APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 997

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 11.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1904.

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 Fisher Craigie.
Mr. John McCaw.
The Reverend William McDonald.
The Reverend James Fleming Gordon Orr, M.A.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Robert Laing.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Parata Township, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, the 20th day of April, 1904, for leases of the under-mentioned lands for a term of twenty-one years (with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years), under the provisions of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOROWHENUA COUNTY.
Parata Township.

• Weighted with £3 15s., valuation for improvements.

17 | VI. | 0 2 12 | 1 15 0

These sections are situated on the main road and railway-line between Wellington and Otaki, the distance from Wellington by railway-line being thirty-seven miles. The access is from Waikanae Railway-station, which adjoins the township. The sections comprise flat grass land; the soil is of first-class quality, resting on clay-and-shingle formation. The improvements on Section 31, Block I., consist of 5 chains of fencing.

Plans and full particulars as to terms and conditions of lease may be obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 14th March, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land under section 114 of the said Act on and after Monday, the 20th June, 1904.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of five years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 13th April, 1904, at 11 a.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

In the event of the leases not being sold at auction, the lands will remain open for lease on application at the upset annual rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOROWHENUA COUNTY.—WAIOPEHU SURVEY DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF LEVIN.

These sections are situated on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway-line, about 50 chains north of the centre of Levin Township; are level, and laid down in English grasses.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The leases shall be for the term of five years, as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 21st February, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below, at this office, on Wednesday, the 13th day of April, 1904, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Run No. 525, Hokonui Survey District: Area, 8,153 acres 2 roods 15 perches; upset annual rental, £51; term, fourteen years. Weighted with £16 5s., half valuation for boundary fencing.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and deposit amount of half-year’s rent at rate offered, license fee (£1 1s.), and amount of valuation for improvements, on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.