1772 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 88

Declaring Natural Oyster-bed to be closed.

WHEREAS it is provided by the eighteenth section of
"The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894," that whenever any
person shall, after the passing of this Act, have discovered
on or near the coast of New Zealand a natural oyster-bed
he may apply to the Collector at the port nearest to the
place on or near the coast where such natural oyster-
bed shall be for the issue to him of an exclusive license for
the use of such oyster-bed or any part thereof; and that the
Minister for the time being having charge of the Marine
Department may declare such oyster-bed to be closed for a
period not exceeding six months, or until such person's
claim has been settled :
And whereas F. B. Farmar, Thomas Eckford, and Richard
Cullen, of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wel-
ington (hereinafter called "the applicants"), claim that
they have discovered a natural oyster-bed on or near the
coast of New Zealand—that is to say, situate within a line
starting at a point three miles from the coast off Cape
Campbell, and running parallel to the coast and three
miles from it to a point in latitude forty-one degrees thirty
minutes south—and the applicants have applied for an ex-
clusive license for the use of such oyster-bed :
Now, therefore, I, Joseph George Ward, the Minister
having Charge of the Marine Department, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said
Act, do hereby declare that the natural oyster-bed herein-
before described shall be closed for a period of six months
as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zea-
land Gazette, unless in the meantime the claim of the
applicants be settled, and a notification thereof be published
in the said Gazette.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this sixth day
of December, 1894.
J. G. WARD,
Minister having Charge of Marine
Department.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1894.
THE following notices of elections of members of Road
Boards have been received at this office, and are pub-
lished in accordance with the provisions of "The Road
Boards Act, 1882."
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Arch Hill Road Board, County of Eden :
William James Macdermott.
Pakuranga Road Board, County of Manukau :
Robert Massey.
South Malvern Road Board, County of Selwyn.
Alexander Gunn.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 33.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1894.
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 inti-
tuled "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 Charles Stuart Bowden.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15
of "The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894."

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1894.
NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken
out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in
the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election
to administer the several intestate estates of the persons
deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as
known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross pro-
perities being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.
Christina Sophia Schuratin Topp, late of Auckland, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, widow. Filed on the 26th
day of November, 1894.
Francis Kinnaird, late of Hokitika, in the Provincial
District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 26th day of
November, 1894.
Charles Richards, late of Auckland, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, master mariner. Filed on the 26th
day of November, 1894.
Robert Close, late of Duvauchelle's Bay, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, shipwright. Filed on the 26th day
of November, 1894.
Robert Hazle, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Westland, seaman. Filed on the 26th day of No-
vember, 1894.
Philippa Angove, late of Auckland, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, widow. Filed on the 26th day of
November, 1894.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Marlborough for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 3rd December, 1894.
IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for lease by auction for a term of three years,
at this office, on Wednesday, the 16th January, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

Terms of lease: Three years, subject to six months' notice
in the event of the land being required for sale or public
purposes.
One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee to be paid on the
fall of the hammer.
SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Canterbury for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th November, 1894.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act,
1892," and "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that the
under-mentioned pastoral licenses will be submitted to
public auction, at the Local Lands and Survey Office,
Timaru, on Wednesday, the 13th February, 1895, at
11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER "THE LAND ACT, 1892," MACKENZIE COUNTY.

Term of License.—Seven years, subject to termination
on twelve months' notice.
PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881."

Term of License.—Seven years, subject to termination
on twelve months' notice.
Run No. 206 is situated on the Ben Ohau Run No. 87,
adjacent to the River Twizel, between the Ohau and Pukaki
Rivers, and comprises well-grassed plains at an elevation of
about 1,500ft. above sea-level; Runs Nos. 215, 216, and 217,