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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 29

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1901.

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 late 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 New Zealand.

The Reverend William Simpson.

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.

The Reverend William Fairweather Findlay.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

“Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” by writing under his hand dated this 20th day of March, 1901, cancelled the registry of the Oak Leaf Lodge, at Stratford, register No. 296 (17), a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids, on the ground that the said branch has ceased to exist.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1904.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1901.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1902, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books George Eliot’s “Romola” and Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”

W. C. WALKER.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, for the Civil Service Senior Examination of January, 1902, candidates may read “The Tempest” as an alternative to “King Lear,” one of the special books already prescribed for the examination. The examination papers will contain alternative questions on these two plays, in addition to questions on the other work set.

W. C. WALKER..

Adjournment of Sittings of Native Land Court at Maketu.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 13th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native Land Court which was notified to be held at Maketu, Bay of Plenty, on the 21st day of March, 1901, has been adjourned to the 25th day of April, 1901.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.

[Auckland, 1901—14.]

Crown Lands Notices.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th March, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that, the under-mentioned Crown land having been forfeited by a resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TAMAI HAMLET.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Village Homesteads, Wellington, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1901.

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 the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. If the sections be not applied for on the 22nd May, 1901, they will be open thereafter for selection on application.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotments.—First-class Land.

Pongaroa Village Settlement.

| 7, 8 | .. | 50 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 2 0 0 |

Weighted with £59 for improvements.

This allotment is situated on the Alfredton—Weber Road. The access is from Pongaroa, which is about two miles distant by a dray-road. The approach is somewhat difficult owing to a steep creek intervening. The lot comprises undulating country, with about 3 acres of flat land. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The lot is watered by a creek. The elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the soil is good. The improvements on Section 7 comprise 18 acres felled and grassed, valued at £27; and on Section 8, 16 acres felled and grassed, valued at £32: total value, £59.

Mangaweka Village Settlement.

| 110, 111 | .. | 2 1 2 | 17 8·2 | 1 0 0 |

This allotment is situated in Mangaweka Suburbs, the access being from that township by unformed street. The lot comprises hilly and easy-sloping land. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is all felled and burned. The land is grassed, and watered by a permanent stream. The elevation ranges from about 1,100 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. This lot is offered subject to the right of the Rangitikei County Council (or other local authority) to make a dam in stream on Section 111 for flushing purposes, also a drain from said dam to Kawakawa Street; said dam and drain to remain under control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The lands enumerated herein are first-class land, and are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The day on which the land shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 22nd day of May, 1901.