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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Population of the Colony.
No. 95

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1906.

• Excluding 776 Natives of South Sea Islands at labour abroad.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1906.
E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority over Religious Bodies.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1906.
THE attention of the persons or person within the Colony of New Zealand in whom is vested ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies enumerated in the Schedule C annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intitled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” and of all other persons concerned, is directed to the 11th section of the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesiastical authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-General, in the month of December in every year, a correct list of the Officiating Ministers within the meaning of “The Marriage Act, 1904,” of each of the said religious bodies.
The following are the religious bodies above referred to:—

• The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
• The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
• The Roman Catholic Church.
• The Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
• All Congregational Independents.
• Baptists.
• The Primitive Methodist Connexion.
• The Lutheran Church.
• All Hebrew Congregations.
• The Society of Friends.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious body may be certified to by two recognised office-holders thereof.
A Minister of religion not connected with any of the aforesaid bodies must send to the Registrar-General in the month of December in each year a certificate signed—
(a.) By the recognised head in New Zealand of the religious body to which he ministers, or
(b.) By two duly recognised Ministers of such religious body, or
(c.) By ten adult members thereof, who shall append to their signatures their description as being such members, declaring that such Minister is their Officiating Minister, the said signatures being attested by some person who shall verify them as the genuine signatures of the persons whose they purport to be, by a solemn declaration made under “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” signed by such person and appended to the certificate.
Neglect in sending the certificate will deprive the Minister of his status as an Officiating Minister under the Marriage Act.
N.B.—It is requested that the Christian names and the addresses of the several Ministers may be specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”
WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section : And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act : I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee, as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act; the value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.
Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of November, 1906.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
SCHEDULE.
All that parcel of land containing 60 acres, more or less, being the south-eastern portion of Allotment No. 52, Parish of Maungataniwha, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”
WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section : And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act : I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act; the value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1906.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
SCHEDULE.
That parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, being Allotment 327 of Section 2, in the Town of Tauranga and Provincial District of Auckland.