JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1699

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend William Uphill.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 4th June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 6th June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 15th day of July, 1910, for a lease of the undermentioned land under the Thermal Springs Districts Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 5, Block X, comprising 470 acres 3 roods 11 perches. Minimum annual rental, £36.

Weighted with £1,056, valuation for two houses and outbuildings, 200 acres of bush felled and grassed, and fencing.

Situated at the junction of the Oxford–Rotorua and Mamaku dray-roads, about three miles and a quarter from the Mamaku Railway-station, on the Auckland–Rotorua line. The proposed railway-extension, Mamaku to Te Puke, is expected to traverse this section.

Term of Lease.—Twenty-one years, without right of renewal. Rental-payment half-yearly in advance; the first half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee £1 1s., to be deposited with the tender. The loading of £1,056 for improvements is to be paid immediately on acceptance of tender.

No right to underlet or part with possession of the land leased, or any part thereof, without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that shall become due and payable.

Within one month from the date of expiry of the lease the then-existing improvements shall be valued by the Crown, and be made a charge against the land in favour of the lessee or persons entitled thereto.

The existing tram-line to a width of 10 ft. is reserved from the area to be leased.

Rental-payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination, or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 25th day of July, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.” The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held on Friday, the 29th day of July, 1910, at 11 o’clock a.m., at this office.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—MATAMATA SETTLEMENT.—WAHAROA TOWNSHIP.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 13th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of July, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—NEW RIVER HUNDRED.

Rural Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Auckland Land District open for License.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for license under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral lands in Hauraki Mining District, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—COROMANDEL COUNTY.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.

1,280 acres (unsurveyed), Block II, Colville Survey District.

466 acres 3 roods 31 perches, Block II, Moehau Survey District.