Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2965

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand
5½-per-Cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th January,
1933, will be closed from the 1st January to the 15th January,
1924, inclusive, for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly
interest.
F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Finance.
Officiating Minister for 1923.—Notice No. 44.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1923.
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:
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend Horace Edwyn Jones.
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Ernest Northcroft Merrington, M.A., Ph.D.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.
Branch of Friendly Society registered.
Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1923.
THE Muritai Lodge, No. 113, situated at Eastbourne, is
registered as a branch of the Independent Order of
Oddfellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the
Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 11th day of December,
1923.
WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Notice to Mariners.—No. 79 of 1923.
THE N.Z. NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND TIDE TABLES FOR 1924.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1923.
THE "New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables,
for the Year 1924," has been published, and is on sale
at the Government Shipping Offices at Auckland, Wellington,
Lyttelton, and Dunedin, at the Customhouses at other ports,
and at some booksellers who stock it within the Dominion.
The publication contains all the usually required astro-
nomical data for navigation purposes, tide predictions for the
main ports of New Zealand, and tidal differences relating to
ports for which daily predictions have not been provided;
also daily tidal-stream predictions for French Pass and Tory
Channel; latest information (with harbour plans) concerning
recent changes in “aids” to navigation for the Dominion
harbours and coasts ; and supplementary information relating
to the “New Zealand Pilot” is given.
The publication also contains the latest and most im-
portant General Notice to Mariners issued by the Imperial
Board of Trade ; many tables useful to mariners and others ;
standard times of the world ; principal articles of the calendar,
holidays, &c.; instructions re drowning accidents, and the
use of the rocket apparatus ; flags of the International Code;
Morse code; courses and distances within New Zealand and
overseas; storm signals; phases of the moon; daily sunrise
and sunset tables for Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson ;
planets and stars visible during each month ; problems in
coastal navigation ; bar-harbour signals; chronometer-rating
time service ; Dominion lighthouses ; precise magnetic varia-
tion ; latest corrected charts ; and much information of use
to navigators and to the general public of the Dominion
collated to October, 1923.
Published by direction of the Hon. the Minister of Marine.
Price, 3s. 6d.
Early application is advisable owing to a limited number
only being available.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.
I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as
it has been made to appear to me that The Auckland Hebrew
Aid Society (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its
operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in
pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act,
1908.
Dated at Auckland this 10th day of December, 1923.
WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.
I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as
it has been made to appear to me that The Rights of Child-
hood League (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its
operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pur-
suance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Auckland this 8th day of December, 1923.
WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.
I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as
it has been made to appear to me that The Raglan Scenery
Preservation and Beautifying Society (Incorporated) is no
longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is
hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incor-
porated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Auckland this 11th day of December, 1923.
WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.
I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as
it has been made to appear to me that The Mangakahu Valley
Settlers Association (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on
its business, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pur-
suance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Auckland this 11th day of December, 1923.
WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Land in Wellington Land District surrendered.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that the surrender of license of
the undermentioned land having been accepted by
resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : D.P. No. 288. Section 19, Block VI, Wilford
Settlement. Formerly held by L. E. Upton.
RICHARD F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.
Lands in Southland Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th December, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-
mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said lands have
thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 24, Ermedale Settlement, Block XIII, Jacobs River
Hundred. Tenure: R.L. LS. Lease No. 15. Former