June 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 961

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1896.

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.

James Qualtrough, late of Pakuranga, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 12th day of
June, 1896.

Frederick Merchant, late of Karamaea, in the Provincial
District of Nelson, settler. Filed on the 12th day of June,
1896.

Oluf Larsen, late of Patea, in the Provincial District of
Taranaki, carpenter. Filed on the 12th day of June, 1896.

August Peters, late of Pungarehu, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Taranaki, farmer. Filed on the 15th day of June,
1896.

Ida Maria Brown, late of Alexandra, in the Provincial
District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 15th day of June,
1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1896.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1896.

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-
titled "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 Robert Forsyth, M.A.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Alexander MacLean.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1896.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1896.

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-
titled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following name of an
Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is
published for general information:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The Reverend James Alfred Hosking.

[This name is entered in substitution for that of "John Alfred
Hosking," previously entered, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of 4th June, 1896, Notice No. 16.]

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Reserve in Raglan County, Auckland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st June, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve at
Karioi, Raglan, will be submitted for lease by public
auction for a term of fourteen years, in terms of "The
Public Reserves Act, 1881," on Friday, the 21st day of August,
1896, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland:—

Raglan County, Parish Karioi: Pilot and Signal Station
Reserve, Section 15, containing 228 acres; upset annual
rent, £5; term of lease, fourteen years.

No compensation for improvements will be allowed during
either the currency or at the termination of the lease, but
the lessee will have the right, on the termination of the
lease, to remove any fences and buildings that he may have
erected during the term of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands, Wellington, open for Selection on Perpetual
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands, having been sur-
rendered in terms of section 156 of "The Land Act,
1885," will be open for selection for perpetual lease on and
after Wednesday, the 19th August, 1896. If more than one
application be received for the same section on the same day,
then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the
following day at 10 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
PAHIATUA COUNTY.
First- and Second-class Land.

Sec- Block. Area. Perpetual Lease. Valuation
tion. Rent Per Acre. Half-yearly Rent. for Improvements.

MAKURI SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 and 2 X. & XI. 640 0 0 1 5 18 0 0 1,145 13 10
1 XI. 640 0 0 1 5 18 0 0 1,678 16 10
6 " 640 0 0 1 5 18 0 0 1,128 18 4
25 XIV. 382 1 0 9 7 3 4 724 15 0
24 " 352 2 0 9 6 12 2 905 17 6
5 XI. 640 0 0 1 5 18 0 0 1,373 8 4
6 and 4 X. & XI. 640 0 0 0 16 0 0 1,533 18 4
7 {VI., VII., 440 0 0 10 8 9 18 0 325 11 10
{X. & XI.
6 XIV. 640 0 0 10 5 14 0 0 1,043 6 10
4 " 367 3 25 1 3 11 10 0 1,361 1 1
7 X. 640 0 0 1 5 18 0 0 1,714 0 10

PUKETOI SURVEY DISTRICT.
30 II. 640 0 0 0 9 12 0 0 1,315 0 0

MOUNT CERBERUS SURVEY DISTRICT.
37 XII. 329 3 31 3 10 6 1 667 6 6
42 " 200 0 0 9 3 15 0 314 2 0
34 " 200 0 0 1 5 5 12 6 332 15 1
43 " 450 0 0 9 8 8 9 828 7 6

These sections are situated in the Makuri, Upper Makuri,
and Puketoi Districts, in the neighbourhood of Makuri, and
are approached chiefly by roads leading into and towards
that township; and consist principally of land in the
Makuri and adjoining valleys, or country sloping into or
served by them or their road-systems. The land, taken as
a whole, is of an excellent character, with good soil on papa
or limestone formation; the most of the sections being in
a high state of improvement, to the extent and value set
against the number of each.

The improvements have to be paid for in cash on the day
that the application is approved.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st May, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead timber, situated in
the Puhupuhi State Forest, will be offered for sale
by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 26th June,
1896:—

Lot. Number of Trees. Approximate Number of Feet. Upset Price.

KAURI.
13 635 1,270,000 £ s. d.
14 16 32,000 476 5 0
15 975 1,950,000 12 0 0
16 1,817 3,984,000 731 5 0
1,494 4 4

TOTARA.
17 52 .. 52 0 0
18 60 .. 60 0 0
19 71 .. 71 0 0

Conditions of Sale.— One-half the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, the balance to be paid
within twelve months. Timber to be removed within three
years from date of sale. Plans can be seen at this office, at
the county office, Whangarei, and post-offices, Whangarei,
Hikurangi, and Kawakawa.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.