JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1767

Matan River District, County of Bruce.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor-General
A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the River Boards Act, 1908, as amended
by the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, 1, Arthur William
de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date hereof, that part of the
said Dominion described in the Schedule hereto shall be and
the same is hereby constituted a district under the said Act,
and shall be known by the name of the Matau River District;
and that the number of members who are to constitute the
Board of the said district shall be seven. And I do also proclaim
and declare that William Roy, of Milton, shall be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of seven members
of the aforesaid Board; that Thursday, the twenty-sixth day
of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, shall be
the day, and the Public Hall at Lovell’s Flat, the Public Hall
at Stirling, and the Borough Council Chambers at Kaitangata
shall be the polling-places for holding such first election; and
that Thursday, the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, at two o’clock in the afternoon, shall be the
time, and the Public Hall at Stirling shall be the place, at
which the first meeting of the members of the Board of the
said Matau River District shall be held; and, lastly, I do
proclaim and declare that William Roy, of Milton, shall be
the person to make a roll of electors for the purpose of the
aforesaid first election, in the manner prescribed by section
eight of the said River Boards Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MATAU RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District bounded towards
the north generally by the road forming the southern boundary of Section 1, Block III, North Tuakitoto Survey District,
from the south-western corner of that section to and by the
south-eastern side of a public road intersecting Sections 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, to the south-western boundary of Section 1,
Block VII; thence by the south-western boundary of Section 1 aforesaid, across a public road, and by the south-western
boundary of Section 1, Block VI, North Tuakitoto Survey
District, to the northernmost corner of Section 3, Block II,
North Tuakitoto Survey District; thence by the north-western boundaries of Sections 3 and 2, Block II, North
Tuakitoto Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of
South Tuakitoto Survey District, thence by the eastern
boundary of the aforesaid survey district to the south-eastern corner of Section 1, Block II, South Tuakitoto Survey
District; thence by the southern boundary of that section
to a point in line with the middle of Eddystone Street; thence
to and by the middle of Eddystone Street to the middle
of Exmouth Street; thence towards the south generally by
the middle of Exmouth Street to Kaitangata Creek, and by
that creek to its confluence with the Clutha River, and by
the left bank of the Clutha River to the road forming the
south-western boundary of Section 4, Block XIV, North
Molyneux Survey District, across that road to and by the
south-western boundaries of Sections 4 and 3; thence by the
eastern boundary of Section 3 aforesaid to the Southern
Trunk Railway, and by that railway to its intersection with
the south-eastern boundary of Section 6, Block XI; thence
by the south-eastern boundary of Section 6 aforesaid to the
South Tuakitoto Survey District, and by western boundary
of the South Tuakitoto Survey District to the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty’s
Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Excellent Order of the British
Empire, Member of the Royal Victorian Order,
Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of
Jerusalem, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion
of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and
issued under the Seal of the said Dominion,
at the Government House at Wellington, this
fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Officiating Ministers for 1919.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 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—

Baptists.

The Rev. R. S. GRAY.
The Rev. JOSEPH WILLIAM BUTLER.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder OWEN S. BROWN.
Elder F. W. SCHWENDIMAN.
Elder CLEEO D. WRIGHT.
Elder A. LEONARD ELLEDGE.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1919.—Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1919.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned names have
been removed from the list of officiating Ministers under
the Marriage Act by request :—

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder C. WILLIAM BIRKINSHAW.
Elder MATT COWLEY.
Elder LOUIS G. HOAGLAND.
Elder J. DELOS LAURITZEN.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Taranaki Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that a surrender of the lease of
the undermentioned section having been accepted by
the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted
to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908,
and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 68, Block IX, Huiroa District, Croydon Settlement.
Formerly held by T. McL. White. Tenure: S.T.L.S. 16.
Reason: Ill health.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th June, 1919.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 3A, Hilderthorpe Settlement. Tenure: Renewable
Lease No. 266s. Formerly held by J. W. Pickworth.
Reason for forfeiture: Non-fulfilment of conditions.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 30th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash
or on deferred payments, at the Drill-shed, Culverden, on