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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

It is also notified that the following persons have been granted licenses to practise as surveyors under “The Land Transfer Act, 1885”:

LEONARD FRANCIS WEBB,
LESLIE HUNT, and
JOHN REAY MACKAY.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Chairman of the Board of Examiners.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 5th December, 1899.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No. 92, of 10th November, 1899, “Cylinder revolving screw” should read “Cylinder revolving screen.”

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 626.]

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1899.

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.

Barkly Gillespie Dickson, late of Irura, near Tolosa, Spain, mining engineer. Filed on the 23rd day of November, 1899.

Michael Shea, late of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 23rd day of November, 1899.

Thomas Auld, late of Port Chalmers, in the Provincial District of Otago, greaser. Filed on the 25th day of November, 1899.

Frederick William Parsons, late of Ngahere, in the Provincial District of Nelson, Stationmaster. Filed on the 28th day of November, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 34.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1899.

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 intituled “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 Charles Richard Pollock.
The Reverend William Bernard Sisam.
The Reverend Arthur Dowrick Beavan.
The Reverend Arthur Fowler.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

ERRATUM.—In Notice No. 32, ante, Gazette of 10th November, for the name “Aitkens” read “Aitken.”

Crown Lands Notices.

Land in Pawaho and Tamai Hamlets, near Christchurch, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, as workmen’s homes allotments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 7th February, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received for the same allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, on Thursday, 8th February, at noon, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the sections be not applied for on the 7th February, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

TAMAI HAMLET.

A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
23 | XII. | 1 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 1 15 0

This section is situated on the eastern side of the Tamai Hamlet, fronting on Smith’s Road, about 28 chains back from the Ferry Road, in the Borough of Woolston, the total distance from Cathedral Square, Christchurch, being about two miles and a half. The section comprises flat agricultural land, with from 6 in. to 8 in. of loamy soil on clay sub-soil.

PAWAHO HAMLET.

2 | XVI. | 1 0 30 | 2 6 6 | 1 7 7

This section is situated near the eastern end of the Pawaho Hamlet, fronting on the Hills Road, about 20 chains from the Heathcote Railway-station, and comprises low-lying flat agricultural land of good quality, partly liable to be flooded in winter.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.