Officiating Ministers for 1909.-Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1909.

Pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intitled " The Marriage Act, 1908," the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
The Reverend George King.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Thomas H. Mathieson.

Auckland Central Mission.
Mr. John Thomas Leafe.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

Statement of account-31st March, 1908, to 31st March, 1909 :—
Cr.
By Balance as at 31st March, 1908 .. £4,524 0 2 Public Trust Office— Interest— lst April, 1908. to 30th September, 1908 .. 95 16 2 lst October, 1908, to 31st March, 1909 .. 94 9 7 190 5 9 £4,714 5 11
Dr.
To Beneficiaries Account— Allowances to fifteen recipients— 27th March, 1908, to 8th May, 1908 .. 40 6 0 8th May, 1908, to 11th September, 1908 .. 119 5 10 Allowances to fourteen recipients— 11th September; 1908, to 23rd October, 1908 .. 40 18 5 Allowances to thirteen recipients— 23rd October, 1908, to 26th March, 1909 .. 135 2 4 335 12 7 Expenses of Board member .. 1 1 0 Expenses of report re one beneficiary .. 0 14 0 Petty expenses .. 0 1 0 1 16 0 Balance as at 31st March, 1909 .. 4,376 17 4 £4,714 5 11
Note.—Present annual liability to thirteen recipients .. £319 7 4
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office, Wellington, 20th April, 1909.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under "The Public Trust Office Act, 1908" (Part II, Unclaimed Lands).
WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of " The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894," and the above Act, made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the first-named Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said Acts pertinent hereto: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the Dominion, nor has such owner established his title to the said land; as required by the said Unclaimed Lands Act or the last-named Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Acts, or one of them, vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under " The Public Trust Office Act, 1908"; the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said last-named Act being less than £100.
Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1909.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
SCHEDULE
ALL that parcel of land, containing 80 acres, more or less, being the middle portion of Allotment 36, in the Parish of Oruru, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north-east by other part of Allotment 36, 4034 links; on the south by other part of Allotment 36, 4900 links; on the west by a road, 438 links, 201 links, 744 links, 252 links; and on the north-west by other part of Allotment 36, 2270 links.
Appointment of Agent for the Public Trustee for South Wairarapa.
Public Trust Office, Wellington, 26th April, 1909.
IT is hereby notified for general information that JAMES LAURENSON, Esq., of Carterton, has been appointed Agent for the Public Trustee for South Wairarapa, as from the 1st May next.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of "The Land Act, 1908."
District Lands Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1909.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 128 of "The Land Act, 1908," on or after Thursday, the 29th day of July, 1909.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.-GORGE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Section. Block. Area.
6 II 100
JAMES MACKENZIE, Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Lands in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of "The Land Act, 1908."
District Lands Office, Auckland, 10th February, 1909.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the said Act, at the Land Board meeting to be held on Thursday, the 27th day of May, 1909.
SCHEDULE.
SECTION 4B, Block VIII, Orahiri Survey District, containing 6 acres 1 rood 24. perches, more or less, County of Waitomo.
JOHN STRAUCHON, Commissioner of Crown Lands.