MAY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1559

within one calendar month after the expiry of the aforesaid
period, and such return shall state the number (if any) and
sex of all deer so destroyed as aforesaid, the dates, and name
of person by whom and the locality in which the deer were
destroyed.

4. The head or antlers of any stag, or the venison or skins
   of any deer, taken or killed pursuant to this warrant may
   be disposed of subject to the regulations made under the said
   Act by Order in Council dated the 3rd day of November,
   1922, and gazetted on the same date.

5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the pro-
   visions of these regulations is liable to a penalty not exceeding
   £20.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 29th day of May,
1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Dates of Election of Members of Ngaruawahia Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th May, 1923.

PURSUANT to section 18 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908,
I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs,
and the Minister charged with the administration of the said
Act, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the 30th May, 1923,
to be the day for the holding of an election of three members
of the Ngaruawahia Fire Board by the contributing local
authority; and I do further appoint Tuesday, the 12th June,
1923, to be the day for the holding of an election of three
members of the said Ngaruawahia Fire Board by the fire-
insurance companies which for the time being are carrying on
business within the said Ngaruawahia Fire District.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the
Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the City of Nelson.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the City
of Nelson, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such
shops in the city be closed in the evening of working-days
as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays,
and Saturdays at 5.30 p.m., with the exception that should
the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe,
pursuant to section 14 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22,
Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such
case the closing-hour on Wednesday for any such shop shall
be 5.30 p.m.:

And whereas, I, George James Anderson, Minister of
Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition
represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’
shops in the City of Nelson:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and
Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the
11th day of June, 1923, all the chemists’ shops in the City of
Nelson shall be closed accordingly. The notice gazetted on
the 18th day of April, 1918, is hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the
Combined District of Invercargill.

WHEREAS a poll to determine the statutory closing-
day in the combined district of Invercargill, com-
prising the Boroughs of Invercargill and South Invercargill,
was duly taken under the authority of section 20 of the
Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, on the 26th day of April,
1923:

And whereas the Mayor of the Borough of Invercargill
has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such
poll were in favour of the appointment of Wednesday as the
statutory closing-day in the said combined district of Inver-
cargill:

Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of
Labour, in pursuance of section 20 of the Shops and Offices
Act, 1921–22, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory
closing-day in the said combined district of Invercargill as
from the 11th day of June, 1923.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Clearing Office Announcement.—Last Date for Acceptance of
Claims.—Article 297 of the Treaty of Versailles.

THE Public Trustee, as Controller of the New Zealand
Clearing Office, announces that he is in receipt of
information that upon representations made by the British
Clearing Office, London, to the Anglo-German Mixed Arbitral
Tribunal for an extension of time for the lodging of claims for
proceeds of liquidation of property in Germany and/or for
compensation under Article 297 and 300 (b) of the Treaty
of Versailles in respect of damage inflicted upon their pro-
perty, rights, and interests in Germany by the application of
exceptional war measures, measures of transfer or measures
of execution, the Tribunal has fixed the 31st December, 1923,
as the final date for such claims to be sent into the local
Clearing Offices, after which date no further extensions of
time will be granted for the registration of such claims.

J. W. MACDONALD,
Public Trustee as Controller, New
Zealand Clearing Office.

Officiating Ministers for 1923.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 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 informa-
tion:—

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend McDavis Wharehuia.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Frank Tucker.

ERRATUM.—In Notice No. 17, published in New Zealand
Gazette on the 8th May, 1923, under Methodist Church of New
Zealand, for “Reverend W. C. McDonald” (as returned)
read “Reverend William McDonald.”

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of
the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder
set forth, the gross property in each case being estimated not to exceed £400 in value.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 29th May, 1923, J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.