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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

All in the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XV, Tauakira Survey District, for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for scenery-preservation purposes. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Koriniti, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land required to be taken:—

All in the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIV, Wangapeka Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Block XIV, Wangapeka Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Wangapeka, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land required to be taken:—

All in the Nelson Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Election of Member of Otago Land Board.—Result of Poll.

I, ERNEST HERBERT WILMOT, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, the result of the poll taken by me on the 13th day of February, 1911, for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
George Livingstone ... ... ... 1,117
Richard Wilson ... ... ... 179

Number of valid votes ... ... 1,296
Number of votes rejected as informal ... 37

Total votes recorded ... ... 1,333

And I do hereby declare that GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Otago Land Board.

Dated at Dunedin, this 16th day of February, 1911.

E. H. WILMOT,
Returning Officer.

Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1911.

THE Eden Temperance Benefit Friendly Society, situated at Parnell, Auckland, is registered as a friendly society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 16th day of February, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1911.

THE Royal Oak Lodge, situated at Northcote, Auckland, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 18th day of February, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1911.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1911.

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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Samuel Buchanan.

[N.B.—The name of Mr. Buchanan already appears on the list of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act for the Independent Free Church, Notice No. 1.]

Auckland Central Mission.
Mr. John Bissett.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.