JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2143

Officiating Ministers for 1927.--Notice No. 21.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1927.

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:—

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

The Reverend John William Foster.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Prohibition of Importation of Works infringing Copyright.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 21st June, 1927.

THE Minister of Customs has had under consideration the question of detaining (as prohibited imports under section 21 of the Copyright Act, 1913) copies made out of New Zealand of any work in which copyright subsists which, if made in New Zealand, would infringe copyright.

It is provided in that section that, subject to conditions set out therein, such copies shall not be imported into New Zealand, and that they shall be deemed to be prohibited imports within the meaning of the Customs Act, 1913. An essential condition is that the owner of the copyright gives notice in writing by himself or his agent to the Minister of Customs that he is desirous that such copies should not be imported into New Zealand.

It is provided also that for the purpose of that section notices given to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise of the United Kingdom and communicated by them to the Minister of Customs shall be deemed to have been given by the owner to the Minister of Customs.

Subsection (4) of the above-mentioned section provides that the Governor-General may, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations, either general or special, respecting the detention and forfeiture of copies the importation of which is prohibited by this section; and may by such regulations determine the information, notices, and security to be given, and the evidence requisite, for any of the purposes of this section, and the mode of verification of such evidence.

Under regulations gazetted on 1st April, 1914, it is provided that prior to the detention of any works in pursuance of any notice given to the Minister of Customs the person who signed the notice may be required to give to the Collector of Customs such bond or security as the Collector deems sufficient to reimburse the Minister for all expenses and damages that may be incurred in respect of the detention and in respect of any proceedings that may arise from such detention.

Notice is hereby given that copies of works with respect to which notice as aforesaid has been given to the Minister of Customs will not, after the 31st day of December, 1927, be

detained under the Copyright Act, 1913, unless the security referred to in the preceding paragraph is given to the Customs Department.

If any person desires information as to the form, amount, and nature of the security he should communicate with the Comptroller of Customs, Wellington, New Zealand.

GEO. CRAIG,
Comptroller of Customs.

Notice to Mariners No. 40 of 1927.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—BAY OF PLENTY.—TAURANGA HARBOUR.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1927.
(1) Buoy removed.

(2) Jordan River entrance, pile beacon installed.

(3) Katikati Channel entrance, pile beacon to be installed.

(4) Whareroa Point, lighted beacon to be installed.

(1) Previous Notice : Wellington Notice No. 79 of 1926. Position : 178° 825 ft. from Stella Passage lighted beacon. Details : This buoy has been removed.

(2) Position : 347°·6 12·613 cables from Monmouth Redoubt flagstaff, on the outer edge of the bank which dries 1 ft. to 2 ft., and about 220 ft. westward of the entrance to Jordan River.

Details : A single pile beacon, having a black triangular surmount, apex up, has been installed.

Remarks : This beacon marks the edge of the channel leading to Katikati, and the entrance to the River Jordan.

(3) Position : 338° 17·79 cables from Monmouth Redoubt flagstaff, at the edge of the channel leading to Katikati.

Details : A black single pile beacon, having two discs vertically disposed—the upper white and the lower black—is to be installed.

Remarks : A recent survey shows this beacon will be in 4 ft. at M.L.W.S., and it will mark the existing edge of the channel leading to Katikati.

(4) Position : 026°·8 6·85 cables from Monmouth Redoubt flagstaff, in Stella Passage westward of Whareroa Point.

Details : A pile beacon, from which will be exhibited a flashing red light, is to be installed.

Chart affected : No. 2521.

Publications : "New Zealand Pilot," 9th edition, page 238 et seq.; "New Zealand Nautical Almanac," 1927, pages 225 and 226.

Authority : Tauranga Harbour Board, 31/5/27.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 15th June, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and license of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.