APRIL 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 871

Officiating Ministers for 1902.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1902.

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:—

The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend William Alfred Robertson Fitchett, M.A.

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Charles Herbert Young.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1902.

PURSUANT to section 63 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Monday, the 2nd June, 1902, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under this Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 31st May, 1902.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th March, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned kauri and totara timber in Block XI., Kaeo Survey District, Bay of Islands County, will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 14th day of May, 1902, at 11 a.m.

Kaeo Survey District, Block XI., Bay of Islands County: The green and dry kauri and totara timber standing at the head of the Waipapa River, comprising 585 dry kauri-trees, or 1,339,724 sup. ft.; 78 green kauri-trees, or 292,499 sup. ft.; and four totara-trees, or 4,322 sup. ft.: total upset price, £1,061.

Terms of Sale.—One-third cash on fall of the hammer, one-third within six months, and the balance within twelve months from date of sale. Timber to be removed before 1st January, 1905.

The timber is situated at the head of the Waipapa River, about eighteen miles by the river from tidal waters.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned kauri timber, standing on forest reserve, Block VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 6th day of June, 1902, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Forest Reserve, Block VIII., Opuawhanga Survey District.

332 green kauri-trees, containing about 1,218,099 sup. feet; 8 dry kauri-trees, containing about 14,172 sup. feet; 165 totara-trees, containing about 111,018 sup. feet: total upset price, £1,020 8s.

Time for removal of timber, eighteen months from date of sale.

One-half purchase-money payable in cash, or by marked cheque, on the fall of the hammer; the balance within six months thereafter.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Fencourt Settlement, Auckland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th March, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 22nd day of May, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—CAMBRIDGE SURVEY DISTRICT.—FENCOURT SETTLEMENT.

Flat rolling downs, with some good alluvial drained swamp, in grass; fenced on three sides by a post-and-wire fence for about 230 chains. Bounded by the Cambridge-Maungakawa Road. Situated about three miles and a half from Cambridge and the cheese-factory. Value of fencing, £192; value of grass, £100.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 15th April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Tuesday, the 27th May, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WELLINGTON FRUITGROWERS’ BLOCK.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £264 7s. 6d. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Wellington Fruitgrowers’ Block, in the Waikanae Valley. The access is from Waikanae Railway-station, which is about four miles and a half distant; two miles and a half are metalled dray-road, and the rest is formed sufficiently wide to enable a dray to be taken over it. The section comprises some nice flat and undulating land on the front, rising and becoming rather broken at the back. The whole lies well to the sun. The soil is of good quality in front, and fair at the back, resting on clay-and-rock formation. The forest is fairly heavy, comprising mainly rimu, matai, hinau, rata, tawa, birch (on ridges), &c., with a thick undergrowth of supplejack, keakea, horopito, ponga, &c. The section is well watered by springs and small streams. The improvements, which are out of repair, comprise 160 acres grassed, stumping, fencing, orchard, two-roomed cottage, old whare: total, £264 7s. 6d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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