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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 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 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 :—

Syrian (Greek) Orthodox Church.
The Reverend Nicholas Manowitch.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District withdrawn from Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 20, Block IX, Ruahine Survey District, Wellington Land District, is withdrawn from sale or selection.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 9th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the local Lands Office, Gisborne, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, the 11th day of April, 1910, under the provisions of section 132 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — WAIPU COUNTY. — MATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

Situated about six miles from Waipiro by formed dray-road. Two acres in bush, the remainder broken fern country; soil good. Altitude, about 350 ft. above sea-level.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District open for Application.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 14th January, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for license for a term of twenty-one years, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Run 158 (Class I), Marlborough County, Linkwater Survey District: 477 acres; annual rental, £5. Weighted with £38 16s., the value of grassing and 48 chains of new fencing. Very rough broken country, rising to an altitude of about 1,800 ft. About 100 acres open, the balance heavy bush, mostly birch. The only access is over a spur 400 ft. to 500 ft. high. Only suitable for driving stock. Distance from the wharf at the Grove, three miles and three-quarters, two miles and a half of which is by good flat formed cart-road.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 17th November, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 21st day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.—TUTAMOE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 1,100 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level. Easy country along road frontage of Section 9; balance of sections broken land, covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, towai, and a small quantity of totara, with a few kauri-trees on Section 9. Clay soil, on sandstone formation; well watered. Situated about eight miles from Kaihu, two miles of which is by dray-road, balance partly formed and in course of construction.

| 1 | X | 623 3 18 | 575 0 0 | 14 7 6 | 11 10 0 |
| 2 | " | 676 1 8 | 625 0 0 | 15 12 6 | 12 10 0 |
| 3 | " | 729 0 0 | 675 0 0 | 16 17 6 | 13 10 0 |
| 4 | " | 668 2 3 | 620 0 0 | 15 10 0 | 12 8 0 |
| 5 | " | 424 0 0 | 390 0 0 | 9 15 0 | 7 16 0 |
| 6 | " | 458 0 0 | 425 0 0 | 10 12 6 | 8 10 0 |
| 7 | " | 1,088 2 0 | 845 0 0 | 21 2 6 | 16 18 0 |
| 8 | " | 868 1 32 | 800 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 16 0 0 |

Sections 1 to 4: Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level. Moderately broken country, comprising rimu, rata, tawa, towai, and totara on spurs; clay soil, with patches of semi-volcanic soil on Section 4, on sandstone formation; well watered. Section 5: Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. Half undulating country, balance broken land, covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, towai, and taraire; clay and semi-volcanic soil, on sandstone formation; well watered. Section 6: Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 1,600 ft. above sea-level. Fairly easy country along frontage, broken at back; covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, tawa, and towai; clay soil, on sandstone formation; well watered. Section 7 consists mostly of plateau land, lying at an elevation of about 1,900 ft. above sea-level; covered with forest, comprising rimu, rata, and towai; the forest on the plateau is mostly towai, with thick undergrowth of toetoe and ferns; wet moss country; clay soil, on sandstone formation. Section 8: Altitude, from 1,700 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Moderately broken land to easy country at back; covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, rata, towai, and tawa; clay soil, on sandstone formation; well watered. Sections are situated from nine to about twelve miles from Kaihu Railway-station —two miles by dray-road, balance partly formed and in course of construction.

| 1 | XIV | 304 0 0 | 280 0 0 | 7 0 0 | 5 12 4 |
| 2 | " | 607 0 0 | 560 0 0 | 14 0 0 | 11 4 0 |

Altitude, from 700 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Section 1, undulating to broken. Section 2, rough, broken land. About 3 acres of Section 1 in grass, and 3 acres partly grassed; balance of sections covered with mixed forest, comprising rimu, kahikatea, taraire, tawa, towai, birch, rata, and kohokobe, with dense undergrowth of supplejack, toetoe, nikau, and kiekie. Soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant two to three miles from Kaihu Railway-station by road in course of construction.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 7th day of March, 1910.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.