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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 34

Officiating Ministers for 1908.—Notice No. 21.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1908.

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 Reverend Edmund Kennedy Mules.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Herbert Gilbert Tigar.

The Reverend George Wright.

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.

Mr. S. J. Campbell.

The Reverend Edwin Cox.

Mr. Martin J. Hilder.

Mr. Leslie B. Neale.

Mr. E. W. Pittendreigh.

Mr. W. E. Sleep.

Mr. Edwin Somerville.

Mr. George Stephenson.

Baptists.

The Reverend R. Brand.

Church of Christ.

Mr. Thomas H. Mathieson.

Christadelphians.

Mr. Henry James Morgan.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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District Lands Office,
Nelson, 9th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th day of June, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—KONGAHU BLOCK.

National Endowment.

SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

Acres. d.

Kongahu .. | III | 750 | 5·28

Situated near Little Wanganui. Access by Karamea Inland Road from Mokihinui, about twenty miles, and thence by Westport–Mokihinui Railway, twenty-nine miles. The land can also be reached by steamer trading between Westport and Little Wanganui River, a distance of about thirty-five miles.

Forest-clad country, the bush being principally birch. The soil is fair, and when cleared and sown produces excellent grass. Altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Good climate; abundant rainfall.

Kongahu .. | III | 430 | 4·68

” .. | VI | 30 | 4·68

Hilly pastoral country, with patches of excellent soil on western side of Glass-eye Creek, remainder good soil of sedimentary marine formation; covered with bush, comprising birch, rimu, and kamahi. Access by about two miles of unformed track from the Little Wanganui River, which is distant about thirty-five miles from Westport by steamer.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Culverden Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 29th April, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” their amendments, and the regulations thereunder, and applications for leases will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 19th day of June, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CULVERDEN SETTLEMENT.

AMURI COUNTY.—CULVERDEN SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

£ s. d. £ s. d.

3 | II | 508 1 0 | 2,370 0 0 | 53 6 6
4 | " | 399 1 0 | 3,710 0 0 | 83 9 6
11 | X | 257 3 0 | 2,840 0 0 | *{63 18 0
| | | | 10 2 0
12 | " | 322 0 0 | 4,200 0 0 | 94 10 0
13 | " | 228 0 0 | 2,270 0 0 | 51 1 6
14 | VI | 378 0 0 | 3,840 0 0 | 75 3 0
15 | " | 551 1 0 | 4,280 0 0 | 96 6 0
17 | V | 516 0 0 | 3,290 0 0 | 74 0 6
19 | " | 357 0 0 | 3,190 0 0 | 71 15 6
20 | VI | 462 2 0 | 3,140 0 0 | 70 13 0
21 | " | 629 2 0 | 3,060 0 0 | 68 17 0
22 | " | 607 0 0 | 4,580 0 0 | 103 1 0
23 | " | 558 0 0 | 4,070 0 0 | 91 11 6
24 | " | 561 3 0 | 3,580 0 0 | 80 11 0
25 | II | 464 2 0 | 4,390 0 0 | 98 15 6

Second-class Land.

1 | III | 712 1 0 | 3,250 0 0 | 73 2 6
2 | " | 709 1 0 | 3,620 0 0 | 81 9 0
5 | II, VI | 897 0 0 | 3,430 0 0 | 77 3 6
6 | III | 736 2 0 | 3,010 0 0 | 67 14 6
7 | III, VII | 1,852 0 0 | 5,040 0 0 | 113 8 0
8 | VI, VII, X | 1,421 0 0 | 3,320 0 0 | 74 14 0
9 | X | 1,324 0 0 | 4,030 0 0 | 90 13 6
10 | VI | 756 0 0 | 2,620 0 0 | 58 19 0
16 | V | 660 0 0 | 4,100 0 0 | 92 5 0
18 | " | 654 2 0 | 3,860 0 0 | 86 17 0
26 | II | 1,490 0 0 | 7,600 0 0 | 171 0 0

Third-class Land.

27 | I, V | 2,892 0 0 | 14,100 0 0 | {317 5 0
| | | | 40 11 3
28 | " | 2,532 0 0 | 9,050 0 0 | 203 12 6

AMURI COUNTY.—MANDAMUS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Third-class Land.

29 | IV, VIII | 2,103 0 0 | 7,660 0 0 | 172 7 0

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £200, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £10 2s. Total half-yearly payment, £74.

• †Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £1,040, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £40 11s. 3d. Total half-yearly payment, £357 16s. 3d.*

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Culverden Settlement is situated sixty-nine miles from Christchurch by rail, the present terminus of the railway being the Culverden Township, which is on the estate.

The area ranges in altitude from 570 ft. to 1,819 ft. above sea-level and the land varies in quality from good pastoral hills and mixed agricultural and pastoral downs and flats to light stony flats. The greater portion is watered either by streams or water-races. The estate is well roaded, besides being traversed by the main roads to the Township of Hanmer and Waiau; is well adapted for the breeding of sheep, and has a good reputation for its wool, sheep, and lambs.

IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN CAPITAL VALUE.

Section 1, fencing, £65 16s. 3d.; Section 2, fencing, £54 18s. 9d.; Section 3, fencing, £73 10s.; Section 4, fencing, £65 18s. 9d.; Section 5, fencing, £131; Section 6, fencing, £91 15s.; Section 7, fencing, £216 10s.; Section 8, fencing, £174 13s. 1d.; Section 9, fencing, £101 11s. 3d.; Section 10, fencing, £91; Section 11, fencing, £96 8s. 9d.; Section 12,