Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 36 perches, more or less, being Lot 36 on deposited plan, part of Rural Section 3124, Templeton Road District, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, having a frontage to Bricknor Street of 180 links and to Railway Terrace of 125 links. The last registered owner is Frederick Brock, described as of Lincoln Road, carpenter. The land is now in the occupation of Mr. William Davidson.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 9th day of February, 1899.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of January, 1899. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Showery early part of month and fresh N.W. winds; from 20th to end of month generally fine, until 30th, when it rained heavily with strong N.W. wind. Thunder on 18th and 19th. Prevailing N.W. winds. Maximum temperature in shade 76°·3, minimum 50°; mean temperature of dew-point, 52°·8; mean humidity, 68.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 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:—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Victor Deby.

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend Edmund Charles Isaac.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

THE Wai Aroha Tent, No. 58, situated at Stratford, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 13th day of February, 1899.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Westland forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th February, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands were forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board on the 18th January, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Applications for Land in Ngapaeruru Block, Hawke’s Bay, received, and Ballot to be held at Dannevirke.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 15th February, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications for the sections of land in the Ngapaeruru Block, in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, will be received at the Courthouse, Dannevirke, on Monday next, from 2 to 4 p.m., and Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and that the ballot, in the cases where more than one application has been received, will be held at the same place on Thursday, the 23rd February, at 4 p.m., instead of being held at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, as previously advertised.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The Willows Settlement, Cook County, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 11th February, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, and the local Land Office, Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 22nd March, 1899.

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 Monday, the 27th March, 1899, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne. Unselected sections may be applied for after the 22nd March, 1899, at the District Lands and Survey Offices, Napier and Gisborne,