Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1275

with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,”
hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected
place, from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof,
or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under
the direction of an Inspector of Stock:—

Farm known as “Holmwood,” occupied by Mrs. A. L.
Martyn, of Ohaupo, comprising 600 acres, more or less.

Lands in occupation of Mr. D. Turnwald, Ohaupo, and
used as a slaughter-yard, comprising 30 acres, more or less;
and lands in occupation of D. Turnwald, bounded by farm
occupied by Mrs. A. L. Martyn, and shore of Horseshoe
Lake, 3 acres, more or less; lands in occupation of Mr.
G. A. Kusab, near Ohaupo, 250 acres, more or less.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Settlement of Claims for Compensation under “The Mining
Act, 1891.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1895.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of
“The Mining Act, 1891,” it is hereby notified that the
claims for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto,
in respect to Proclamations issued under the hand of His
Excellency the Governor and the public seal of the colony
on the 3rd July, 1894, declaring that Nelson Creek and
its tributaries, and on the 19th March, 1895, declaring
that Duffers', Half-ounce, and Brandy Jack's Creeks, and
their tributaries, in the Provincial District of Nelson, and
the Totara River and Donnelly's Creek, with their tributaries,
in the Provincial District of Westland, shall be watercourses
into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, have been settled
by agreement, as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Swine-fever.
—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
“swine-fever” exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr.
J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-
lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North
Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with sec-
tion 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,” hereby
declare such lands to be an infected place from which no
swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fit-
tings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an
Inspector of Stock.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the
Church of England.
The Reverend Samuel Ingle.
The Reverend Alfred Edwards.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Benjamin Rhodes.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Land in the Wellington Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
village allotments and country section will be sub-
mitted to public auction at the Pahiatua Public Hall,
Pahiatua, on Tuesday, 22nd October, 1895, at 10 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PAHIATUA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
Subdivision of Section 77, Block XVIII., Mangahao.

These sections are a subdivision of the above section,
which is situated in the Pahiatua Village Settlement, and
distant from the proposed Mangatainoka Railway-station
about 70 chains. The land is level, with good alluvial soil
on a gravel formation, and is cleared and in grass.

NOTE.—There are outstanding rates, £1 14s., due to the
Pahiatua County Council on this section.

This section is distant about ten miles from Pahiatua, and
the last four miles is by a surveyed road only, the balance
being a formed road. The land is broken, and lies at an
altitude of about 1,500ft. The soil is good, on a limestone
formation, heavily timbered, and fairly well watered.

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