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Officiating Ministers for 1892.—Notice No. 5.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1892.

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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

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

The Reverend W. A. Diggins, B.A.

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

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th February, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

KARAMEA MINING DISTRICT.

J. Julian, for the Britannia Extended Gold-mining Company; Section 110, Block XI., Reef ton, 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches. No. 1427.

J. Julian and J. McCaffrey, for the Chicago Gold-mining Company; Section 21, Block XI., Reef ton, 15 acres 1 rood 6 perches. No. 1413.

The South Hopeful Quartz-mining Company; Section 52, Block XI., Reef ton, 15 acres 1 rood 28 perches. No. 1080.

The South Hopeful Quartz-mining Company; Section 20, Block XI., Reef ton, 16 acres and 18 perches. No. 892.

A. King, for the Bannockburn Gold-mining Company; Section 27, Block XI., 15 acres 3 roods 28 perches. No. 1195.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 19th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease, for a term of ten years, by public auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, the 31st March, 1892, at noon:—

Run 143, Birchwood Station, Wallace County; about 6,550 acres. Upset annual rental, £54 11s. 8d.

Hilly country, poor land, at an elevation of about 1,800ft. Water is to be had on lower portions during the greater part of the year. Situated five miles west of Wairoa Railway-station, with access either from Nightcaps Railway-station, ten miles distant by the Mount Linton Road, or by a cross road from the main road leading through Merivale.

Run (part) 143A, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 3,400 acres. Upset annual rental, £28 6s. 8d.

High, ridgy country, with clay-shale formation between Nugget Hill and Wairaki River, patches of good tussock-land here and there, well watered. Accessible by road ten miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run (part) 143B, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 3,700 acres. Upset annual rental, £30 16s. 8d.

Broken land, with fairly good tussock-grass and some bush for shelter. Accessible by road eleven miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run (part) 156A¹, part of Mount Linton Station, Wallace County; about 5,130 acres. Upset annual rental, £42 15s.

Situated on the bank of the Wairaki River, and is moderately good tussock-grass country, well watered, with some bush here and there. Accessible by road twelve miles from Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 173B, part of Blackmount Station, Wallace County; about 6,800 acres. Upset annual rental, £56 13s. 4d.

This run has a long frontage to the Waiau River, on the banks of which latter is some flat land. There are existing improvements consisting of three miles and a half of fencing, including a dividing-fence one and a half miles long. Accessible by road thirty miles from the Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 173C, part of Blackmount Station, Wallace County; about 15,775 acres. Upset annual rental, £131 9s. 2d,

This run is situated between the western slopes of the Takitimo Ranges and the main road through the western district, by which access is had to it. It consists of high country, with tussock-grass and mountain-herbage, and is abundantly watered by tributaries of the Waiau River. It is well adapted for merino sheep. Improvements consist of twenty-six miles of fencing, sheep-yards, &c.

Run 173A, Redcliffe Station, Wallace County; about 14,400 acres. Upset annual rental, £120.

This run is situated between the western spurs of the Takitimo Ranges and the Waiau River, the highest elevation being about 1,200ft. above the sea-level. It consists of good tussock-grass and other native herbage, and is well watered. The main road from Otatau to Manipori passes through this run; it is also accessible by the Mossburn-Te Anau Road. Improvements consisting of seven miles of boundary-fence are on this run.

Run 181, Castle Rock Station, Wallace County; about 5,974 acres. Upset annual rental, £49 15s. 8d.

This run consists of hilly, tussock, and fern country in the centre of Castle Rock Station, and is well watered. Accessible by road five miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 187C, part of Beaumont Station, Wallace County; about 10,100 acres. Upset annual rental, £84 3s. 4d.

This run consists of high country with well-rounded ridges containing fair tussock-feed in places, and is well watered. Accessible by road twelve miles from the Nightcaps Railway-station.

Run 188B, part of Centre Hill Station, Wallace County; about 10,800 acres. Upset annual rental, £90.

This run consists of high rugged country with inferior tussock-grass, and is well watered; patches of bush here and there. Accessible by road six miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 198A, part of Dunrobin Station, Wallace County, about 8,200 acres. Upset annual rental, £68 6s. 8d.

This run is similar in quality to Run 188B, but is not such high country. Accessible by road nine miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 198C, part of Dunrobin Station, Wallace County, about 2,100 acres. Upset annual rental, £17 10s.

This run is well-watered country, with fairly good tussock-grass, and contains some peat bogs. Accessible by road thirteen miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Runs 190A and 302A, part of Five Rivers Station, Southland County, about 7,200 acres. Upset annual rental, £60.

These runs consist of high, ridgy, and rocky country, with fairly good grass, and are well watered. Accessible by road six miles from Mossburn Railway-station.

Run 191B, part of Dome Station, Southland County, about 11,300 acres. Upset annual rental, £94 3s. 4d.

This run consists of high country, fairly well watered, unfit for winter pasture, being at an elevation of 3,000ft. Accessible by road two miles from Lowther Railway-station.

Run 191C, part of Dome Station, Southland County, about 10,300 acres. Upset annual rental, £85 16s. 8d.

This run consists of high, ridgy, and rocky country, with fairly good grass. Accessible by road two miles from Parrawa Railway-station.

Run 302C, part of Eyre Creek Station, Southland County, about 9,310 acres. Upset annual rental, £77 11s. 8d.

This run is similar to Run 191C in character. Accessible by road two miles from Lowther Railway-station.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Land District of Canterbury.—Pastoral Lease of Black Forest Station to be sold at Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 30th January, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Acts, that the pastoral lease of the under-mentioned run will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd March, 1892, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Run 68, Black Forest Station, Waimate County, about 20,800 acres; term of lease, nineteen years. Upset rental, £460 per annum.

This run is good sound sheep-country, and comprises about 4,000 acres of flat, on the Waitaki River; the remainder consisting of low hills, well grassed and watered.

Six months’ rent must be paid at the time of sale, and possession will be given on the 1st March, 1892. Subsequent payments of rent must be made half-yearly in advance, on the 1st March and the 1st September.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.