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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 25

Additional Land taken in Alford Survey District for
Purposes of the Mount Somers Branch of the Hurunui-
Bluff Railway.

A NOTIFICATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use,
convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Bluff
Railway, Mount Somers Branch, to take further land in
the Alford Survey District, in addition to land previously
acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, we, the New Zealand Railway Commis-
sioners, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
on us by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," and of
every other power and authority in anywise enabling us in
that behalf, do hereby notify and declare that the land men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above
mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

Approximate
Area of
Parcel of Land
required
to be taken.

Being
Reserve

Situated
in
Block
No.

Situated in the Survey
District of

A. R. P.
5 1 31

2904

XV.

Alford.

In the Provincial District of Canterbury; as the said parcel
of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked
4966, deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railway
Commissioners, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, this first
day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one.

JAMES McKERROW.
J. P. MAXWELL.
W. M. HANNAY.

Officiating Ministers for 1891.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1891.

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 in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are
published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. David A. Anderson.
[This name was entered in list of Officiating Ministers on
the 27th February, 1891.]

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Reverend Samuel J. Serpell.
The Reverend J. T. Nott.
The Reverend William Sinclair.
The Reverend Joseph J. Mather.

Catholic Apostolic Church.
William Theodore Thane.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Forfeited Run, Canterbury Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 20th March, 1891.

I HEREBY give notice that the under-mentioned run is
forfeited, the penalty for non-payment of rent not
having been made within three months, as provided by section
188 of "The Land Act, 1885:"

Run No. 68, Black Forest Station, Waimate County;
20,800 acres. David Gunn, lessee.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Auckland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 9th March, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown
lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this
office, on Friday, the 24th day of April proximo, at 11 o'clock
a.m.

Thos. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Section.

Area.

Upset Price.

VILLAGE OF MANGERE.

A. R. P.
27

5 0 0

250 0 0

MANUKAU COUNTY.—PARISH OF OPAHEKE.

157 of Sec. 3

0 2 20

3 3 6

Open land, at Williamson's clearing.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.—PARISH OF OMARU.

156

189 2 0

236 17 6

Forest land, good soil, fronting the Omaru River. The
section contains some valuable kauri, in very scattered
clumps, also totara and puriri.

RODNEY COUNTY.—PARISH OF TAUHOA.

35A

16 2 0

6 3 9

Broken forest land, between old and new roads.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—PARISH OF PAREMOREMO.

142

29 3 24

15 0 0

Open undulating land of poor quality, situated at Lucas's
Creek.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.—MANGAKAHIA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block XII.

3

166 1 10

208 0 0

4

267 3 0

402 0 0

5

71 3 0

108 0 0

6

147 3 20

185 0 0

Open and forest land of inferior quality. The following
are the approximate number of kauri trees on each section:
Section 3, 30 green and 80 dry trees; 4, 260 green and 60
dry trees; 5, 110 green and 25 dry trees; 6, 30 green and 45
dry trees. The kauri is between 3ft. and 4ft. in diameter.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid at close of sale, and the balance within thirty days
thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by
way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the
sale of the land shall henceforth be null and void.

Crown-grant fee, £1, to be paid on completion of purchase.

Sale of Crown Lands, Auckland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th February, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown
lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at this
office, on Friday, the 24th April, 1891, at the hour of 11
o'clock a.m.

Thos. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Section.

Area.

Upset Price.

TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE EAST.

A. R. P.
358

0 3 13

30 0 0

Subject to £20 for improvements.

SUBURBS OF GREERTON.

246

6 3 34

20 17 9

SUBURBS OF TE AROHA.

Block IX.

111

35 1 38

106 10 0

112

23 1 17

70 5 0

113

16 1 29

49 10 0

114

11 3 12

36 0 0

These are chiefly swamp lands, with flax, adjoining
Waihou River.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—PARISH OF PUPUKE.

S.W. pn. 125

40 2 0

97 10 0

Broken forest land, containing about 870,000ft. of kauri
timber.

RODNEY COUNTY.—PARISH OF KOMOKORIKI.

M. pn. 44

36 0 0

150 0 0

Broken forest country, containing about 300,000ft. of
kauri timber.