DEC. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1807

his status as an Officiating Minister under the Mar-
riage Act.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

N.B. It is requested that the Christian names
and the addresses of the several Ministers may be
specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-
General.

Officiating Ministers for 1882.-Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1882.

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 :----

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

The Reverend Colin Cokayne Cockayne Frith, B.A.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Right Reverend John Edmond Luck.

The Reverend George Michael Lenihan.

The Reverend Donatus Noboa.

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend William Mugford Grant.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1882.

THE Court Pride of Newmarket, No. 6172,
situated at Auckland, is registered as a branch
of the Auckland District of the Ancient Order of
Foresters Friendly Society, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1882," this 22nd day of November,
1882.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Government Life Insurance Office opened at Manaia.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 24th November, 1882.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Telegraph Office
at the under-mentioned place has been opened as
a Government Life Insurance Office :-

MANATA, Wellington.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1882.

PATENT for an Invention for Moore's Patent Skin-
packing Portable Condensed Soups.

FREDERICK ALFRED MOORE, of Wellington, New
Zealand, Cook, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed
Friday, the 2nd day of February next, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said appli-
cation and all objections thereto; and I require all
persons having an interest in opposing the grant of
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 18th
day of January next, at this office, particulars in
writing of their objections to the said application,
otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

No. 740.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Institution for the Deaf-and-Dumb, Sumner.

APPLICATIONS for appointment to the office of
Assistant-Master in this institution will be
received at this office up to the 31st December next.
The salary at first will be either £110 with board,
&c, or £150 without board. Applications must be
accompanied with testimonials, and particulars as to
age, &c. No previous training in the method of
instruction here adopted is required. A teacher
holding a certificate of Class D from the Education
Department would be preferred. The person ap-
pointed will be required to enter on his duties about
the end of January.

WM. JAS. HABENS,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th November, 1882.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Forest Sections in the Thermal-Springs
District, Rotorua.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1882.

I HEREBY notify that the right for a term of
seven years to cut and remove Timber from the
parcels of land enumerated in the Schedule here-
under will be offered, at a premium or foregift, for
sale by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the
18th day of December, 1882, at the hour of 11 o'clock
in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

BUSH SECTIONS IN THE MARAEROA-OTUROA BLOCK,
THERMAL-SPRINGS DISTRICT, NEAR LAKE ROTORUA.

Section.
Area.
Upset Price,
£
A. R. P.
s. d.

1
490 0 0
61 5 0
2
490 0 0
61 5 0
3
498 0 0
62 5 0
4
491.0 0
49 2 0
5
982 0 0
98 4 0
6
505 0 0
63 2 6
7
521 0 0
65 2 6
8
516 0 0
51 12 0
9
1,018 0 0
101 16 0

Pastoral Lands for Sale on Deferred Payments.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1882.

I HEREBY notify that the Lands described in the
Schedule hereunder will, in pursuance of sections
76 to 85 inclusive of "The Land Act, 1877," be
offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office,
Gisborne, on Thursday, the 7th December, 1882, at
the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon, on pastoral
deferred payments.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

COOK COUNTY. - WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block.
Section.
Area,
Upset Price.

A. R. P.
£ s. d.

XI.
2
985 0 0
985 0 0
3
1,098 0 32
1,098 5 0
VII.
4
1,127 0 32
1,127 5 0
II.
15
1,138 0 0
1,138 0 0
VI.
16
1,241 0 0
1,241 0 0