Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2835

Opening Lands in Marlborough Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—WAKAMARINA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

77 acres flat land, suitable for dairying; 131 acres terrace and hilly land, pastoral country; balance rough and precipitous. About 200 acres of milling-timber has been felled, and 115 acres sown in English grass. Fairly well watered. Fires have destroyed a good deal of the bush on the flats and terraces. Distant about twenty-two miles from Havelock—twenty miles being good metalled road, balance track. Altitude, 170 ft. to 2,000 ft.

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74 acres flat land, suitable for dairying; 164 acres terrace and hilly land, pastoral country; balance rough and precipitous. About 200 acres milling-timber has been felled, and 120 acres sown in English grass. Fairly well watered. Fires have destroyed a good deal of the bush on the flats and terraces. Distant about twenty-two miles and a half from Havelock—twenty-one miles being good metalled road, balance track. Altitude, from 175 ft. to 2,110 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Thursday, the tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.—PARTS OF SECTIONS 5 AND 14, BLOCK I, AND 10, BLOCK IV, KUROW SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £170, valuation for buildings, consisting of dwellinghouse, outhouses, and shed.

This allotment forms part of what was formerly the Kurow Nursery, and is distant only a few chains from Kurow Railway-station. The land is fairly good throughout, and is valuable on account of its proximity to the Town of Kurow. It is fenced on three sides, and is subdivided by other fences. The fencing goes with the land.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 30th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HORACE GEORGE MINETT PRIESTLEY

to be a clerical cadet in the Public Works Department, as from the 1st July, 1908.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Public Works.

Member of Ahaura Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

ARTHUR DUNN

as a member of the Ahaura Domain Board.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Tiriraukawa Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th October, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

HENRY JOSEPH CANTON

as Trustee of the Tiriraukawa Public Cemetery.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.