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Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1895.

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:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Edward Francis Walsh.
The Reverend Benedict M. McCabe.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Fred. Wilson Greenwood.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Trade-union registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1895.

THE Hawke's Bay Operative Bootmakers' Union, situated
at Napier, is registered as a trade-union under “The
Trade-union Act, 1878,” this 7th day of February, 1895.
EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice.—Section 118, Native Land Court Act, 1894.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th January, 1895.

THE attention of all persons interested is directed to
section 118 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,”
which provides that bond fide transactions in Native lands
may be completed under certain restrictions. All claims
under this section must be notified as required by the Act
and the rules made thereunder, before the 23rd day of April
next, otherwise they will be excluded. Copies of the rules
affecting such claims, and all other necessary information,
may be obtained at any of the offices of the Native Land
Court.
By order.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Under-Secretary.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases in Taranaki District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th February, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands have
been forfeited by resolutions of the Taranaki Land
Board dated the 7th and 21st January, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

Section 22, Block V., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by
E. A. Herman on lease in perpetuity.
Section 35, Block VI., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by
Janet Brown on lease in perpetuity.
Section 31, Block VI., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by
Robert Brown on lease in perpetuity.
Section 11, Block II., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by
E. Gardner on lease in perpetuity.
Section 6, Block V., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by
W. Harvey on lease in perpetuity.
Section 4, Block XI., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by
E. S. Bateman on lease in perpetuity.
Section 37, Block VI., Ngatimaru Survey District, held by
W. Foster on lease in perpetuity.
Section 2, Block XV., Upper Waitara Survey District, held
by C. D. Husband on lease in perpetuity.
Section 3, Block XV., Upper Waitara Survey District, held
by John Hunter on lease in perpetuity.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Leases of Public Reserves, Wellington, for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-
mentioned sections will be submitted to public
auction, at the Argyle Hall, Hunterville, on Monday, the
11th March, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of a half-year's rent and £1 1s.
lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer. The
terms of the leases will be as stated above. No allowance
whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements
effected by the lessees.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District, to be offered for
Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 28th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pas-
toral runs will be offered for lease by public auction
at this office, on Wednesday, the 20th March, 1895, at noon.
Run No. 512, being the Antipodes Islands, containing
1,510 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £1.
Run No. 513, being the Bounty Islands, containing 335
acres 2 roods; term, twenty-one years; upset annual
rental, £1.
Run No. 514, being the Enderby and Rose Islands, con-
taining 1,995 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual
rental, £1.
Six months' rent in advance and license-fee (£1 1s.) to be
paid on the fall of the hammer.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned rural lands
will be offered for sale by public auction at this office
on Friday, the 22nd day of March, 1895, at 11 a.m.:—
Russell Survey District (Bay of Islands County): Section 7,
Block I., 7 acres; upset price, £7. Open land, with swampy
gully, near Russell, and lying between the recreation reserve
and cemetery.
Maungakaramea Parish (Whangarei County): Section 136,
4 acres; upset price, £24. Situated near Maungakaramea
Wharf, and weighted with £588 10s. for improvements
effected.
Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the
fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee,
within thirty days thereafter.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Auckland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease, on application at
this office, on and after Wednesday, the 27th day of March,
1895, at the annual rentals noted below.

Raglan County, Parish of Karamu.
(Subdivisions of Section 174, Auckland University College
Endowment.)

Run No. 1, 1,214 acres; annual rent, £30 7s.
Run No. 2, 1,829 acres; annual rent, £45 14s. 6d.
Run No. 4, 1,296 acres; annual rent, £32 8s.
Run No. 5, 611 acres; annual rent, £15 5s. 6d.
Run No. 6, 986 acres; annual rent, £24 13s.
Run No. 7, 969 acres; annual rent, £24 4s. 6d.
Run No. 8, 1,477 acres; annual rent, £36 18s. 6d.
Run No. 9, 1,006 acres; annual rent, £25 3s.

Situated from two to four miles from Whatawhata, and
about ten miles from Raglan, and comprising nearly all
broken forest land, of limestone formation and of good
quality. The runs will make good grass country when
cleared.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.