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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1884.

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 Thomas Russell, B.A.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.

The Reverend William Laycock.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1884.

THE Loyal Gladstone Lodge, situated at Fairlie Creek, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 19th day of March, 1884.

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Acting Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Crown Land, Wellington.

UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF “THE SPECIAL POWERS AND CONTRACTS ACT, 1883.”

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 6th day of May next, at noon, Section No. 443, Palmerston North, containing 205 acres 3 roods 6 perches, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Wellington, at the upset price of £3 10s. per acre, to which is added the sum of £490, the value of improvements.

Terms of Payment: One-fourth of the purchase-money for the land must be paid at the sale, and the balance within one month; the £490 (value of improvements) to be paid to the present occupant of the section, as provided by section 155 of “The Land Act, 1877” in the event of his not acquiring the land at auction.

Jos. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Land, Christchurch.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 14th March, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 17th April next, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Sections Nos. 250, 251, 252, and 253, Town of South Rakaia.

Sections Nos. 84 and 433, Town of Arowhenua.

Sections Nos. 252 and 335, Town of Geraldine.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, West Coast (North Island) Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 8th February, 1884.

NOTICE.—Section No. 2, Block VIII., Wairoa Survey District, having been excluded from sale pending the survey of a road, and the said road now having been taken through it, it is hereby notified that the section at the reduced area (103 acres 1 rood 12 perches) after excluding road is now released from such exclusion, and will be again offered at public auction.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands on Deferred Payments in the Woodville and Tahoraite Districts.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 7th March, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder have been set apart for sale on deferred payments, and that Tuesday, the 15th day of April next, has been fixed as the day on which such lands shall be open for application at this office.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

BLOCK XI., WOODVILLE SURVEY DISTRICT.

In the event of more than one application being received for any one section the right to occupy the same will be decided by auction, between the applicants only, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of Wednesday, the 16th day of April next, at this office.

Description.—Block XIV., Tahoraite Survey District: These lands are situated about eleven miles from Woodville, or two miles from the Village of Kumeroa. The Napier-Wellington Railway will pass within five miles of Block XIV. The terminus of the railway, when it reaches Tahoraite, will be eight miles from Kumeroa. The main roads through the block have been, or are now being, cleared of bush, and formed for dray- and horse-traffic. The whole of the block is lightly timbered, and contains some good agricultural and pastoral forest country. The soil is of a rich description, overlying a marl and limestone formation.

Note.—Selectors need not personally reside on the land. Plans and further particulars can be obtained at the Crown Lands Office, Napier.