1888
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

DECEASED PERSONS’ ESTATES UNDER ADMINISTRATION—continued.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 5th July, 1923.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1923.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1923.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

Seventh Day Adventists.

Pastor Walter John Westerman.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Land in Nelson-Marlborough Forest-conservation Region for Lease by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Nelson, 5th July, 1923.

WRITTEN tenders for a temporary grazing-lease over the undermentioned area will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, 2nd August, 1923.

Tenders must be addressed “Conservator of Forests, Nelson,” and marked on the envelope “Tender for Lease.”

SCHEDULE.

One hundred acres in Block IV, Mawheraiti Survey District; Provisional State Forest NM 132; minimum annual rent, £3.

Sketch plan and further particulars obtainable on application.

H. D. McKELLAR, Conservator of Forests.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers 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 Wednesday, the 15th day of August, 1923.

The land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for a term of thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three 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 Friday, the 17th day of August, 1923, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Featherston South County.—Pikauter Settlement.

Section 9s: Area, 52 acres 1 rood 10 perches; capital value, £2,605; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £130 5s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £58 12s. 3d.

Situated about seven miles from Featherston Railway-station by good metalled road. Well watered. The soil along the river frontage is of rich alluvial silt, and the undulating land at the back of section is of good black quality on a clay subsoil. Good dairying land.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements comprising dwelling (unfinished), cowshed, and yards, whare, fencing, and pump are valued at £510. This amount will have to be paid in cash or treated as an advance on current account.

Stock comprising ten dairying cows and five heifers, one bull, and chattels comprising cart, harness, milk-cans, vacuum pump and piping, are valued at £131 10s., and may be taken over at the option of the successful applicant.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.