Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2171

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District,
containing 3 acres 1 rood 27 perches, more or less, situated
in Block XVI., Geraldine Survey District, being that part
of Reserve No. 939 bounded as follows: Towards the south-
east by the road forming the south-east boundary of said
Reserve No. 939, distances of 365 and 194·9 links; towards
the south-west by the road forming the south-west boundary
of again said reserve, a distance of 581·9 links; towards the
north-west by a line parallel to the south-east boundary;
and towards the north-east by a line parallel to the south-
west boundary, a distance of 700 links.

Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority
over Religious Bodies.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1899.

THE attention of the persons or person within the Colony
of New Zealand in whom is vested ecclesiastical
authority over any of the religious bodies enumerated in the
Schedule B annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of
New Zealand intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” and of
all other persons concerned, is directed to the 11th section of
the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesiastical
authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-General,
in the month of December in every year, a correct list of the
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of “The Marriage
Act, 1880,” of each of the said religious bodies.

The following are the religious bodies above referred to:—
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly
called the Church of England.
The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Roman Catholic Church.
The Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Wesleyan Methodist Society.
All Congregational Independents.
Baptists.
The Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Lutheran Church.
All Hebrew Congregations.
The Society of Friends.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority
over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of
the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious
body may be certified to by two recognised office-bearers
thereof.

A Minister of religion not connected with any of the afore-
said bodies must send to the Registrar-General in the month
of December in each year a certificate signed—
(a.) By the recognised head in New Zealand of the
religious body to which he ministers, or
(b.) By two duly recognised Ministers of such religious
body, or
(c.) By ten adult members thereof, who shall append to
their signatures their description as being such
members, declaring that such Minister is their
Officiating Minister, the said signatures being
attested by some person who shall verify them as
the genuine signatures of the persons whose they
purport to be by a solemn declaration made under
“The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” signed by
such person and appended to the certificate.

Neglect in sending the certificate will deprive the Minister
of his status as an Officiating Minister under the Marriage
Act.

N.B.—It is requested that the Christian or first names and
the addresses of the several Ministers may be specified in
the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Timber, Auckland Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th August, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
kahikatea (white-pine) and kauri timbers, situated
on the Tokatoka Marsh lands, Tokatoka Survey District,
Otamatea County, will be offered for sale by public auction
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Fri-
day, the 12th January, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.:—
52,116 kahikatea-trees, containing about 97,509,000 super-
ficial feet.
122 kauri-trees, containing about 312,900 superficial feet.
Total number of trees, 52,238, containing a total of about
97,821,900 superficial feet.
Upset price for the whole of the timber, £24,533 14s.;
equal to 6d. per hundred superficial feet for the kahikatea
or white-pine, and 1s. per hundred superficial feet for the
kauri timber.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCALITY OF TIMBER.

The kahikatea (white-pine) and kauri timbers are situated
on the Tokatoka Marsh lands, a considerable part of which
have been made available for cultivation by a system of
drainage during the last few years.

The timber lands comprise Sections 22 to 29, 34, 41 to 44,
49 to 54, Block XI., and Sections 1 to 6, Block XII.—total
area, 4,090 acres 1 rood 33 perches.

LAND FOR SAWMILLS, AND SHED AND SITE FOR WHARF.

Land near Wairoa River or on Bascombe’s Creek, on
which to erect sawmills and sheds, or land for stacking tim-
ber, can be obtained under the Land Act by application to
the Land Board, and a site for a wharf for shipment of
timber may be secured on application to the Marine Depart-
ment.

FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING THE TIMBER.

The iron tram-line traverses throughout perfectly level
ground, and is completed between the points marked A and B
on the map (in the pamphlet), a length of one mile and a half,
and ready for extension towards point marked C (south-
west corner of Section 3, Block XII.), as may from time to
time be found expedient to meet the purchaser’s require-
ments; and, if so desired, the line will also be extended
westerly for an additional 10 to 12 chains, to near the mouth
of Bascombe’s Creek, to further facilitate the shipment of
the timber.

The Kaipara Harbour is one of the best on the west coast
of the North Island, and the shipping of timber from it to
other ports of New Zealand, to the Australian Colonies, and
even to India, has been very brisk during the past ten years,
and not unfrequently ten sea-going sailing-vessels and
steamers have at the same time been lying in the Kaipara
waters awaiting loading, &c. According to the “New
Zealand Pilot,” the depth of water at the Kaipara entrance
ranges from 30 ft. to 33 ft. at low water, a depth quite
sufficient for vessels up to 5,000 tons burden. The rise and
fall of the tide at the Kaipara entrance averages about 9 ft.

There is a great depth of water from the Kaipara Heads
to Dargaville, a distance of thirty-six miles, and some of the
largest timber-carriers which visited the Kaipara took in
their loading at Mangaware, an old settlement close to Dar-
gaville.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

The purchaser of the kauri and kahikatea (white-pine)
timber herein referred to to have the right to convey such
timber, and any machinery, material, tools, implements, &c.,
required for the proper working of the timber, over the
Government iron tram-line to its terminus near the mouth
of Bascombe’s Creek, Northern Wairoa River, free of charge
during the period allowed him for the removal of the timber.
Government will construct and maintain the tram-line, but
the purchaser to provide his own rolling-stock.

One-twentieth of the purchase-money (£1,226 13s. 8d.) to
be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the
hammer, one-twentieth in one year, one-twentieth in two
years, and so on annually until the whole of the purchase-
money has been paid.

Time allowed for removal of timber: Twenty-one years
from the date of purchase.

Wherever sidings are required, Government to provide
points, rails, &c., for the first chain of siding from the main
line. The construction of any extension beyond the first
chain to devolve upon the purchaser.

The iron tram-line to be and remain under the control of
the Government, but to the purchaser of the timber the
priority of right of using it will, if practicable, be always
conceded.

Regulations for the most economical and satisfactory
working of the tram-line to be mutually agreed upon between
the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the purchaser, and
to be amended from time to time as the distance for haulage
increases and altered circumstances require it.

Purchaser to cut and remove annually at least 4,000,000
superficial feet of the timber purchased, and if the output
exceeds 5,000,000 ft. per annum the surplus quantity to be
paid for at the rate of 6d. per 100 superficial feet. Such
payments to be in reduction of the last annual payment of
the purchase-money.

The timber to be cut in a continuous and regular manner,
and each section, as soon as cleared of pine (kahikatea) and
kauri, must be handed back to Government for disposal for
settlement purposes.

In case of a fire in the bush destroying any standing
timber during the term of the agreement, an estimate of the
damage done shall be made on the written request of the
purchaser preferred within a month of the fire, and the
value of the timber destroyed shall be calculated on the
basis of 6d. per 100 superficial feet, and the loss thus sus-