May 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1847

Representatives of members of Education Boards, South Island :
William Norris Franklyn .. .. 23
Joseph Grimmond .. .. 13
William Milne Hamilton .. .. 15
James Mitchell .. .. 19
Charles Henry Opie .. .. 31
John Charles Thomson .. .. 14
The total number of valid votes recorded was 115; the number of votes rejected as informal was 1.

Representative of Certified Male Teachers of Public Schools, North Island :
Henry Ainslie Parkinson .. .. 204
Thomas Umfrey Wells .. .. 376
The total number of valid votes recorded was 580; the number of votes rejected as informal was 27.

Representative of Secondary and Technical Male Teachers :
Frank Hyde Campbell .. .. 98
George George .. .. 64
James William Tibbs .. .. 38
The total number of valid votes recorded was 200; the number of votes rejected as informal was 6.

Representative of Certified Women Teachers of Public Schools, North Island :
Phoebe Myers .. .. 310
Euphemia Simpson .. .. 289
The total number of valid votes recorded was 599; the number of votes rejected as informal was 52.

Representative of Secondary and Technical Women Teachers :
Christina Murray Cruikshank .. 57
Clara Beatrice Mills .. .. 43
Florence Sheard .. .. 37
The total number of valid votes recorded was 137; the number of votes rejected as informal was 10.

F. K. DE CASTRO,
Returning Officer.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1915.

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 :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend John William Yarnall.

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Samuel Fowler Prior.

Salvation Army.
Major Alexander E. Colvin.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Otago Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 3rd May, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 25th May, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—WAITAHUNA EAST SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.—Waitahuna Settlement No. 1.
SECTION 3A : Area, 314 acres 3 roods ; capital value, £2,320 ; half-yearly rent, £51 10s. 6d.
Situated about a mile and a half from Waitahuna Railway-station. Access by well-formed road. Undulating land, with some steep faces. About 200 acres ploughable, remainder good grazing-land ; well watered. Altitude, 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.
The improvements (included in the capital value) consist of boundary and internal fencing, valued at £156 13s. 9d.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 27th April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 26th May, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Murchison County.—Matiri Survey District.
SECTION 7, Block XIII : Area, 342 acres ; capital value, £180 ; half-yearly rent, £3 12s.
Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements consisting of felling and grassing 30 acres.

Buller County.—Steeple Survey District.
Section 16, Block III : Area, 205 acres ; capital value, £205 ; half-yearly rent, £4 2s.
Weighted with £15, valuation for fencing.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th May, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with 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 Monday, the 16th day of August, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Lot 2, Section 54, Rangitaiki Parish, Block IA, Whakatane Survey District : Area, 12 acres 3 roods.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 3rd May, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the west part of Section 4, Block VII, Pouatu, containing approximately 25 acres, will be disposed of under section 131 of the said Act on or after Friday, the 6th day of August, 1915.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 20th March, 1915.

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 Monday, the 28th day of June, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Section 9, Block I, Oparara Survey District : Area, 20 acres.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.