THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 253

Half per cent. brokerage will be allowed to brokers
through whose applications sales are effected.
Applications by telegraph, received not later than
10 o'clock on the 9th May, will be accepted, provided
they are accompanied by a telegram from the
Manager of any Branch or Agency of the Bank of
New Zealand, notifying that the necessary deposit
has been paid into the Bank of New Zealand, to the
credit of a Loan Deposit Account.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

FORM OF TENDER.

I HEREBY tender for £ New Zealand Four per Cent.
Debentures, at the price of £ for each £100 of such
Debentures; and I agree to accept the same or any less amount
that may be allotted to me, and to pay for them in cash at the
Bank of New Zealand (a) on
(a) The name of the place at which the purchaser undertakes payment
of the balance to be inserted here.

Tenders for Firewood.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1873.

TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon of Wednesday, the 30th instant, for furnish-
ing the Offices of the General Government with
seasoned Firewood (Rata or Manuka), in one or
two feet lengths, cut and split, at per cord, in such
quantities as may be required, for the Twelve Months
commencing 1st of May next; to be delivered at the
Public Offices, and stacked on delivery if required.

G. S. COOPER,
Under Secretary.

Friendly Society registered.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that a transcript
of the By-laws of

"The Loyal Wellington Lodge of Odd Fellows,"
duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies registered and recorded in his
office under the provisions of "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1867."

Dated the 18th day of April, 1873.
G. S. COOPER,
(for the Registrar).

Friendly Society registered.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that a transcript
of the Rules of

"The Loyal Greymouth Friendly Society,
M.U., I.O.O.F,"
duly certified, has been received by the Registrar of
Friendly Societies registered and recorded in his
office under the provisions of "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1867."

Dated this 24th day of April, 1873.
G. S. COOPER,
(for the Registrar).

Friendly Society registered.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867:" Notice is hereby given, that a transcript
of the amended Rules of

"The Lyttelton District Branch, I.O.O.F., M.U.,"
duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies registered and recorded in his
office under the provisions of "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1867."

Dated the 23rd day of April, 1873.
G. S. COOPER,
(for the Registrar).

Officiating Ministers registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1873.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information:—

Roman Catholic Church:
The Reverend JOHN O'CONNOR;
The Reverend THOMAS LENIHAN.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Names of Officiating
Ministers, within the meaning of "The Marriage
Act, 1854," have been sent in to me, in addition to
the names in Lists published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 6, of the 30th January; No. 9, of the
13th February; No. 11, of the 27th February; No.
17, of the 20th of March, and No. 22, of the 10th of
April, in the present year.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-first day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
on or before the 1st June, 1873.

Section 11, and part of Section 3, Block XXXI.,
Tokomairiro District.—JAMES FINCH, of Toko-
mairiro, Settler, Applicant. 1013.

Part of Section 4, and Sections 5 and 6, Block
XVII.; part of Section 32, Block XV.; and Sections
14 and 15, Block XXXVIII., Town of Dunedin.—
JAMES GALBRAITH, of Dunedin, Gentleman,
Applicant. 1015-1017.

Sections 6, 7, and 19, Block III., Otokia District.
—JOHN BRUCE, of Otokia, Farmer, Applicant.
1018.

Sections 30, 31, 32, Block VI., North Harbor and
Blueskin District.—ALEXANDER FARQUHAR-
SON, of Willow Bank, North Harbor and Blueskin
District, Gardener, Applicant. 1020.

Section 9, North-East Valley District.—DAVID
MASON, of Dunedin, Grocer, Applicant. 1021.

Allotments 11 and 12 on plan of subdivision of
part of Section 31, Block VII., Town District.—
FRANCIS JOHNSTON, of Dunedin, Settler, Ap-
plicant. 1023.

Sections 8 and 9, Block L.; and Section 8, Block
XI., Town of Oamaru.—CHARLES TOWNSEND,
of Oamaru, Carpenter. 1024, 1025.

Section 65, Block XXXII., Town of Dunedin.—
GEORGE MACKENZIE, of Dunedin, Gentleman,
Applicant. 1026.

Section 18, Block VII., Anderson's Bay District.
—ELIZABETH ANDERSON, Wife of William
Anderson, of Anderson's Bay, Settler, Applicant.
1027.

Section 10, Block XXI., Dunedin. — JAMES
WRIGHT, of Port Chalmers, Carpenter, Applicant.
1029.

Section 12, and parts of Sections 16 and 17, Block
I.—CROMWELL JAMES DAWKINS, of Crom-
well, Butcher, Applicant. 1030.