Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2993

Canterbury Education Board.—Extraordinary Election.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, and regulations made thereunder, I hereby notify that in the election of a member to represent the North-west Ward of the Education District of Canterbury, the poll resulted as follows :—

Saundercock, Henry William .. .. 130 votes.
Wild, Richard .. .. .. 300 votes.
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Total valid votes recorded .. .. 430
Informal paper .. .. .. 1

I therefore declare Richard Wild to be duly elected a member of the Board.

CHAS. R. KIRK, Returning Officer.
Christchurch, 10th December, 1924.

Officiating Ministers for 1924.—Notice No. 42.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1924.

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.
The Reverend Robert Robertson Greenwood.

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend H. T. Thornley.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Duty on Agar-Agar.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 18th December, 1924.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Minister of Customs has been asked to remove the duty which is at present charged on Agar-Agar under the Customs Amendment Act, 1921.

This duty is at the rate of 20 per cent. ad valorem under the British Preferential Tariff, and at 35 per cent. ad valorem under the General Tariff.

Any person who desires to make representations stating reasons why the duty on Agar-Agar should or should not be removed is hereby invited to send the same to this office not later than one month from the date of the publication of this notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Wellington on 15th January, 1925.

Registrar’s Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Wellington on the 15th day of January, 1925, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Ikaroa, 1924-18.] A. H. MACKAY, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

OTHER APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION.

No. 239. Name of applicant: Nelson Education Board. Name of land: South Island Tenths part, being Sections 62–65, Nelson Native Reserve. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for school purposes.

Hawke’s Bay Education Board.—Election of Member.

IT is hereby notified that for the extraordinary vacancy in the Napier Urban Area caused by the resignation of George William Venables, the only nomination received was that of

Robert Colburn Wright,

and I hereby declare him duly elected a member of the Education Board of the District of Hawke’s Bay.

W. L. DUNN, Returning Officer.
Napier, 2nd December, 1924.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in’ North Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 16th December, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the North Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.