JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1507

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 8th June, 1904.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only or, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a.& m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner's Order No. 741.]

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 6th June, 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:—

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

The Reverend John Russell Wilford, B.A.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Thomas Nisbet, D.D.

Christians commonly known as Brethren.

James Henry Todd.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki forfeited or surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases or licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited or the surrender accepted by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the license of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2184, Block VII., Waiho Survey District: Tenure, occupation with right of purchase. Formerly held by Thomas David Watson.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 6th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of July, 1904, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT. — MARLBOROUGH COUNTY. — ONAMALUTU AND CLOUDY BAY SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Run No. 155: Area, 1,143 acres; term of lease, ten years; upset annual rental, £5. Altitude, from 300 ft. to 1,400 ft. 250 acres of birch bush, with a few rimu and small totara trees; remainder covered with fern and scrub. Broken pastoral country; well watered. About fifteen miles from Blenheim.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Epuni Hamlet, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 26th day of July, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

In the event of more than one application being received for the allotment on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — HUTT COUNTY. — EPUNI HAMLET.

Workman’s Home Allotment.

Weighted with 15s., valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the Waiwetu portion of the Hutt Valley, known as Epuni Hamlet. The access is from the Lower Hutt Railway, which is about two miles and a quarter distant, via the Main Hutt Road for about three-quarters of a mile, thence by the Middle Waiwetu and Wi Tako Roads, which are formed and metalled. The section comprises first-class level agricultural or building land, all laid down in English grasses. The soil is of first-class quality, of good depth, resting on clay-and-gravel formation. The section is not permanently watered, but water can be had by sinking. The improvements with which the section is weighted comprise 2½ chains of fencing, valued at 15s.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.