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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Officiating Ministers for 1916.—Notice No. 5.

Registrar General’s Office,
Wellington 10th February, 1916.

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 :—

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend A. L. McDONALD ASPLAND.

Baptists.

The Reverend M. W. P. LASCELLES.

Ringatu Church.

The Reverend TUHITAARE HEEMI.
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TE WAAKA TERANUI.
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WEPIHA WHATANUI.
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TUKERE KEREOPA.
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E. N. KAPUA.
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R. H. TE HUATI.
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WAIAPU TE TAWHIRO.
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RETI IRETORO.
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TUAKANAKORE POIHIPI.
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T. R. HOROTIU.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

The Public Service Superannuation Act, 1908.—Election of a Member of the Board to represent Contributors belonging to the Police Department.

NOTICE is hereby given that an extraordinary vacancy having been created, an election will be held for the purpose of electing as a member of the Public Service Superannuation Board one person from among the number of the contributors to the fund who belong to the Police Department; and notice is further given that—
(1.) The said election will be held on Monday, the 10th day of April, 1916. at the Public Service Superannuation Office, Public Trust Building, Wellington.
(2.) The poll will be closed at 5 o’clock p.m.
(3.) Nominations will be closed on Monday, 13th March, 1916, at 5 o’clock p.m., and the voting-lists will be closed on that day.
(4.) Candidates must be nominated by two other contributors belonging to the Police Department. The nomination-paper must be in the form prescribed by regulation, and must contain the consent of the candidate to his nomination.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of February, 1916.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Section I, Block II, Waiau Survey District.

LICENSE No. 566. Tenure : O.R.P. Formerly held by Thomas Bradbury Swain. Reason for forfeiture: Selector’s request.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th February, 1916.

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 11, Block VII, Omona Survey District. Formerly held by (Mrs.) E. L. Baird. Tenure: O.R.P. Reason: Selector’s request.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 16th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be sold in terms of section 128 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Wednesday, 17th May, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAIHEMO COUNTY.—WAIHEMO SURVEY DISTRICT.

PART of mining reserve in Block III, Waihemo District: Area, 58 acres.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otanewainuku Forest Reserve, Auckland Land District, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland. 14th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 24th March, 1916, for a year-to-year lease of the open portions of the Otanewainuku Forest Reserve, in Block XII, Otanewainuku Survey District. The lease to be in accordance with the provisions of section 315 of the Land Act, 1908, and the State Forests Act, 1908, and subject to the following conditions :—

1. Minimum annual rental, £16.
2. Lease to be for grazing purposes only, and subject to resumption on three months’ notice.
3. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for improvements put on the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause; but he may on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease remove all buildings or fences erected by him, but not otherwise.
4. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
5. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
6. The lessee shall not be entitled to cut or make use of any timber on the land, and shall take all reasonable steps to preserve such timber from destruction by fire or otherwise.
7. The lessee shall grant to all persons duly authorized in that behalf free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, or for felling and removing from the land any trees or timber as aforesaid.
8. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.
9. 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.
10. Tenders to be endorsed on the outside “Tender for Lease,” and to be accompanied by the first half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee £1 1s.
11. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Southland Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Survey Office,
Invercargill, 16th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction for a term of twenty-one years at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Friday, the 31st day of March, 1916, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its Amendments,