APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1073

Letters of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 10th April, 1923.
IT is hereby notified, for public information, that letters of naturalization, or endorsement of letters of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the Aliens Act, 1908, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs.

List of Persons, Companies, &c., licensed to conduct Fire-insurance Business in New Zealand.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th April, 1923.
THE following list of persons, firms, and companies licensed to conduct fire-insurance business in New Zealand is published in accordance with clause 11 of the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Alliance Assurance Company (Limited), 23-25 Grey Street, Wellington.
Atlas Assurance Company (Limited), 9 Brandon Street, Wellington.
Australian Alliance Assurance Company, Box 95, Auckland.
Australian Provincial Assurance Association (Limited), corner Grey and Featherston Streets, Wellington.
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company (Limited), care of Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Limited), Wellington.
British Traders’ Insurance Company (Limited), 29 Hunter Street, Wellington.
Canton Insurance Office (Limited), care of J. W. Wallace and Co., Wellington.
Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited), 209 Lambton Quay, Wellington.
Eagle, Star, and British Dominions Insurance Company (Limited), 26 Shortland Street, Auckland.
Excess Insurance Company (Limited), care of Messrs. Sead-Gowing and Craven (N.Z.) (Limited), Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
Farmers’ Co-operative Fire and Marine Insurance Association of New Zealand (Limited), Cashel Street, Christchurch.
Guardian Assurance Company (Limited), 156 Featherston Street, Wellington.
Hartford Fire Insurance Company (Limited), 94 Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Hawke’s Bay Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Hastings.
Home Insurance Company (Limited), care of Messrs. G. G. and J. H. Aitken and Co., 94 Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Company (Limited), Dunedin.
Insurance Office of Australia (Limited), Ground Floor, New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland.
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company (Limited), Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
London Assurance Corporation, care of Messrs. Sead-Gowing and Craven (N.Z.) (Limited), Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
London and Lancashire Insurance Company (Limited), corner of Fort and Commerce Streets, Auckland.
Marine Insurance Company (Limited), care of Thomas Macky and Co., Auckland.
Mercantile and General Insurance Company (Limited), 32 Grey Street, Wellington.
National Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited), Dunedin.
New Zealand Insurance Company (Limited), Auckland.
New Zealand Plate Glass Insurance Company (Limited), Royal Exchange Buildings, Wellington.
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, Routh’s Buildings, corner of Johnston and Featherston Streets, Wellington.
Northern Assurance Company (Limited), Williamson’s Chambers, 41-47 Shortland Street, Auckland.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society (Limited), care of Messrs. Rowley and Gill, Featherston Street, Wellington.
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation (Limited), Wellington.
Otago Farmers’ Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Water Street, Dunedin.
Phoenix Assurance Company (Limited), Wellington.
Prudential Assurance Company (Limited), 21 Swanson Street, Auckland.
Queensland Insurance Company (Limited), Wellington.
Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation of London, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Royal Insurance Company (Limited), Wellington.
Scales, George H. (Limited), Fletcher’s Buildings, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
South British Insurance Company (Limited), South British Chambers, corner of Queen and Shortland Streets, Auckland.
Southern Union General Insurance Company of Australasia (Limited), 90 Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Standard Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited), Dunedin.
State Fire Insurance Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington.
Sun Insurance Office, Shortland Street, Auckland.
Taranaki Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Eltham.
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limited), Worcester Street, Christchurch.
Turnbull, A. H., and Co., Agents for W. Weddel and Co (Limited), Christchurch.
Union Assurance Society (Limited), care of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency (Limited), Wellington.
Union Insurance Society of Canton (Limited), Hunter Street, Wellington.
United Insurance Company (Limited), 324 Lambton Quay, Wellington.
Victoria Insurance Company (Limited), Dunedin.
Waikato Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association, Te Awamutu.
Wairarapa Automobile Association Mutual Insurance Company, Featherston.
Wellington Farmers’ Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Bryant’s Buildings, 7 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North.
Woodroffe, Gordon, and Co., Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Yorkshire Insurance Company (Limited), Dunedin.

Officiating Ministers for 1923.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1923.
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 James Couling.
The Reverend Lendrick McMaster.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.