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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 2.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington. 23rd January, 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 Charles Herbert Heather.
The Reverend Theodorus Boughton Kyngdon.
The Reverend Edgar Herbert Wyatt.
The Reverend Horace Weston Klingender.
The Rev. Alfred Henry Julius.

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend W. S. Fernie.
The Reverend W. Newman Hall.
The Reverend Benjamin Lewis Thomas.

Baptists.

The Reverend M. J. B. Bennett, B.A.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.

The Reverend Charles A. Sims.
The Reverend Ernest Warburton.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, and being Section No. 1320, on the south-east side of Buller Street, in the Town of New Plymouth and Provincial District of Taranaki. The owner is one Francis Liardet, described as of New Plymouth, settler, who cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 21st day of January, 1904.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 2 roods, more or less, and being Sections numbered 12 and 13, Block XXXII., at the corner of Norwich and Durham Streets, in the Township of Hampden and Provincial District of Otago. The registered owner is Edward Alfred Welch, described as of Hampden, settler, who cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 21st day of January, 1904.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 25th January, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Friday, the 26th day of February, 1904, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 226 consists of open, broken, pastoral land, not ploughable, with fair soil of a gravelly nature. Access by good road, half of which is unformed. Situated about three miles and a half from St. Bathan’s Post-office and School. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 5,000 ft. Improvements, half-value of 276 chains fencing on west and north-west boundaries, at 4s. per chain, £27 12s. Section 86 is open, level, and undulating land, mostly ploughable, 50 acres of frontage being good land. Situated about two miles from St. Bathan’s. Improvements consist of woolshed, sheep-yards, and dip, valued at £100. Total valuation for improvements, £127 12s.

Run No. 226r, and Section 3,466 3 27 92, Block I., St. Bathans | | 0 2 | 14 8 11 |

Run No. 226r is similar to Run No. 226. Improvements, half-value of 346 chains fencing on west boundary, at 4s. per chain, £34 12s.; half-value of 44 chains fencing on south-west boundary, at 6s. 6d. per chain, £7 3s. Section 92 is open, level, gravelly land with good soil; has been ploughed. About one mile and three-quarters from St. Bathan’s. Altitude, 1,800 ft. Improvements, 60 chains of fencing along main road, at 6s. per chain, £18; 82 chains along Dunstan Creek, at 5s. per chain, £20 10s.; 15 chains of fencing on west boundary, at 5s. per chain, £3 15s. Total valuation for improvements, £84.

Tuapeka County.

Sections 17, 18, and 19, Block IX., Rankleburn, and Section 31, Block IV., Glenkenich | 792 1 13 | 0 6 | 9 18 0 |

Open agricultural and pastoral land. The soil is a clay loam on clay subsoil; watered. Broken by somewhat steep gullies in which are occasional patches of bush; fairly good tussock on upper ridges, lower ridges being covered with fern. Altitude, from 650 ft. to 2,000 ft.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 21st January, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 29th day of February, 1904, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run 48. Moeraki River: Area, 9,150 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £9 15s. Situated on Moeraki River. Cattle-feed country; undulating surface. Commences half a mile back from sea-beach. Accessible by the sea-beach, Moeraki River bed, Moeraki Road, and Main South Road.

Run 70, Haast and Waita Rivers: Area, 12,500 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £12 10s. Situated