Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 443

Native Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1899.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that

REWETI TE RAKAHEREA

has been elected to be the Native Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Taupo.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Under-Secretary.

Government Life Insurance Department.—Agency opened at Blackball.

Government Life Insurance Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1899.

AN agency of the above department will be opened at

The Post-office, BLACKBALL,

as from the 1st March, 1899.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th 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:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend John C. Jamieson.
The Reverend William Scorgie.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. van Asch.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The best age for entrance is between six and seven.

The full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

Parents having dumb children between the ages of four and seven, and other persons desiring information with regard to the school, are invited to apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.

Bankruptcy Notices.

THE public are informed that extracts from the New Zealand Gazette, containing all Bankruptcy Notices that appear in each issue, are published weekly, and will be sent post-free to any address on payment of a subscription of 10s. per annum. Single copies, 3d. each. Orders should be addressed and subscriptions made payable to

JOHN MACKAY,
Government Printer.

Patent Office Supplement.

A SPECIAL Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette is now published fortnightly, containing all notices concerning patents and trade-marks required by law to be gazetted; also, particulars of lapsed applications for patents, expired letters patent, and other information useful to inventors, manufacturers, and others. The Supplement will be issued free to subscribers to the Gazette, and to others on payment of a subscription of ten shillings per annum, payable in advance to the Government Printer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands forfeited, Southland Survey District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th February, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the leases or licenses of the under-mentioned lands have been forfeited by resolutions of the Southland Land Board, and that the said lands have reverted to the Crown.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Crown Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for sale under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 19th April, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—HALSWELL SURVEY DISTRICT.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Merrivale Estate, Southland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th January, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 23rd March, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WALLACE COUNTY.—MERRIVALE ESTATE.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Description and Locality of Section.

Open, undulating; limestone formation; permanent water; fifteen miles from Otatau; two miles and three-quarters from dairy-factory reserve and school-site; altitude, 350 ft. to 450 ft. Improvements existing at date of purchase of the estate: 13 chains wire fence and gorse hedge on main road, and 73 chains subdivision fences; value, £21. No cash payment will be required for these improvements; the section, however, is burdened with £14 valuation for fencing erected by the former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.