Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1429

STATEMENT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS under “The Dunedin Church Lands Ordinance, 1861,” during the Year ended 30th September, 1892.

RESERVE NO. 5.

Receipts.

1891. Sept. 30. Balance in hand .. .. £ s, d. 135 11 9
1892. Sept. 30. Rents .. .. .. 781 18 0
      £917 9 9

Payments.

Professor Dunlop, 12 months’ £ s. d.
salary .. .. .. 600 0 0
Professor Watt, 12 months’ salary 100 0 0
Audit fee .. .. .. 1 1 0
Janitor .. .. .. 5 0 0
Insurance, manse and books .. 4 11 0
Rates on manse .. .. 7 10 0
Assessment, Synod expenses .. 20 0 0
Commission .. .. .. 57 16 0
795 18 10

Balance in hand .. .. £121 10 11

E. and E.O. E. SMITH,
General Treasurer, Presbyterian Church of Otago.

Dunedin, 30th September, 1892.
Examined and compared with vouchers and bank passbook, and found correct.

THOS. MOODIE,
Auditor.

Dunedin, 15th October, 1892.

Officiating Ministers for 1892.—Notice No. 31.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 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:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Reverend William J. Elliott.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government railways, to come into force on and after the 31st day of October, 1892:—

PART III.—GOODS.
REGULATIONS (5).—CLASS F.

A truck-load must not exceed 6 tons; any truck loaded with more than this quantity will be charged rate and a half.

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Class H.—Wool.

Wool, undumped, from Ocean Beach to Bluff, will be charged 6d. per bale.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, in the presence of

JAMES MCKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,

Railway Commissioners.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 1892.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1894, the period of literature will be the reign of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Henry V. and Lamb’s Essays of Elia.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Run liable to Forfeiture.

District Land and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th August, 1892.

PURSUANT to section 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” notice is hereby given to JAMES HAUGH, the occupier of Run 433, under Pastoral License No. 782, that the said license is liable to forfeiture; and if the rent due thereon, together with the full amount of penalty, be not paid within three months from date hereof, the same will be declared forfeited.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town Lands for Sale by Auction, Auckland Land District.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th October, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lots in the Town of Ohiwa (Bay of Plenty) will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Tauranga, on Thursday, the 15th December, 1892, at 11 a.m. :—

BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT.—TOWN OF OHIWA.

Lots 2 to 12 (both inclusive) of Block II., each containing ¼ acre. Upset price, £7 10s. each lot.

Lots 2 to 5 (both inclusive) and Lots 7 to 12 (both inclusive) of Block IV., each containing ¼ acre. Upset price, £7 10s. each lot.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee £1, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the deposit aforesaid shall be forfeited, and the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Rural Land.

District Land and Survey Office,
Nelson, 8th October, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural sections will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Nelson, on Friday, the 16th December, 1892, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

SECTIONS Nos. 8 and 9, Block VII., Mawheranui District; area, 101 acres and 38 perches. Upset price, £1 per acre. Subject to £325 for improvements.

Bush land, partly cleared, situate on south bank of the Grey River. The improvements consist of a house, outbuildings, and about 48 acres laid down in grass.

Terms of Payment: One-fifth part of the purchase-money, with £1 Crown-grant fee, to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the remaining four-fifths to be paid by the purchaser within thirty days next after the sale, otherwise the part of the purchase-money so paid by way of deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land will be null and void.

Plan of land can be seen at this office.

J. S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve for Lease.

District Land and Survey Office,
Nelson, 8th October, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the lease of the under-mentioned section will be offered at public auction, at the Land Office, Nelson, on Friday, the 16th December, 1892, at noon.

Plan and form of lease can be seen and particulars obtained at this office.

The term of the lease will be for fourteen years. No allowance whatever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessee. A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 103, Block I., Waitapu District; area, 15 acres 2 roods 8 perches. Upset rental, £3 per annum.

The above section has frontage on the Parapara Estuary, and is situate about four miles and a half from Collingwood. About 4 acres is high ground, poor soil, and the remainder low and swampy.

J. S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.