JULY 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2453

under section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, in respect of such property, and by an order made in the Supreme Court at Wellington on the 27th day of June, 1916, the Public Trustee was authorized to exercise in respect thereof all or any of the powers contained in said section 87: And whereas such property is. situate in the Provincial District of Taranaki:

Now, the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that he proposes to exercise in respect of such property the powers conferred on him by the said section.

Dated this 11th day of July, 1916.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Notice to Mariners No. 57 of 1916.

TIMARU HARBOUR WORKS.—EXTENSION OF EASTERN MOLE BREAKWATER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th July, 1916.

THE Timaru Harbour Board have notified that the 450 ft. extension of the Eastern Mole is now completed, and that two fixed green lights placed vertically 5 ft. apart, 30 ft. and 35 ft. above high water, are shown from the end of the extension.

These lights should be visible in clear weather for a distance of five miles, and show over an arc of 220° from 90½° (N. 73° E. magnetic) round by south to 310½° (N. 67° W. magnetic).

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2532 and 3629; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 246; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1916, page 345, and plan facing page 344.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 59 of 1916.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—EXPLOSIVES ANCHORAGE FOR SMALL VESSELS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th July 1916.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that the eastern portion of the old Explosives Anchorage off Hobson’s Bay has been reserved for the shipment of explosives not exceeding 5 tons.

The area is defined by a line drawn from Hobson’s Point to Cook Point, and a parallel line to this 1,500 ft. to westward; the northern boundary by a line at right angles to this, cutting Depot Point; and the southern boundary by a line parallel to the last-mentioned line, cutting the sewer-pipe line south of Ōkahu Point.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1970 and 1896; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 39; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1916, page 427.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1916.—Notice No. 22.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 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:—

Church of Christ.

MR. FREDERICK JAMES MARSHALL.

Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah.

HETE RANGITARAIWAHO.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 18th July, 1916.

THE Loyal Raetihi Lodge, No. 9299, situated at Raetihi, is registered as a branch of the Wanganui District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 15th day of July, 1916.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 18th July, 1916.

THE Riccarton Tent, No. 94, situated at Riccarton, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 17th day of July, 1916.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—HENRY ISAAC CRAWCOUR, Esquire, of Yarra Street, Geelong, Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of July, 1916.

G. S. CLARK,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

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

MR. EDWARD JAMES LISTER WHITING, Telegraphist, Wanganui, being the only candidate nominated for the above election, I hereby declare him to be duly elected a member of the Public Service Superannuation Board to represent contributors belonging to the Post and Telegraph Department.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of July, 1916.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned sections having been surrendered by the lessee, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block V, Pouatu District. Formerly held by J. Sepie. Tenure: R.L. 126.

Section 3, Block VI, Pouatu District. Formerly held by J. Sepie. Tenure: R.L. 126.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that an area of about 27 acres of Crown land situated in Block X, Otanewainuku Survey District, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 19th day of October, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 92, Block III, Patetere North Survey District, Selwyn Settlement, Mata-mata County, Auckland Land District, containing 2 acres, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, on Friday, the 27th day of October, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.