Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 383

“Conscience Money” received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th January, 1907.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the receipt of £20 in two ten-pound bank-notes, which was forwarded to the Defence Department as “amount wrongly charged to you.”

ROBERT J. COLLINS,
Receiver-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1907.

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:—

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
The Reverend Robert B. Tinsley.

Baptists.
The Reverend—
Randolph St. Cyr Gray.
Owen Price Owen.
Walter Lawry Salter.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1907.

THE Nelson Creek Lodge, No. 56, situated at Nelson Creek, is registered as a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 25th day of January, 1907.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Election of Member of Education Board.

Education Office,
Dunedin, 21st January, 1907.

IN accordance with section 26 of “The Education Act, 1904,” it is hereby notified that

WILLIAM SNOW, Esq., Outram,

has been duly elected a member of the Education Board of the District of Otago for the Southern Ward, vice James Sim, Esq., deceased.

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

Snow, William .. .. 223
Malcolm, Alexander Scott .. .. 176
Mason, William D’Arcy .. .. 44

The total number of valid votes recorded was 443.
The total number of voting-papers rejected as informal was 36.

P. S. PRYDE,
Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands Office, Invercargill, 22nd January, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1907, under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral Runs.—Class I.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.

Runs 173A and 415A1 (grouped): This run contains 17,600 acres, having a frontage to the Waiau River of about five miles, is situated in Takitimo District, Wallace County, and is distant some fifty miles by good wagon-road from Otatau Railway-station. About half the area is level to undulating, attaining an altitude of 600 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level, and is well covered with white tussock and other grasses; the other half or balance is high, rugged mountain country, attaining an altitude of 5,500 ft. above sea-level, purely summer country, subject to running shingle, and is poorly grassed with snow tussock and other mountain vegetation.

Runs 328, 436A, 424, 436, and Block V, Wakaia (grouped): This run contains 95,784 acres, situated in Wakaia, Gap, Whitecomb, and Obelisk Survey Districts, Southland and Vincent Counties, and is accessible by good wagon-road, about twenty-five miles from Riversdale Railway-station. The country is, generally speaking, very high and broken, ranging in altitude from 800 ft. to 6,000 ft. above sea-level; large areas of the high country, where flat, are very wet and peaty. The lower areas, about 10,000 acres, which may be considered safe winter country, are fairly well grassed, principally with snow tussock and other mountain growths. The balance, the larger portion, is fairly grassed with snow and blue tussocks and other alpine vegetation, but it is purely summer country and cannot be safely used in any other season.

Run 214A: This run contains 4,850 acres, situated in the Nokomai Survey District, Lake and Southland Counties, and about two miles by fair wagon-road from Athol Railway-station. The run is well grassed, principally with white tussock with a mixture of snow grass; it is good sheep country, well watered, stony, and dry, and ranges from 900 ft. to 3,300 ft. above sea-level.

Runs 187C and 187D (grouped): This run contains 12,300 acres, situated in Wairaki Survey District, Wallace County, and is distant about twelve miles from Nightcaps Railway-station, nine of which are formed, the balance in its natural state; or, say, fifteen miles from Mossburn Railway-station, eleven of which are by good road, the balance unformed. Although high, ranging in altitude from 1,400 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level, it is, comparatively speaking, not rough country, and is well sheltered from the prevailing winds.