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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1907.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the South Hautapu Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

South Hautapu Drainage District, County of Waikato :
John Arnold.
Mary Eliza Ewen.
Robert Morse.
Charles Roberts.
William Draycott Shepherd.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

STATEMENT of account to 31st March, 1907:—

1906. Cr.
      £ s. d.
      April 1. By Balance
      .. .. .. 4,850 10 10

1907. Mar. 31. Twelve months’ interest to 31st March., 1907, on £3,000 at 4½ per cent. .. .. .. 185 0 0
      Interest—
      April, £1,822; May, £1,793; June, £1,765; July, £1,737; Aug., £1,694; Sept., £1,666 —at 4 per cent. .. .. 34 18 6
      Oct., £1,740; Nov., £1,712; Dec., £1,669; Jan., £1,641; Feb., £1,613; Mar., £1,584 —at 4 per cent. .. .. 33 3 10
      £5,053 13 2

1908. Dr.
      £ s. d.
      Mar. 31. To Paid fifteen beneficiaries’ allowances from 30th Mar., 1906, to 18th Jan, 1907 .. .. 297 6 6
      Paid fifteen beneficiaries’ allowances from 18th Jan., 1907, to 15th Mar., 1907 .. .. 55 18 11
      Paid fifteen beneficiaries’ allowances from 15th Mar., 1907, to 29th Mar., 1907 .. .. 13 15 8
      Paid member’s expenses to Board meeting .. .. .. 1 1 0
      Paid telegrams .. .. .. 0 2 11
      Balance .. .. .. 4,685 8 2
      £5,053 13 2

April 1. By Value of fund at date .. ..£4,685 8 2

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 22nd April, 1907.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1907.

THE Middlemarch Lodge, No. 8008, situated at Middlemarch, is registered as a branch of the Otago District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 18th day of April, 1907.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Sitting of Commission re “Surplus” Native Land.

THE Commission (R. M. Houston, Esq., M.H.R.) will commence its sitting at Kaitaia on the 10th day of May, 1907. All persons interested in the matters to be heard before that Commission in reference to the surplus lands mentioned in the Schedule are hereby notified to attend at the time and place aforesaid. Persons desiring that the Commission should adjourn to Kawakawa and Hokianga, or other place, are notified to apply for such adjournments when the Commission is sitting at Kaitaia.

SCHEDULE.

Petitioner to Parliament.
Name of Land.

Hone Pete and others ..
Puketotara Block.
Wirimu Teete and others ..
Kapouai Block.
Rawiri Hongi and others ..
Motuopao Island.
Reihana Moekitanga and others ..
Opua Block.
Hapakuku and others ..
Waimamaku No. 2 Block.
Timoti Puhipi and others ..
Tangonge Swamp.

JACKSON PALMER,
Chief Judge, Native Land Court, on behalf of R. M. Houston, the said Commission.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Venerable Archdeacon Joseph Campbell, M.A.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Alexander O’Hare.

Baptists.
The Reverend—
Percy Carter.
Charles Duncan Gardiner.

Salvation Army.
Adjutant Andrew Gray.
Staff-Captain David McLure.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1907.

AT the request of the Provincial Commander of the Salvation Army, the following names have been withdrawn from the List of Officiating Ministers under “The Marriage Act, 1904,” for the year 1907:—

Ensign George Clark.
Major Arthur Twyford.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Flax in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 17th April, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut one crop of flax on each of the undermentioned lots will be submitted to public auction, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” at the District Lands Office, Auckland, at 11 o’clock on Tuesday, the 14th day of May, 1907:—

THAMES COUNTY.

Lot 1.
Parts Blocks X, Thames; IV, Piako; and I, Waihou Survey Districts.
Upset price, £25. Time for removal, one year.

Lot 2.
Part of Block X, Thames Survey District.
Upset price, £25. Time for removal, one year.