Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4089

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ERNEST HENRY GARDNER, Esq., of Sydney, New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, 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 Wellington, this 19th day of November, 1910.

EUSTACE STOCKER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 38.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1910.

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

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
Mr. W. B. Cuming.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Milton Vickery.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 39.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1910.

AT the request of the Ecclesiastical Head of the Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand, the undermentioned name has been withdrawn from the list of officiating ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, for the year 1910 :—

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
Mr. H. A. Malley.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 23rd November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office and at the local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 8th day of March, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIROA COUNTY.—OPOITI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 23rd November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 128 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 24th day of February, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 65, Block III, Glenomaru Survey District, 28 acres 2 roods.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 25th day of January, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WHANGAMOMONA.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease : Fourteen years.
2. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
4. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
5. The lease shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
7. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
8. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.