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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

Education Board of the District of Grey. — Election of Members.

IN accordance with section 24 of “The Education Act, 1908,” I hereby declare the following persons to be duly elected members of the Education Board of the District of Grey:—

Northern Ward .. .. NOBLE, JOSEPH.
Eastern Ward .. .. FLYNN, JOHN.
Western Ward .. .. BIGNELL, HENRY JOHN.

It is further notified that for the Northern and Western Wards the candidates declared elected were the only ones nominated.

For the Eastern Ward the number of valid votes recorded for the duly nominated candidates was,—

Flynn, John .. .. .. .. 62
White, Frank .. .. .. .. 62

The total number of valid votes was 124, and the number of invalid votes was 5.

The election was decided by lot at the ordinary meeting of the Grey Education Board, held on Monday, the 13th September, 1909.

P. F. DANIEL,
Returning Officer.

Education Office,
14th September, 1909.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—EDWARD CHARLES RIGBY, Esquire, of Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Acting Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Victoria, under the 47th section of “The Judicature Act, 1908,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Dunedin, this 17th day of September, 1909.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 34.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 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 intituled “The Marriage Act, 1908,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Baptists.

The Reverend Albert Ager.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands for Disposal in Otago Land District.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 20th September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, and 34, Block XIV, Rimu Survey District, Otago Land District, will be disposed of on or after Monday, the 10th day of January, 1910.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Disposal in Otago Land District.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 21st September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that Section 45, Block I, Greenvale Survey District, Otago Land District, will be disposed of in three allotments on or after Monday, the 10th day of January, 1910.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District classified.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 18th September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed, in pursuance of section 225 of “The Land Act, 1908,” to classify and report upon rural lands in Westland Land District have reported to His Excellency the Governor that the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein noted.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CLASS A.—PASTORAL LANDS, being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage, and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than Five Thousand Sheep.

Run No. 624: Harata; area, 15,700 acres. Bounded commencing at the confluence of the Grey and Clarke Rivers, following the left bank of the River Grey to the boundary of the Nelson and Westland Land District; thence in a direction generally north-east along the said district boundary to Alexander Creek; thence following the middle of the main branch of the Alexander Creek in a general south-easterly direction and onward to the upper boundary of the bush-line; thence generally in a north-westerly direction along the upper boundary of the bush-line and skirting the north-western shoulder of Conical Hill, and proceeding thence generally in a south-easterly direction along the southern shoulder of Conical Hill to the upper edge of the bush; thence in a south-easterly direction for about half a mile to the upper edge of the bush on the other side of the saddle; thence in a south-westerly direction for about two miles to the right bank of the Grey River; thence down the right bank of the River Grey to a point opposite the mouth of Paddy’s Creek; thence up the middle of Paddy’s Creek for about a mile, and thence in a westerly direction for about a mile to the big bend in the River Clarke; thence down the middle of that river to the starting-point: excluding from the area Miscellaneous Licenses Nos. 147 and 399, and the eastern portion of Section 2824.

Run No. 625: May; area, 34,300 acres. Bounded commencing at a point in the northern boundary of the Westland Land District, being the north-east corner of Run 624, and thence along the said district boundary to Mount Haast, and thence along the same district boundary to the Rahu Saddle, and thence along the East and West Coast Track to Section 2825, and thence around the northern and western boundaries of Sections 2825 and 2826 to the southern corner of Section 2825; thence about 10 chains along the south-eastern boundary of said Section 2825; thence in a south-easterly direction, following generally the first main spur about one mile and a quarter, to the upper edge of the bush on the north-western corner of Turpentine Knob; thence following generally the upper edge of the bush along the western flank of the mountain to within about a mile of Robinson River; thence in a north-westerly direction about one mile to the easternmost corner of Section 2823, and thence in the direction of the north-eastern boundary of that section prolonged to the River Grey; thence down the middle of the River Grey for about half a mile; thence generally in a northerly direction up the first main spur to the upper edge of the bush; thence along the upper edge of the bush on the western flank of the mountain to the south-eastern corner of Run 624; thence along the eastern boundary of Run 624 to the starting-point.

Run No. 626: Christobel; area, 12,750 acres. Bounded commencing at the easternmost point of Run 625, and following the boundary of the Westland Land District to Mount Hatless; thence in a general north-westerly direction in a straight line to the head of Lake Christobel; thence along the left shore of Lake Christobel for about half a mile, and thence in a south-westerly direction to the upper edge of the bush on the northern flank of the mountain, and thence in a general westerly direction along the upper edge of the bush to the westernmost open point, and thence by irregular lines for about two miles to the upper edge of the bush-line on the north-eastern shoulder of Turpentine Knob, and thence in a general north-westerly direction along the upper edge of the bush-line to the eastern boundary of Run 625, and thence along the eastern boundary of that run to the starting-point: excluding Sections 2825 and 2826.

Run No. 627: Elliot; area, 25,700 acres. Bounded commencing at the big bend of the River Clarke on the southern boundary of Run 624, and proceeding generally in a south-south-westerly direction up the middle of the Clarke and onwards to the upper edge of the bush; thence generally in an easterly direction along the upper edge of the bush to the