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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act, 1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend James Gillie Paterson, B.A.

Wm. B. E. Brown,
Registrar-General.

Traffic Returns.

WELLINGTON AND MASTERTON RAILWAY.

RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 27th March, 1875.

Passengers.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers ... 8,603 ... 348 18 4
Parcels ... ... ... ... 5 19 0

Total ... ... £354 17 4

Goods.
Tons. Freight.
431 ... 84 18 0 84 18 0

Total ... ... £439 15 4

Frank B. Passmore,
Superintending Engineer for Constructed Railways.

Traffic Returns.

NAPIER-WAIPUKURAU RAILWAY.

RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 27th March, 1875.

Passengers.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers ... 6,510 ... 497 2 0
Parcels, &c. ... ... ... 5 14 11

Total ... ... 502 16 11

Goods.
Tons. Freight.
605 ... 238 18 2

Total ... ... £741 15 1

Frank B. Passmore,
Superintending Engineer for Constructed Railways.

NOTICE.

"Provincial Compulsory Lands Taking Act, 1866."

NOTICE is hereby given, that it is intended to introduce a Bill into the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago at its next Session, authorizing the Superintendent of the Province of Otago to take compulsorily, for the purpose of making roads in the District of Portobello, parts of Sections numbered respectively twenty-two (22) and twenty-eight (28), Block numbered five (V.), Portobello District; and in the District of Papakaio part of Land sold under application numbered 2229, Block numbered IV. on the map of the Papakaio District. And notice is hereby further given, that a copy of the Bill so intended to be introduced as aforesaid may be inspected at the office of the Clerk of the Provincial Council, on and after the seventeenth day of April next.

Dated at Dunedin, this twenty-second day of March, 1875.

Alex. Willis,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

NOTICE.

"Provincial Compulsory Lands Taking Act, 1866."

NOTICE is hereby given, that it is intended to introduce a Bill into the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago at its next Session, authorizing the Superintendent of the Province of Otago to take compulsorily, for the purpose of making roads in the Wyndham District parts of Sections numbered respectively five (5), twenty-eight (28), and thirty-three (33), block numbered two (II.), on the map of the Wyndham District. And notice is hereby further given that a copy of the Bill so intended to be introduced as aforesaid, may be inspected at the office of the Clerk of the Provincial Council, on and after the seventeenth day of April next.

Dated at Dunedin, this eleventh day of March, 1875.

Alex. Willis,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

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 within one calendar month from the date of the publication of this notice.

Sections 1 and 3, Block LVIII., Clutha District.—
GEORGE POLSON, of Clutha, Settler, Applicant. 1822.

Section 45, Block XXI., Town of Dunedin.—
ADAM SPROTT CLARK, of Dunedin, Engineer, Applicant. 1824.

Section 5A, Block I., Town of Lawrence.—
ELEANOR COPLAND, of Lawrence, Wife of John Copland, Barrister-at-Law, Applicant. 1825.

Sections 43 and 44, Block XI., Town of Clyde.—
BENJAMIN NAYLOR, of Clyde, Merchant, Applicant. 1827.

Part of Sections 15 and 16, Block VI., Town District.—
JOHN ANDERSON, of Caversham, Settler, Applicant. 1832.

Sections 10 and 11, Block XI., Fairfax.—
THOMAS BURKE, of Fairfax, Labourer, Applicant. 1833.

Section 6, Block I., Coast District.—
JAMES TAYLOR MACKERRAS, of Dunedin, Merchant, Applicant. 1836.

Section 7, Block XXX., Town of Lawrence.—
WILLIAM JAMISON, of Lawrence, Gentleman, Applicant. 1841.

Sections 2 and 3, Block LXXXIII., Town of Oamaru.—
DAVID BALENTINE, of Oamaru, Labourer, Applicant. 1843.

Section 154, Block XIX., Tokomairiro District.—
GEORGE JONES, of Tokomairiro, Farmer, Applicant. 1844.

Allotments 14, 15, and 16, Block III., Township of Roslyn.—
JANE KITCHEN HASTIE, Wife of Alexander Hastie, of Dunedin, Settler, Applicant. 1846.

Sections 92, 94, and part of 93, Block XI., Tokomairiro District.—
JOSEPH PARKER, of Tokomairiro, Farmer, Applicant. 1847.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 3rd day of April, 1875, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

D. F. Main,
District Land Registrar.