1430
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1895.

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
properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Patrick South, late of Auckland, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, gumdigger. Filed on the 3rd day of
September, 1895.

John Moriarty, late of Okaihau, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, gumdigger. Filed on the 4th day of
September, 1895.

Archibald Hobbs, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, painter. Filed on the 4th day of
September, 1895.

Joseph Silva, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, gumdigger. Filed on the 4th day of Septem-
ber, 1895.

Francis Fraser, late of Ida Valley, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, miner. Filed on the 4th day of September,
1895.

Charles Hazzard, late of Rangiora, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Canterbury, groom. Filed on the 4th day of
September, 1895.

Hugh McKerrow, late of Hokonui, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, railway overseer. Filed on the 5th day of
September, 1895.

Ezra Eldred, late of Otatara, in the Provincial District of
Otago, labourer. Filed on the 6th day of September, 1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General's Office.
Wellington, 6th September, 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 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 James Robert Pridie.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-runs, Tairua and Whitianga Survey Districts,
Thames County, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on appli-
cation on and after Wednesday, the 6th day of November,
1895, at the rentals noted below. In the event of more than
one application being received for the same run on the same
day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the
following day at 11 a.m:—

THAMES COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Run No. 21, Block IV., Tairua, and Block XIV., Whitianga
Survey Districts: 2,420 acres; annual rental, £15 2s. 6d.;
principally open fern land, with small patches of bush in
gullies, and some swamp. Situated two to three miles from
Post-office, Tairua, and fronting Tairua River and sea-coast.

Run No. 22, Blocks III., IV., and VII., Tairua Survey
District: 5351 acres; annual rental, £33 8s. 11d.; com-
prises about one-fifth mixed forest, balance fern and tea-tree
land with some swamp. Situated on Tairua River.

Run No. 23, Blocks II., III., VI., and VII., Tairua: 4,716
acres; annual rental, £29 9s. 6d.; about 450 acres forest,
balance open fern and tea-tree land. Situated about six
miles from Tairua Post-office, and fronting Tairua River.

Plans and full particulars of the runs may be obtained on
application at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Mongonui for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th September, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the lease of the under-mentioned
land, for a term of fourteen years, will be offered at
public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 1st day of
November, 1895, at 11 a.m.

SUBURBS OF MANGONUI.

Lot 1, containing 2 acres and 23 perches: Upset annual
rental, £2. Lease offered subject to £20 for improvements.
Terms of lease: Fourteen years, without right of renewal.
No compensation allowed for improvements during either
the currency or at the termination of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Tauranga County for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th September, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that a lease of the under-mentioned
land, for a term of seven years, will be offered at
public auction at the Land Office, Tauranga, on Wednesday,
the 30th day of October, 1895, at 11 a.m.

TAURANGA COUNTY.

Parish of Tahawai, Section 2, containing 16 acres 3 roods:
Upset annual rent, £1.
Term of lease: Seven years, without right of renewal.
No compensation for improvements during either the cur-
rency or at the termination of the lease, but the lessee will
have the right to remove any fences or buildings that may
have been erected.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

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.

Note.—There are outstanding rates, £1 14s., due to the
Pahiatua County Council on Section 15, Block I.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money, together with the
amount with which the section is weighted for improve-
ments (if any), to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and