Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1801

Officiating Ministers for 1893.—Notice No. 30.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1893.

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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Andrew Gray.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice by Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1892.”

In the matter of a parcel of land containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 10 perches, more or less, being Sections 17, 18, 19, and 20, Block XI., in Chanonry Street, in the Town of Herbert, in the Provincial District of Otago, of which Matthew Anderson, late of Herbert, Labourer, at his death in 1880 was owner, whose heir-at-law is unknown.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has been made aware of the above-described land having no known owner, and he, having made reasonable inquiry, can discover neither the owner nor any agent for the said land, nor any objection to the said land being declared subject to the above-named Act:

Now, this is to give notice to all whom it may concern that, unless on or before the 30th day of June, 1894, the owner of the above-described land establishes his title thereto to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court or any Judge of such Court, the Public Trustee will take the steps prescribed by “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” to be registered as the owner of such land.

Dated this 23rd day of November, 1893.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee of his Election to administer Intestate Estates.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1893.

NOTICE.—It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of “The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1893,” the Public Trustee, having elected to administer the property of the following persons, who, so far as is known, have died intestate within the Colony of New Zealand, did file his election in writing at the Supreme Court Office, at the place stated after the name of each such deceased person:—

Alexander Gillespie, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland on the 30th day of November, 1893.

Sweyn Gleeson, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland on the 30th day of November, 1893.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Grazing Lease of Portion of Forest Reserve, Auckland, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land, being portion of a State forest reserve, will be offered for lease for grazing purposes, in terms of section 232 of “The Land Act, 1892,” for the term of seven years, by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 31st January, 1894, at 11 a.m. :—

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Lots 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, Parish of Wairau, 938 acres; upset annual rent, £5.

Rentals to be paid half-yearly in advance.

The lessee will have the right to use the land for grazing purposes only.

The lessee will have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

Free rights of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” shall be given to all persons duly authorised in that behalf.

The lessee may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him prior to the expiration of the term of the lease, but will have no right to valuation or compensation for improvements, or right of renewal of the lease.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Lands, Wellington, open for Application on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be open for application as village-homestead allotments, under Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1892,” at the Argyle Hall, Hunterville, on Wednesday, the 10th day of January, 1894. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and will be received at this office and also at the above-mentioned place. They must be made in person to the Commissioner of Crown Lands or other officer of the department, who will attend there to receive them; but they will not be received at Hunterville by post. Application forms and full particulars can be obtained at this office.

These lands are being opened for the purpose of providing homestead sites for intending settlers. Any person putting in an application in contravention of the conditions under which the land is opened is liable to be prosecuted for making a false declaration, and any section obtained thereby is, in accordance with the conditions, forfeited. Alleged ignorance of the conditions will not, after this notice, be accepted as an excuse for persons putting in applications who hold other lands, and who are not eligible to apply.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ngamatea Village Settlement, Wanganui County.

Ngamatea.. | 1 | 91 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 3 12 10
" .. | 2 | 24 2 0 | 1 8·4 | 1 0 10
" .. | 3 | 27 0 0 | 1 8·4 | 1 3 0
" .. | 72 | 100 0 0 | 1 4·8 | 3 10 0
" .. | 73 | 100 0 0 | 1 6 | 3 15 0

These sections are in the Upper Wangaehu Valley, on the eastern side, and lie between the Taokete and Kotutuku Streams. The access is from Fordell to Mangamahu by a dray-road for about seventeen miles, and from thence by a horse-road up the Wangaehu Valley for about sixteen miles and a half. The land is, generally speaking, of a sloping and undulating character, with occasional flats. The soil varies from good to first-class, well watered, and covered with mixed forest, that on the sections near the river being light.

Mangamahu Village Settlement, Wanganui County.

Mangawhero | 1 | 10 0 3 | 4 9·6 | 1 4 1
" | 2 | 12 0 18 | 4 9·6 | 1 9 1
" | 3 | 13 1 32 | 4 9·6 | 1 12 4
" | 4 | 13 1 24 | 4 9·6 | 1 12 2
" | 5 | 12 2 10 | 4 9·6 | 1 10 2
" | 7 | 19 1 8 | 4 9·6 | 2 6 4
" | 8 | 17 3 5 | 4 9·6 | 2 2 9
" | 9 | 15 1 24 | 4 9·6 | 1 17 0
" | 10 | 14 1 0 | 4 9·6 | 1 14 3
" | 11 | 12 2 29 | 4 9·6 | 1 10 6
" | 12 | 12 1 24 | 4 9·6 | 1 9 10

These sections are situated in the Wangaehu Valley, on the western side of the river, abreast of its confluence with the Mangamahu Stream, and close to the main road between Maungakaretu and Fordell Railway-station, being distant about seventeen miles from the latter. All the sections are either practically level or easy-sloping terrace lands, the soil good, being also cleared and in English grass.

Makohine Village Settlement, Rangitikei County.

Tiriraukawa | 1 | 9 2 19 | 3 2·4 | 0 15 5
" | 2 | 10 0 0 | 3 2·4 | 0 16 0
" | 3 | 10 1 20 | 3 2·4 | 0 16 8
" | 4 | 9 1 7 | 3 2·4 | 0 14 11
" | 5 | 9 1 22 | 3 2·4 | 0 15 1
" | 6 | 7 0 35 | 3 2·4 | 0 11 7
" | 7 | 13 1 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 2 9
" | 8 | 13 2 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 3 0
" | 9 | 14 0 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 3 10
" | 10 | 14 2 0 | 3 4·8 | 1 4 8
" | 11 | 13 0 22 | 3 0 | 0 19 9
" | 12 | 28 2 0 | 2 4·8 | 1 14 3

This settlement is on the main road between Hunterville and Moawhango, on the North Island Main Trunk Railway line. The distance from Hunterville by metalled road is about seven miles. The sections consist chiefly of flat and sloping land. The soil is good, and, except where the timber has been cleared, is covered with the usual mixed forest. Section 7 is weighted for improvements £10 10s. for bush-felling; Section 8, £3 for bushfelling; Section 9, £32 10s. for bushfelling and house; Section 10, £51 for bushfelling, stumping, and two houses; Section 11, £3 for bushfelling; and Section 12, £10 10s. for bushfelling.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.