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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Officiating Ministers for 1920.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1920.

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 the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Archibald Howard McCausland Acheson.
" David Sydney Evans.
" Allen James Farnell.

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend Stephen James Campbell.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Runs classified in Otago Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed to classify and report upon runs in the Otago Land District have classified the pastoral runs in the Schedule hereto as therein noted, and the classification has been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General, under section 225 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.—Pastoral Land.

Being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than 5,000 Sheep.

RUNS 254, 254A, and 260, Taieri and Maniototo Counties (national endowment) : Area, 74,810 acres.

Run 254D, Maniototo County (national endowment) : Area, 6,487 acres.

W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District liable to Forfeiture.

Department of Lands and Survey,
District Office, Napier, 8th May, 1920.

PURSUANT to section 251 of the Land Act, 1908, notice is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral license is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with the amount of the penalty, be not paid within three months from date hereof the license will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

LICENSE No. 39, Run No. 11. Licensee : William John McInnes. District : Kaweka and Pohui.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th May, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, the 28th June, 1920, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—RANGIORA COUNTY.—MAIRAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

RESERVE 1737, Block VII : Area, 50 acres 3 roods 4 perches ; upset annual rental, £25 10s.

Practically all hill ; fair clay soil, in grass ; considerably overgrown with gorse ; watered by a small creek. About three miles and a half from Cust Railway-station by good road.

Reserve 1738, Block VII : Area, 50 acres 3 roods 35 perches ; upset annual rental, £35 14s.

Undulating to hilly land ; fair clay soil, in grass ; watered by a creek, which may not be permanent. About four miles from Cust Railway-station by good road.

Reserves 1739 and 1740, Blocks III, IV, VII, and VIII : Area, 102 acres 3 roods 37 perches ; upset annual rental, £72 2s.

Practically all hill ; fair clay soil, in grass. About six miles from Cust Railway-station by good road.

The blocks are all ring-fenced, and these boundary fences go with the land, but any subdivisional fences belong to the outgoing tenant, who may either remove them or sell them to the incoming tenant.

ABSTRACT OF 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 1s. lease fee.

2. The lease shall be for ten years, without right of renewal.

3. 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 only with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

4. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. 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 noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

8. Possession will be given on the date of the sale.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th May, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 16th June, 1920, for the purchase of certain milling-timber on the undermentioned Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 6, 7, 13, 14, Block IV, Punakitere Survey District, Bay of Islands County. 189 green and dry kauri trees, containing about 319,545 sup. ft. ; 69 rimu trees, containing about 38,864 sup. ft. ; and 34 kahikatea trees, containing about 49,963 sup. ft.

Distinguishing brands : V and X.

Upset price : £1,160.

Time for removal of timber : One year.

All totara trees branded V or X or unbranded, together with the undersized, defective, and isolated trees branded F.R., are excluded from the sale, and must not be felled or removed.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to their tenders.

2. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to withdraw the above lot of timber.

3. The aforementioned quantity, quality, and kind as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purpose of this sale, and no contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the purchaser be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if the said quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.

4. All timber, whether standing, felled, or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until the instalments are paid.