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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

David Burson, late of Shannon, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 11th day of July, 1904.

Henry Jones, late of Brunnerton, in the Provincial District of Westland, hotelkeeper. Filed on the 11th day of July, 1904.

Oliver Johnson, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, miner. Filed on the 11th day of July, 1904.

William Robinson, late of Kawakawa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 11th day of July, 1904.

Albert Henry Moore, late of Waipawa, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, carter. Filed on the 11th day of July, 1904.

Christina Radford, late of Kaponga, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, married woman. Filed on the 11th day of July, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 21.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Robert Christie Sands.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 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 Friday, the 14th day of October, 1904.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Marlborough Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th July, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, and at the Land Office, Kaikoura, on Wednesday, the 24th day of August, 1904, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

If more than one application is received for the run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—WHERNSIDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

SMALL GRAZING-RUN 107, 18,212 acres. Rent per acre per annum, 2·75d.; half-yearly rent, £104 6s. 10d.

Altitude, 200ft. to 4,100ft. About 60 acres river-flats; 5,000 acres mixed bush, consisting of manuka, mahoe, and kowhai, with a little pine and totara on the lower slopes, and birch on the higher spurs; about 1,200 acres easy forest slopes and terraces capable of improvement; remainder rough broken country, covered with tussock, fern, and scrub. The high spurs are rock and shingle, and are subject to snow in winter. Well watered.

The improvements, which go with the land, consist of about 65 chains interior fence (wire), and half-value of about two miles and a half boundary fencing; homestead-site at the McLean River, about nine miles from the Clarence Bridge. A dray-road has been formed for seven miles and three-quarters from main road, and the balance of the road to the homestead-site is in process of formation. The distance from the homestead-site to the main road at Clarence Bridge is about nine miles; thence twenty-five miles to Kaikoura by main coach-road.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 4th July, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 24th day of August, 1904, for leases of the undermentioned 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, and the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

TOWNSHIP OF TE PUIA.

Block I.

Block II.

SUBURBS OF TE PUIA.

There is a number of springs in the township, some of which flow into the small lake south-east of Ratahi, some into Ratahi Lake, and some into Makarika Stream. There is a low hill to the southward of each group of thermal springs. These hills, with the rocks on the one to the east-