JAN. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 123

Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1877," this 21st day of January, 1881:-
Loyal Leithfield Lodge, Leithfield.
Loyal Cust Lodge, Cust.
Loyal Woodend Lodge, Woodend.
Loyal Ohoka Lodge, Ohoka.
Loyal Oxford Lodge, Oxford.
Loyal Amberley Lodge, Amberley.
Loyal Sefton Lodge, Sefton.
Loyal Waikari Lodge, Waikari.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1881.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor has been pleased to pronounce the under-
mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the
ground is now open for application as if no lease of
the said ground had ever been applied for:-
Richard Harcourt and others; 7 acres 1 rood
18 perches, District of Inangahua, Nelson South-
West Gold Fields. No. 9R.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

"Friendly Societies Act, 1877."---Advertisement of
Cancelling.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1881.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of
Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 11
of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," by writing
under his hand dated the 25th day of January, 1881,
cancelled the registry of the Central Volunteer Fire
Brigade society, register No. 66, held at Wellington,
on the ground that the said society has ceased to
exist.

The cancelling is without prejudice to any
liability incurred by the society, which may be en-
forced as if such cancelling had not taken place.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.
IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regu-
lations made under that Act for the granting of
leases for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified
that it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands
for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified
in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Charleston on or
before the 12th day of February, 1881.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Charleston.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANTS: Timothy J. O'Leary and party. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"The Dublin City Company." 7 acres, at north end
of Backlead, Charleston, in the Nelson South-West
Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Officiating Ministers for 1881.-Notice No. 2.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1881.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1880," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information :-

Lutheran Church.
The Reverend Heinrich Hartwig Christopher Dierks.
" " Carl Conrad Wilhelm Meyer.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

FOR SALE.
NEW ZEALAND CROWN LANDS GUIDE
(No. 2), containing information as to the
character and localities of Crown lands, the terms
and conditions on which they may be obtained,
together with a list of all lands open for selection,
accompanied by maps showing the land districts,
principal towns, and railway lines, the land for sale
under different systems, and also land already dis-
posed of.
GEO. DIDSBURY.
Government Stationery Store,
Wellington, October, 1880.

Governors of Auckland College and Grammar School
elected.

AS Returning Officer, I have received notifi-
cation from the Chancellor of the Univer-
sity of New Zealand that, in accordance with the
provisions of "The Auckland College and Grammar
School Act, 1880," an election of three persons as
Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar
School has been held, and that the following persons,
having received the greatest number of votes, are
duly elected, namely:-
FREDERICK MORRIS PRESTON BROOKFIELD, Esq.
JOSEPH AUGUSTUS TOLE, Esq., M.H.R.
Rev. CHARLES MOSELEY NELSON, M.A.
JOHN JAMES,
Returning Officer.