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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

3. That the manure can be disposed of at a price which
   will allow of it being remuneratively used for agricultural
   purposes.
4. That the composition of the phosphate shall average
   not less than 40 per cent. of phosphate of lime (tricalcic
   phosphate); provided, however, should a phosphate of a lower
   average composition be discovered, the committee may
   recommend that a portion of the bonus be granted.
   The terms of payment will be—
   One-fifth on the committee reporting favourably of the
   discovery;
   One-fifth on delivery of first 200 tons;
   The remaining three-fifths by equal payments on de-
   livery of each additional 150 tons.
   Applications addressed to “The Hon. the Minister for
   Agriculture, Wellington,” will be received up to and in-
   cluding the 1st day of July, 1900.
   W. C. WALKER,
   For Minister for Agriculture.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 6th June, 1900.

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.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 639.]

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee,
have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land
described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner
thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the
notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in
all respects complied with the provisions of the said sec-
tion: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the
owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony,
nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as
required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said
land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me,
as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the
publication hereof, and will be administered under the said
Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of May, 1900.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land containing 59 acres, more or less,
being Allotment 9 and north-eastern portion of Allotment 7,
Parish of Waikiekie: subject, however, to a possible deduc-
tion of about 3 acres from the area for a strip of land, of
varying width, on the north and north-eastern sides, taken
or intended to be taken by the local Road Board for a
deviation road-line.

Officiating Ministers for 1900.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1900.

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:—

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend David McKee Wright.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. John Egerton Ward.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Reserve and Landing-shed at Castlepoint, Wellington Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves
Act, 1881,” that tenders for the lease of the under-
mentioned section, with the buildings thereon, will be
received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday,
the 25th day of July, 1900.
The term of the lease will be seven years. No allowance
whatsoever will be payable on account of improvements
effected by the lessee. A deposit of a half-year’s rent, at
the rate tendered, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be enclosed
with each tender.
Section 852, Block X., Castlepoint Survey District: Area,
68 acres; minimum rental, £17 4s. per annum.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The lease will include reserve at Castlepoint, containing
   68 acres, more or less, being bounded towards the west by
   Sections Nos. 362 and 363 in the Whareama Block, East
   Coast, and on all other sides by the sea.
2. The period for which the land and buildings will be
   leased will be seven years.
3. The lessee shall keep the land and premises leased, and
   the buildings thereon, in good order, repair, and condition,
   and at the expiration or sooner determination of the lease
   shall deliver up the same in the like good order and con-
   dition, fair wear-and-tear of the buildings only excepted.
4. The lessee will paint the buildings twice during the
   currency of the lease with two coats of proper oil-colours,
   and in a workmanlike manner; the first of such paintings
   to be completed within three years from the commencement
   of the lease, and the second in the year prior to the expira-
   tion of the lease.
5. Should the land, premises, and buildings be required
   by the lessor, her successors or assigns, before the expira-
   tion of the lease, the Governor may determine the lease on
   the giving the lessee six calendar months’ notice in writing
   of his intention to do so; and, in the event of the lease
   being so determined, the lessee shall not be entitled to any
   compensation on account of its being so determined.
6. Should any part of the land be required at any time
   during the currency of the lease for a site for a lighthouse
   and other buildings in connection therewith, and for a road
   thereto, the Governor may give notice to the lessee of the
   area and portion of the land required for such purpose;
   and, on such notice being given, the lessor, her successors
   or assigns, may enter upon and resume possession of the
   land, and the lessee shall not be entitled to any compensa-
   tion on account of such entry and resumption.
7. The lessee shall during the currency of the lease in-
   sure and keep insured the buildings erected on the said land,
   at their full insurable value, in the name of the lessor, her
   successors or assigns, in an insurance company approved of
   by the Commissioner of Crown Lands; and the insurance
   policy, and all receipts for premiums paid in respect thereof,
   shall be forwarded by the lessee to the Commissioner of
   Crown Lands.
8. No improvements or repairs to the land or buildings
   will be made by the lessor, her successors or assigns, during
   the currency of the lease.