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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Officiating Ministers for 1919.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1919.

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.
Mr. GEORGE JACKSON.
The Reverend RONALD S. WATSON.
W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General

Notice to Mariners.—No. 24 of 1919.

NIUE ISLAND, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—ALOFI ANCHORAGE BEACONS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th May, 1919.

THE Resident Commissioner at Niue (Savage) Island notifies that in place of the beacons at Alofi, Niue Island, which were partly destroyed in a hurricane in 1914, two fresh wood beacons have been erected. They are painted white, are diamond-shaped, and 6 ft. by 4 ft. (diameters). The lower beacon will carry a red light and the higher one a white light at night. They are placed a little to the right of the track leading up from the jetty, and are in line on the anchorage.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty chart plan on Chart No. 1176, Pacific Islands, Vol. ii; fourth edition, 1908.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 25 of 1919.

ERRATUM IN NEW ZEALAND NAUTICAL ALMANAC FOR 1919.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the declination of star a Crucis (mean), fourth line from top, on page 79 of New Zealand Nautical Almanac for 1919, has been printed in error S. 63° 39′ 2″ in lieu of S. 62° 39′ 2″, the correct declination.

Users of the Almanac will kindly make correction in their book.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

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

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 20th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Taratu Coal-miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1086, situated at Kaitangata, and in exercise of the powers in that 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.

King’s Birthday, 3rd June, 1919.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th May, 1919.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that, in accordance with the wish of His Majesty the King, His Majesty’s Birthday will be observed this year on the actual date, the 3rd June, 1919.

His Majesty desires that, in the matter of ceremonial observance, unless Peace is signed in the meantime, the precedent of last year should be followed in all respects—viz., flags should be flown, but no dinners, reviews, salutes, or other celebration should take place.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Wellington Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 20th June, 1919.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further successive periods of sixty-six years and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 25th June, 1919, at 10 o’clock a.m. The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Masterton County.—Tiffin Survey District.—Waingawa Block.

Section 131, Block IV: Area, 17 acres 2 roods 3 perches; capital value, £735; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £36 15s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £16 10s. 9d.

Section 132, Block IV: Area, 17 acres 2 roods 3 perches; capital value, £600; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £30; half-yearly rent on lease, £13 10s.

Section 133, Block IV: Area, 11 acres 1 rod 27 perches; capital value, £410; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £20 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £9 4s. 6d.

Section 137, Block IV: Area, 9 acres 2 roods 16 perches; capital value, £360; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £30 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £8 2s.; interest and principal on buildings, £12 12s. 6d.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment on Section 137 includes payment for buildings thereon.

• Section 137 is weighted with £250, valuation for improvements consisting of buildings, which may be paid for in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £12 12s. 6d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £20 14s. 6d.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

The sections above comprise part of subdivisions of Section 107, Manaia, recently purchased from the Native owners, and are situated about one mile from Solway Railway-station, and about three miles from Masterton, from which there is access by metalled roads; flat land that has been cleared and cultivated; at present in native and mixed grasses. Soil is of good quality, on shingle formation. Sections 131, 132, and 133 are watered by Upper Plain Water-race, and Section 137 at present by well and pump. The existing fences and positions of water-races are shown on plan.

On Section 137 there is a six-roomed dwelling (out of repair), washhouse, and old stable.

The Solway School is within easy distance, and Masterton Dairy Factory within three miles of the sections.

IMPROVEMENTS.

All the improvements are included in capital values, with the exception of dwelling on Section 137, valued at £250, which must be paid for either in cash or by instalments as mentioned above.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

Until the buildings are completely paid for the lessee shall keep them insured in the name of His Majesty the King to their full insurable value, and shall deposit the policy with the Commissioner.

The lessee shall, whenever necessary, properly clear from weeds and shall at all times keep open, all drains, ditches, and watercourses upon the land comprised in his lease.

Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.