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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 53

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.-Election to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 9th August, 1926.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1926.-Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1926.

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 :-

The Ratana Church of New Zealand.
Apostle Ngakoma Ngamane.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Hawke's Bay Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke's Bay Land Board, the said land has hereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
LEASE S.T.L./S. 51. Section 4s, Beattie Settlement. Formerly held by John Walter Hume. Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in the Wellington Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th August, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : L.S.R.L. Lease 736. Section 8s, Pihautea Settlement. Formerly held by S. W. B. Foster. Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke's Bay Land District for License.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 10th August, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for license for a term of thirty-five years; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th day of October, 1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.--HAWKE'S BAY COUNTY.
Tarawera Survey District.--Third-class Land.
RUN 16 : Area, 1,724 acres ; annual rental, £100.
Weighted with £150, valuation for fencing, to be paid for either in cash or in ten years by twenty half-yearly payments of £9 14s. 3d.
Situated about forty-eight miles from Napier. The Main Napier-Taupo Road traverses the entire length of the run from south to north, telephone bureau and hotel being situated in the centre of the run. Soil generally is of light pumice character and the country is for the most part open with patches of native grass and small areas of bush. Well watered by the Waipunga River and other smaller streams.
Term : Thirty-five years. Successful applicant on being declared successful to pay one half-year's rent (£50), £9 14s. 3d. fencing instalment, £1 1s. license fee, and make statutory declaration. Residence to be compulsory for ten years.
Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office on application.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Flax Lease in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th August, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1924, and its amendments, and the flax regulations thereunder, that a lease of the undermentioned area for flax-cutting purposes will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 15th September, 1926, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 19, Block VIII, Piako Survey District : Area, 70 acres approximately.
Term of the lease is for eight years. Minimum upset rental, £1 per acre per annum for the first three years and £1 10s. per acre per annum for the remainder of the term.