Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3905

Officiating Ministers for 1914.—Notice No. 36.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1914.

PURSUANT to the provisions of 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 New Zealand.
Mr. J. H. COMBES.
Mr. W. M. COWAN.
Mr. TOM FLOWER.
Mr. JOSEPH TYSON.
Mr. T. WALKER.
Mr. E. WARBURTON.

Congregational Church.
The Reverend S. J. CAMPBELL.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General

[ERRATUM.—On page 3512 of Gazette of 10th September, 1914, “Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England,” for “The Reverend William Montgomerie Watters” read “The Reverend William Montgomerie McWatters.”]

Officiating Ministers for 1914.—Notice No. 37.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1914.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the names of the following ministers have been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act for the year 1914:—

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. R. H. TODD.
Mr. F. W. TREBY.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Education Board of the District of Hawke’s Bay.—Election of Member to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

Education Office,
Napier, 6th October, 1914.

IN accordance with section 24 of the Education Act, 1908, I hereby declare JOHN ANDERSON MILLER to be duly elected a member of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, as a representative of the Middle Ward thereof, vice Mr. Charles M. Whittington, deceased.

It is further notified that the number of votes recorded was—

Miller, John Anderson .. .. .. 114
O’Neill, James .. .. .. 101

Total number of valid votes .. .. 215
Total number of invalid votes .. .. 4

G. CRAWSHAW,
Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners No. 99 of 1914.

ERRATA FOR NEW ZEALAND NAUTICAL ALMANAC FOR 1914.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th October, 1914.

READERS of the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac” for this year are requested to make the following corrections in their copies, viz. :—

On page 52, under heading “Planets and Bright Stars to be seen at Wellington, New Zealand, on 15th October, 1914,” should read: Mars sets 7 h. 48 m. Venus sets 10 h. 1 m. Jupiter rises 0 h. 15 m. and sets 14 h. 25 m. Saturn rises bearing N. 60° E. and sets bearing N. 60° W.

On page 54, under heading “On 15th November, 1914”: Mars sets 7 h. 37 m. Venus sets 8 h. 35 m. Jupiter sets 12 h. 29 m.

On page 56, under heading “On 15th December, 1914”: Jupiter sets 10 h. 43 m. Venus rises 14 h. 56 m. Mer. Passage 21 h. 57 m. Mars rises 16 h. 24 m., sets 7 h. 25 m.

The times of the rising and setting of the planets in previous months of this year have also been incorrectly given whenever the planets have been in South declination, the hour

angle applied to the time of Meridian passage having been calculated for a body of contrary, instead of same, name as latitude.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 100 of 1914.

TIDAL SIGNALS AT FRENCH PASS LIGHTHOUSE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th October, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Monday, 16th November, 1914, the following tide-signals will be shown from the yardarm of the flagstaff at the French Pass Lighthouse :—

Ebb stream running: One ball under the yard.
Flood stream running: Two balls shown vertically under the yard 3 ft. apart.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1096, 2684, and 2685; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vi, page 185.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1914.

THE St. Joseph’s Branch, No. 606, situated at Te Aroha, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 22nd day of October, 1914.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 22nd October, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 4th day of February, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.

SECTION 28, Block III, Woodland Survey District: Area, 4 acres 0 roods 2 perches.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th October, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 13th December, 1914.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, at 12 o’clock noon on Tuesday, the 15th December, 1914, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of the district in which he resides.

The ballot, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, immediately after the examination of applicants.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

SCHEDULE.

LEVELS COUNTY.—AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—
MEADOWS SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 13, Block IX: Area, 10 acres 1 rood 32 perches; capital value, £340; half-yearly rent, £7 13s.

Weighted with £37, valuation for improvements consisting of hut and fencing.