Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2131

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JOHN DANIEL KIRBY, of Hobart, in Tasmania, a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of that State, has this day been appointed by His Honour Joshua Strange Williams, Esquire, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the said Supreme Court of New Zealand in Tasmania, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking any oath, affidavit, or affirmation as in the said section mentioned.

Dated this 25th day of September, 1903.

G. A. KING,
Registrar.

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 30.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1903.

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:—

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

The Reverend Henry Goldney Baker.

The Reverend Percy Bolton Haggitt, M.A.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Tenders for Inland Mail-services for 1904–1906.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1903.

SEALED tenders will be received at the several Chief Post Offices in the colony until Monday, the 5th October, 1903, for the conveyance of mails between the undermentioned places, for a period of THREE years, from the 1st January, 1904, to the 31st December, 1906.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

Extension of Fairlie–Lake Pukaki Mail-service.

5. Lake Pukaki and Hermitage, from 1st November to 30th April, twice weekly. Leave Lake Pukaki, Wednesday and Saturday; and leave Hermitage, Tuesday and Friday. (Alternative to No. 5A.)*

5A. Lake Pukaki and Hermitage, from 1st November to 30th April, twice weekly. Leave Lake Pukaki, Wednesday and Saturday; and leave Hermitage, Monday and Thursday. (Alternative to No. 5.)*

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. The attention of intending tenderers is directed to the terms and conditions of contract printed at the back of the tender forms.

Successful tenderers will be required to show that they are in a position to satisfactorily carry out the services.

Contractors whose tenders may be accepted must be prepared to carry out the services for which they tender according to time-tables framed by the Department. Where the tender is over £500 for any one service, the attention of the tenderer is directed to clauses 26 and 26A of the terms and conditions.

Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract, may be procured at any post-office.

No tender will be considered unless made on the printed form.

Tenders, indorsed “Tender for Mail Service, No. ,” to be addressed to the Chief Postmaster, Timaru.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

• Special conditions attach to these services. Particulars may be ascertained from any Chief Postmaster.

Notice of Vesting of Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owners thereof, and have, in respect of the said lands, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owners of either section are, and believe that such owners respectively are not in the colony, nor have any of such owners established his or their title to the said sections or either of them, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said lands are respectively, 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 values of the lands, for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act, being respectively less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of September, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section 754, in South Terrace, in the Township of Picton and Provincial District of Marlborough. And also

All that parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section 863, in Cornwall Street, in the said Township of Picton.

Notice of Vesting of Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the respective owners thereof, and have, in respect of the said lands, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner of either section is, and believe that such owners respectively are not in the colony, nor has either of such owners established his title to the land belonging to him, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said lands are respectively 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 value of the lands for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being respectively less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of September, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Allotment No. 219, in the Parish of Waimana and Provincial District of Auckland. And also

All that parcel of land, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Allotment No. 220, in the said Parish of Waimana.

Notice of Sitting of the Tokerau District Maori Land Council at Kawakawa, Bay of Islands.

Tokerau District Maori Lands Administration Office,
Russell, 21st September, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Tokerau District Maori Lands Council will be held at Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, on the 12th day of November, 1903, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to hear and determine the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written, in respect of which applications have been received by me, and all such other matters as may be lawfully brought before it.

E. C. BLOMFIELD,
President.

SCHEDULE.

CONSIDERATION OF BLOCK COMMITTEES’ REPORTS.