THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 71
The Reverend William James Habens, B.A.
" Thomas Hamer
" Alexander Macdonald
" James. F. Mandeno
" John Menzies
" Stephen Smith
" William Henry West, B.A.
Baptists.
The Reverend Edwin Stanley Brookes, senior
" Philip Henry Cornford
" John Davis
" Edward Thomas
" John Williams
" Stewart Wilson
Primitive Methodist Society.
The Reverend William J. Dean
" John Dumbell
" Robert Ward
" Charles Waters
Lutheran Church.
The Reverend John William Christopher Heine
" Christian Frederick Meyer
" John Frederick Henry Wohlers
Hebrew Congregations.
The Reverend Moses Elkin
" Mr. Isaac Doitsh
" David Morris Isaacs
" Mr. Bernhardt Levy
The Reverend Isaac Zachariah
United Methodist Free Churches.
The Reverend Robert Taylor
" Joseph White
Christian Brethren.
The Reverend William Moore Biss
(No Denomination Specified.)
The Reverend John Charles Eccles

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a full and true copy of
a List in which I have entered all Names of Offici-
ating Ministers which have been sent in to me, in
conformity with the provisions of "The Marriage Act,
1854," "The Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1867,"
and "The Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1868," for
insertion in the List for the year 1871.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

Office Registrar-General of Land,
Wellington, 31st January, 1871.

THE following examples of the fees payable for
bringing land under "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," are published for general information :--
All lands granted after the Act is brought into
force are registered forthwith, the fees payable being
only 2s. for registration, and the assurance fee of 1/2d.
in the £ on the value.

When the title consists of a Grant dated on or
subsequent to the 28th December, 1841, and none of
the land included therein has been dealt with; value
of land £100--
£ s. d.
Application 0 5 0
Registration 0 2 0
Assurance fee (1/2d. in the £) 0 4 2
Certificate of Title 1 0 0
£1 11 2

This charge is increased by 4s. 2d. for every ad-
ditional £100 in value.

When the title is of any other description, and the
value is £100--
£ s. d.
Application ... 0 5 0
Registration ... 0 5 0
Assurance fee ... 0 4 2
Certificate of Title ... 1 0 0
Advertising (say 15s.)* ... 0 15 0
£2 9 2

When the title is of any other description than
that in the first example, and the value is £200--
£ s. d.
Application ... 0 5 0
Registration ... 0 10 0
Assurance fee ... 0 8 4
Certificate of Title ... 1 0 0
Advertising (say 15s.) ... 0 15 0
£2 18 4

When the title is of any other description than
that in the first example, and the value is £400--
£ s. d.
Application ... 0 5 0
Registration ... 1 0 0
Assurance fee ... 0 16 8
Certificate of Title ... 1 0 0
Advertising (say 15s.) ... 0 15 0
£3 16 8

This charge is increased by 4s. 2d. for every ad-
ditional £100 in value.

The above charges also represent the cost of convey-
ing land, inasmuch as an applicant can direct the
certificate of title to be issued in the name of another
person.

The cost of dealing with land registered under the
Act is as follows:--
Transfer--
Forms ... £ s. d.
0 2 0
Registering Memo. of Transfer 0 10 0
New Certificate of Title ... 1 0 0
£1 12 0

Mortgage--
Forms ... £ s. d.
0 2 0
Registering Memo. of Mortgage 0 10 0
(no matter for what amount)
£0 12 0

The cost of a lease is also 12s.

Fee for registering transfer or discharge of mort-
gage or encumbrance, or the transfer or surrender
of a lease, 5s.

The following is an example of the cost of a com-
paratively large transaction:--

A man possessed of land of the value of £1,500,
the title to which consists of a Grant dated on or
subsequent to the 28th December, 1841, and none of
the land included in which has been dealt with,
desires to mortgage the same for £1,000. He finds
that he can effect the transaction under the Land
Transfer Act upon payment of the following fees :--

• In ordinary cases the sum of £1 is taken as deposit for cost
  of advertisements, the balance unexpended being returned to
  applicant.