Mar 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 655

Officiating Ministers for 1928.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1928.

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 Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend C. M. Sullivan.

Brethren.

Mr. James Edward Mudford.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1928.

THE following result of an election of a trustee of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

Tumu Kaituna Drainage District, County of Tauranga—
W. Stuart McEwen.

(I.A. 11/78/9.)

[This notice is published in substitution for the notice published in Gazette No. 16, of 1st March, 1928, page 547.]

Notice under the Family Protection Act, 1908.

APPLICATION No. W. 1888.

I HEREBY give notice that Tukato te Rangihaeata, of New Plymouth, Aboriginal Native, has made application under the provisions of the Family Protection Act, 1908, to have the land described in her said application, situate at New Plymouth, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, registered as a “family home,” and that the same will be registered accordingly unless caveat forbidding the same be lodged with me at the District Land Registry Office, New Plymouth, by some person claiming to be a creditor of the applicant within the time limited for that purpose by the said Act.

Dated this 5th day of March, 1928.

A. L. B. ROSS,
District Land Registrar, Taranaki.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st March, 1928.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Wallace County.

TENURE: S.T.L. Lease No. 40. Section 51, Block XIX, Jacobs River Hundred. Former lessee: William Nelson Carran. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th February, 1928.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Deferred-payment License No. 217. Section 5, Block VII, Christchurch Survey District, Morten Settlement. Formerly held by Joseph Albert Edward Barkle. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease for a term of thirty-three years, with perpetual right of renewal, by public auction at the Magistrates’ Court House, Wanganui, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 12th April, 1928, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, section 130 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

Patea County.—Block VIII, Wairoa Survey District.

Subdivision of Moumahaki State Farm.

Lot 3 on plan 73/26w, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington (being part Sections 395, 397, and 398, Okutuku District): Area, 176 acres 3 roods 31 perches. Upset annual rental, £250.

Weighted with £487, valuation for improvements, payable in cash on the fall of the hammer.

Also weighted with £520, being part valuation for buildings, and which sum will be repayable in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £20 5s. 8d., and comprising partly principal and partly interest.

The land offered comprises part of what was formerly known as the Moumahaki State Farm, which was utilized for many years by the Department of Agriculture for experimental and demonstration purposes. The farm is in good heart. It is suitable for sheep-farming, dairying, or mixed farming, and is well equipped with water service, electric light, concrete troughs, and necessary buildings, including dwelling and eight-bail cowshed.

The distance to Moumahaki Railway-station is one mile and a half and to Waverley four miles and a half, by good metalled road. School a few chains distant.

The improvements, included in the rental value, comprise 102 chains box-thorn fencing, 371 chains post-and-wire fencing, 42 chains piping for water service and concrete troughs, and 5½ acres of shelter plantations.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Term of Lease: Thirty-three years with continuous right of renewal, subject to revaluation for rent.

2. Residence is compulsory and must be continuous.

3. No person shall hold more than one allotment of the Moumahaki State Farm Subdivision, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever. For the purpose of this condition husband and wife shall be considered to be one person.

4. Improvements: Lessee shall effect permanent improvements to value of £100 within one year from date of lease.

5. Successful bidder to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

6. Rental payable half-yearly in advance on 1st January and 1st July. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments.

7. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

8. On the fall of the hammer the successful bidder shall pay first half-year’s rent, half-year’s building instalment (£20 5s. 8d.), weighting for improvements (£487), and lease fee (£1 1s.).

9. Copies of the regulations prescribing the terms and conditions of the lease may be inspected at this office, the Local Land Office at Wanganui, and the Post-office at Waverley.

The land is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.