.

HEREBY give notice that by an order of the Supreme Court, Greymouth, dated 2nd day of April, 1921, I was appointed administrator of the estate of the above-named JOHN GIESEKING, deceased ; and I hereby call a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Guinness Street, Greymouth, on Wednesday, the 11th day of May, 1921, at 2.30 p.m.

All claims against the above estate must be lodged with me or or before Wednesday, the 15th day of June, 1921.

A. NAYLOR, Deputy Official Assignee, Administrator. Greymouth, 27th April, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that E. J. GOODHEW, of Auckland, Advertising Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 9th day of May, 1921, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER, Official Assignee. 21st April, 1921.