Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3045

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Mining Registrar’s Office, Westport, 14th August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that if within three months from the date of issue hereof cause is not shown to the contrary, each of the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be struck off the mining register kept by me in pursuance of section 30, subsection (2), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

W. D. WALLACE, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Election of Trustee of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th August, 1918.

THE following result of the election of a trustee of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

Hauraki Drainage District, Counties of Ohinemuri and Thames—
Richard Baker.

Officiating Ministers for 1918.—Notice No. 32.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington. 20th August, 1918.

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 :—

Ringatu Church.

Reverend TE AMO KOKOURI.
„ RAWHEA PARAONE.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 20th August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Otago Tramways Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 259, situated at Dunedin, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 21 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

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CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction, under section 132 of the Land Act, 1908, at the Railway-station, Temuka, on Thursday, the 10th day of October, 1918, at half past three o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—LEVELS COUNTY.—
AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

An island, Block VII: Area, 50 acres; upset annual rent, £25. All flat, good alluvial soil, covered with English grass, with patches of gorse. The section is an island at the mouth of the Opihi River. There is no road access.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 ls. lease fee.
2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
3. The lease will be for a term of five years.
4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.
5. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause.
6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lessee shall once a year during the said term, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all