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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Conscience Money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th December, 1924.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the following amounts, forwarded by persons unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government: 5s. forwarded to the District Telegraph Engineer, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington; 9s. forwarded to the Right Hon. the Minister of Finance; £3 15s. forwarded to the Collector of Customs, Auckland; £1 forwarded to the Collector of Customs, Wellington.

J. J. ESSON, Secretary to the Treasury.

Customs Tariff.—Conditions entitling Certain Classes of Iron or Steel to Entry under the British Preferential Tariff.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 10th December, 1924.

WITH reference to the notification published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 2nd October last, setting out the alterations which are to be made in the conditions under which goods are to be admitted under the British Preferential Tariff, it is hereby notified for general information that the Minister of Customs has decided that, until 1st April, 1926, bar, bolt, rod, angle, tee, channel, girder, hoop, plate, or sheet iron or steel made wholly in Great Britain or other British possessions from any of the following kinds of iron of foreign origin—viz., pig iron and iron billets and blooms—will be regarded as wholly manufactured in such British countries for the purposes of clause 5 (a) of the combined certificate of value and origin.

This means that such bar, bolt, rod, angle, tee, channel, girder, hoop, plate, or sheet iron or steel made wholly in Great Britain or other British possessions from any of the following kinds of iron of foreign origin—viz., pig iron and iron billets and blooms—will, if the other conditions are complied with, be entitled until 31st March, 1926, to be entered for duty on importation into New Zealand under the British Preferential Tariff, even though 75 per cent. of the factory or works cost is not represented by British material and/or labour.

GEO. CRAIG,
Comptroller of Customs.

Officiating Ministers for 1924.—Notice No. 41.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1924.

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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Ernest Lawton.
The Reverend Ralph Creed Meredith, M.A.
The Reverend Stephen Francis Newcome Waymouth.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend William W. MacArthur.

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Te Iwiora Tamaipaarea.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Te Kuiti on the 13th January, 1925.

Registrar’s Office,
Auckland, 2nd December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Te Kuiti on the 13th January, 1925, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

Waikato—Maniapoto, 1924—13.]

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR COMPENSATION.

No. 134. Applicant: Waitomo County Council. Name of land: Kahuwera B 2B 5. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a gravel-pit.

No. 135. Applicant: Under-Secretary for Public Works. Name of land: Mahoenui 4B part. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a gravel-pit.

No. 136. Applicant: Under-Secretary for Public Works. Name of land: Mangaora 1, 4, and 3; Kawhia B 2B and

C 4 Section 2B; Hauturu West 2A 1, 2A 4, 2A 3, and 2B 4C; Kinohaku West 12B 2B, 11D 3B 2, and 11D 3A. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for scenic purposes.

No. 137. Applicant: The Education Board. Name of land: Rangitoto Tuhua 26F 2D 2. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for school-site.

Notice to Mariners No. 77 of 1924.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.—OTAGO HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th December, 1924.

Buoy discontinued.

THE Otago Harbour Board notify that the black buoy which formerly existed off Acheron Head and westward of the quarantine-ground in the lower harbour has broken away, and will not be replaced.

Publication affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2411; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, pages 364 and 366; New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1924, plan facing page 275, and “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1925, plan facing page 263.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 78 of 1924.

Marine Department.
Wellington, N.Z., 8th December, 1924.

THE following notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Hydrographic Office, London, are published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

BAY OF BENGAL, INDIA.—CHITTAGONG COAST.

South Patches.—Light-Buoy to be established; Light-Vessel to be withdrawn.

Date of Alteration.—On or about 15th October, 1924; without further notice.

(a.) Light-buoy to be established:

Position.—At a distance of about three-quarters of a mile eastward of the charted position of the light-vessel. Lat. 21° 29′ 15″ N., long. 91° 38′ 00″ E., on chart No. 859.

Description.—A light-buoy, painted black, exhibiting a flashing white light every ten seconds, thus: Flash 1 sec., eclipse 9 sec. The visibility of the light will be about 9 miles.

(b.) Light-vessel to be withdrawn:

Details.—South Patches light-vessel, together with the watch buoy with topmark, will be permanently withdrawn, and is to be expunged from the charts.

NOTE.—The note relating to the replacement of the light-vessel, under heading “South Patches,” is to be expunged from the charts.

ARGENTINA.—PUERTO SAN BLAS APPROACH.

Second Barranca Point Light.—Alteration in Character.

Former Notice.—No. 1113 of 1924 [PRELIMINARY]; hereby cancelled.

Position.—Southward of entrance to Puerto San Blas. Lat. 40° 47′ S., long. 62° 16′ W. (approx.).

Abridged description.—(U) Gp. Fl. (4) ev. 30 sec. 124 ft. 17 M.

Alteration.—The character of the light has been altered from group flashing white, showing three flashes, to group flashing white, showing four flashes every thirty seconds, thus: Flash 0·5 sec., eclipse 4·5 sec.; flash 0·5 sec., eclipse 4·5 sec.; flash 0·5 sec., eclipse 4·5 sec.; flash 0·5 sec., eclipse 14·5 sec.

Remarks.—The power of the light, which is now unwatched, has been reduced to 3,330 candles. In other respects the light is unaltered.

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

I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Auckland Amateur Sports Club (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Auckland this 9th day of December, 1924.

WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.