Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 407

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Allotment No. 13, Parish of Kirikiriros, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north by a road, 875 links; on the east by Allotment 13A, 2970 links; on the south by Allotment 14, 1715 links; on the south-west by Allotment 12, 2,001 links; and on the north-west by a road, 1496 links. The land was Crown-granted to Charles Christie, described as a private, of the 4th Waikato Militia, who cannot now be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the Dominion:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 17th day of January, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1908.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 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 Frederick William Whibley.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Sydney E. Hill.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Stephen Bonetto.

Baptists.

The Reverend James Spottiswoode.

The Reverend Thomas Arthur Williams.

Hebrew Congregations.

The Reverend Adolph Treitel Chodowski.

The Reverend Samuel Aaron Goldstein.

Mr. Sidney Jacob Nathan.

Salvation Army.

Major Benjamin Stone.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1908.—Notice No. 5.

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

AT the request of the Provincial Commander, the name of Ensign Edward Slattery has been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers in connection with the Salvation Army, under “The Marriage Act, 1904,” for the Year 1908.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Forest Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned forest reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at this office, on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1908, under the provisions of section 232 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Mareretu-Waipu State Forest Reserve (Whangarei County)

Lot 7: 617 acres. Upset annual rental, £12.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE:

1. A deposit of one half-year’s rent at the rate offered and £1 1s. lease fee must be made on the fall of the hammer.
2. The lessee shall have the right to use the land comprised in the lease for grazing purposes only.
3. The lessee shall have no right to sell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground, nor shall he have the right to cut or remove any flax growing thereon.
4. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber, or for cutting and removing flax.
5. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation for improvements at any time, but at the expiration of his lease may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.
6. The Commissioner of State Forests may issue licenses at any time during the currency of grazing-lease to the lessee or other persons to cut and remove either standing or felled timber under the State Forest Regulations, or to cut and remove flax, without the payment of compensation to the lessee.
7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal by way of Exchange.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th December, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that Section 4, Block XI, Waioeka Survey District, containing 20 acres, will be exchanged for an equal area in Section 2, Block XI, Waioeka Survey District, on or after Thursday, the 12th March, 1908.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.