2130 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 73

Officiating Ministers for 1904.--Notice No. 24.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 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 William Augustus Marsden Cockerill.

Christchurch Spiritualistic Association.
Pastor John Thomas Craig.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 29th August, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, at
the Courthouse, Kaikoura, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of
November, 1904, at 2 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of
"The Public Reserves Act, 1881."

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 266, Block XI., Mount Fyffe Survey District: Area,
20 acres; term of lease, fourteen years; upset annual
rental, £5.

Weighted with £23 16s., value of improvements, consist-
ing of 68 chains of fencing.

The land is limestone loam upon limestone subsoil; it is
all in grass, and has a permanent spring of water. Situated
on South Coast Road, about one mile from Kaikoura Post-
office.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on 1st January, 1905.
2. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either
   for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or
   for any other cause.
3. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land
   during the term of the lease without the written consent of
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands first obtained.
4. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
5. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds or plants
   on the land comprised in the lease; and shall with all rea-
   sonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse,
   broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may
   be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free
   from all deductions whatsoever.
7. 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.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Otago Land District open
for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 19th July, 1904.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
village-homestead allotments will be open for selec-
tion on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the
6th September, 1904, under the provisions of "The Land
Act, 1892."

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.--MANIATOTO COUNTY.

Village-homestead Allotments.

TOWN OF KOMAKO.

This section is situated within a quarter of a mile of
Waipiata Railway-station. It is dry, and there is no per-
manent water on it. The soil is of a sandy nature, and not
very good.

NASEBY SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £18 14s. 3d. valuation for improvements.

This section is situated within half a mile of Wedderburn
Railway-station. It is permanently watered by the Wedder-
burn Creek. The soil is of a very fair quality. There are
two strips of light shingly soil running across the section,
but they are not of great extent.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1904.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
small grazing-run will be open for lease on application,
at this office, on Wednesday, the 14th day of September,
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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.--MASTERTON COUNTY.--REWA
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £395 valuation for improvements.

The run is situated at the head of the Waipapa and
Te Maire Streams, and adjoins Stronvar. The access is
from Masterton, which is about twenty-seven miles distant
via Brancepeth and Fernyhurst Roads, which are mostly
metalled. The run comprises hilly land, intersected with
deep gullies. The soil is of a clayey nature, resting on
rotten rock and papa formation. The forest is nearly all
burned; the remainder comprises dry and green rimu, miro,
matai, maire, hinau, rewarewa, with usual undergrowth.
The run is well watered by springs and small creeks. The
elevation ranges from about 600 ft. to 1,300 ft. above sea-
level. The improvements comprise about 27 acres felled,
about 895 acres surface-sown, about 120 chains of fencing,
and whare 8 ft. by 8 ft. by 5 ft.; the whole valued at £395.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.