Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1659

Officiating Ministers for 1902.—Notice No. 28.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend Alfred John Lee.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Surveyors licensed.

Office of the Secretary to the Surveyors’ Board,
Wellington, 4th August, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that licenses under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” have been issued to the following surveyors:—

Galbraith, Thomas Harkness McKellar, Christchurch.
Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, Wellington.
Mitchell, Henry Tai, Auckland.
Jordan, Frederick Hudson, Auckland.
Haszard, Moore Fenwick, Auckland.
Marchant, Edgar Allman, Wellington.
Mackgeorge, Leslie Duncan, Dunedin.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserve in Hawke’s Bay for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 5th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 13, Block V., Tautane District: 217 acres. Upset annual rental, £21 14s.

Weighted with £228 valuation for improvements, being 70 acres in grass, £140; and buildings, £88.

Terms of Lease.

The rent to be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st January and 1st July, after date of selection.

The lessee will not have the right of renewal, but existing improvements will be valued at the expiration of the lease, and, in the event of the land being leased to any person other than the lessee, the amount of such valuation will be paid by the incoming lessee.

Full particulars can be obtained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th August, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, the lease of the undermentioned Crown land having been surrendered by the lessee, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 3, Block XIII., Mimi District.—Lessee, T. J. A. Hutchins; tenure, lease in perpetuity.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Linton Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Town Hall, Halcombe, on Wednesday, 17th September, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

In the event of more than one application being received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection will be decided by ballot at the Town Hall, Halcombe, on Friday, 19th September, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—COUNTY OF OROUA.—RANGITOTO SURVEY DISTRICT.—LINTON SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farms for Lease in Perpetuity.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £15 3s.; total half-yearly payment, £42 5s. 1d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £230, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £11 12s. 4d.; total half-yearly payment, £35 17s. 2d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £635, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £32 1s. 4d.; total half-yearly payment, £76 11s. 7d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 16th day of September, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m., for the term of ten years, at the upset annual rental stated below.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 3, Block V., Lower Wanaka District, and Sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, Block III., and 1 and 2, Block VI., Lower Hawea District, Vincent County: Area, 1,317 acres 2 roods 29 perches; upset annual rental, £6 5s.; valuation for improvements, £112 4s. Situated about two miles from Newcastle. Possession will be given on day of sale.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession.

The above run will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 2nd July, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown lands will be offered to the holder of the adjoining land, under section 117 of the said Act, on and after Friday, the 3rd day of October, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 665, Patea District, Block VI., Hawera Survey District: Area, 1 acre and 6 perches.

JAS. MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.