May 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1085

Officiating Ministers for 1905.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1905.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII., and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. James Alexander McKenzie.
The Reverend Allan K. Ross.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend John J. Kelly.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend George Hervey.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Half-yearly Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia in New Zealand.

HALF-YEARLY return of the aggregate average amount of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Australasia within the Colony of New Zealand from the 11th day of October, 1904, to the 10th day of April, 1905, inclusive. (Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.)

Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. £ 12,154 6 4
Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 124,902 10 8
Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest ..
Balances due to other banks .. ..
Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 927,740 18 0
Cash deposited bearing interest .. 680,874 0 2

Total liabilities within the colony £1,745,671 15 2

Coin and bullion .. .. .. £ 374,514 7 4
Landed property (bank premises) .. 56,236 14 6
Notes and bills of other banks .. 12,720 7 0
Balances due from other banks .. ..
Debts due to the corporation, including notes, bills, and other securities .. 2,699,001 12 8

Total assets within the colony £3,142,473 1 6

C. WINTER, Inspector.
JNO. A. MACLEOD, Accountant.

18th April, 1905.

The Education Board for the District of Taranaki.—Election of Member.

Education Office,
New Plymouth, 28th April, 1905.

IT is hereby notified that

GEORGE HENRY MAUNDER

has been elected member of the Education Board for the Education District of Taranaki.

The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate was:—

Arthur Herbert Halcombe .. .. 94
George Henry Maunder .. .. 128

The total number of votes recorded was 247.
The total number of votes rejected as informal was 25.

P. S. WHITCOMBE,
Returning Officer.

MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

Convening Meeting of Te Ikaroa District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

Maori Lands Administration Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1905.

IT is hereby notified that a meeting of the Ikaroa District Maori Land Council will be held in the Government Buildings, at Wellington, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of May, 1905, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, for the transaction of all such business as may be lawfully brought before it.

GILBERT MAIR,
President of the Ikaroa District Maori Land Council.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Westland Land District for Lease under Section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 10th April, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 31st day of May, 1905, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KANIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Sixty-one acres consists of open land, mostly in grass. On the area there is a complete stock-yard, a mile of fairly good fencing, and a dwellinghouse and outhouses.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease will be issued in terms of section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892.”
2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
3. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
4. 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.
5. The lessee will hold the land for a term of one year, and thereafter from year to year until he is notified that it is required for other purposes, and upon being so notified shall give up possession immediately. He will, however, be allowed one month in which to remove any improvements he may have effected. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, for any improvements that may be made on the land, nor for any other cause.
6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and prevent their increase and spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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.

G. J. ROBERTS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District open for Selection on Perpetual Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th March, 1905.

THE undermentioned Crown land, having been surrendered in terms of section 156 of “The Land Act, 1885,” will be open for selection on perpetual lease on and after Wednesday, the 31st day of May, 1905.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m. at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TOETOE'S SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Situation fair. Distance from Fortrose, about five miles and a half. Clay formation. Light bush of no commercial value, and fit only for fencing and firewood; heavy undergrowth. Well watered.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.