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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 15th May, 1928.

THE Loyal Princess Mary Lodge, No. 9538, situated at Caversham, is registered as a branch of The Otago District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows’ Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 15th day of May, 1928.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 18th May, 1928.

THE Rose of Kawarau Rebekah Lodge, No. 60, situated at Cromwell, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 3rd day of May, 1928.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1928.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 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 :-

Baptists.
The Reverend A. W. Bean.

The Church of Christ.
Mr. Ernest Philip Aderman, B.A.

Brethren:
Mr. John Francis Doherty.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Forfeiture of Land in North Auckland Land District rescinded.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th May, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the forfeiture of the under-mentioned land, gazetted on the 29th March, 1928, page 907, has been rescinded by resolution of the North Auckland Land Board.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. D.P. 788. Section 15, Carroll Settlement.
Lessee: W. G. Butler.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th May, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. S.T.L.S. 150. Section 1, Block VIII, D’Urville Survey District. Formerly held by H. G. Tarlton. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Lease No. R.L. 882. Section 13, Block II, Matakitaki Survey District. Formerly held by A. Simpson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Lease No. L.P. 208. Section 36, Block IX, Oparara Survey District. Formerly held by (Mrs.) T. Foster. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Lease No. L.P. 231. Section 37, Block IX, Oparara Survey District. Formerly held by (Mrs.) T. Foster. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th May, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: L.S.R.L. Lease No. 195. Section 16s, Tiraumea Settlement. Formerly held by Alfred Harris. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Settlement Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd May, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, 5th June, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 6th June, 1928. If any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to applicants who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s Forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Omapere Survey District.—Remuera Settlement.

SECTION 30s: Area, 114 acres 0 roods 32 perches. Capital value, £1,000. Half-yearly rent, £25.

Weighted with £1,000, valuation of improvements, stock and chattels consisting of dwelling-house of five rooms, and bathroom, pantry, and wash-house, built of wood, iron roof, brick chimney; six-bail cow-byre, wood and iron with concrete floor; 60 chains road fencing (7 wires), 200 chains subdivisional fencing (5 wires), and 40 chains boundary-fencing (7 wires); 25 cows, one bull (Jersey grade), 10 calves, Reid and Gray plough, Massey-Harris disc harrows, 45-gallon Beatrice separator, cream-vat, and four cream-cans. The selector must pay a deposit of £200 on the improvements, and execute a mortgage to secure the balance. A bill of sale will also have to be given over the stock and chattels. The stock and chattels are valued at £170.

The section is situated in the Remuera Settlement, a quarter of a mile from the Ohaeawai Dairy Factory, half a mile from school, and seven miles from the Kaikohe Railway-station. There are about 50 acres in good pasture, 44 acres in worn-out pasture, 5 acres cropped and not re-sown, and 15 acres heavy gorse. Land is well watered by springs and one permanent stream.

All the fencing-material is good, but the fences need attention in re-straining and battening. The buildings are in very fair order, but the house is not quite complete. About £100 is required to finish it.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for a further successive term of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.