APRIL 11. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 987

Officiating Ministers for 1929.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1929.

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 informa-
tion :—

The Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Thomas Boyle.

The Reverend Paul Kane.

The Reverend Augustine Woodbury, D.D.

The Methodist Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Leonard Charles Elmsley.

The Reverend Harold Fallows.

The Reverend John Francis Goldie.

Mr. Andrew James Johnston.

The Reverend Harry Noble.

Mr. Albert Everill Orr.

The Reverend Walter Parker.

Mr. Charles Edward Roke.

Mr. Frederick Sanderson.

Mr. Albert Cotter Shanks.

Mr. Willie Trafford.

Brethren.

Mr. Herbert Louis Thatcher.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1929.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1929.

IT is hereby notified that the names of the following
Officiating Ministers have been removed from the list
of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by
request :—

The Methodist Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend William H. E. Abbey.

The Reverend Leonard B. Dalby.

Mr. Reginald Day.

The Reverend Raymond Dudley.

Mr. W. W. H. Greenslade.

Mr. Ernest Clyde Grey.

The Reverend W. Arthur Hay.

Mr. Frederick Hill.

Mr. Sydney Hindmarsh.

Mr. William Charles Jenkin.

Mr. Kenneth A. Robinson.

Mr. William Edgar Sleep.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under
the Mining Act, 1926.

Office of the Mining Registrar,
Westport, 25th March, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of the provisions
of section 188 (4) of the Mining Act, 1926, that, unless
sufficient cause to the contrary is shown within three months
from the date hereof, each of the mining privileges mentioned
in the Schedule hereto will be struck off the Register.

C. A. MONTGOMERIE,
Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 6878. Date: 25/11/24. Nature of privilege: Special
site. Locality: Mokihinui Mine. Registered holder: Clyde-
vale Coal Mines, Ltd.

No. 6929. Date: 20/1/25. Nature of privilege: Water-
race. Locality: Mokihinui Mine. Registered holder: Clyde-
vale Coal Mines, Ltd.

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under
the Mining Act, 1926.

Mining Registrar’s Office,
Lawrence, 8th April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 188 (3)
of the Mining Act, 1926, that unless sufficient cause
be shown to the contrary within three months from the date
hereof the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto
will be struck off the Register.

W. M. McCALLUM, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 988. Date: 19/12/24. Nature of privilege: Ordinary
river claim. Locality: Area 1 acre in Run No. 259, Hedge-
hope Survey District. Registered owner: Ernest Every
Valpy.

No. 1065. Date: 26/4/27. Nature of privilege: Special
alluvial claim. Locality: Area 6 acres in Section 58, Block

III, Tuapeka East Survey District. Registered owner:
Eustace Linden Macassey.

No. 3191. Date: 26/6/28. Nature of privilege: Ex-
tended alluvial claim. Locality: Area 3 acres on east bank
of Clutha River opposite Elbow Creek on Run 262. Regis-
tered owners: John Murchison and John Reardon.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th March, 1929.

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

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Renewable lease. Lease No. 576, Section 43, Town
of Waiho Gorge. Lessee: Dr. E. Teichelmann. Reason for
forfeiture: At request.

Tenure: Renewable lease. Lease No. 593, Section 44, Town
of Waiho Gorge. Lessee: Miss Tomlinson. Reason for for-
feiture: At request.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Marlborough Land Board, the said land
has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of
the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TENURE: R.L.S. Lease No. 135. Sections 1, 2, and 4,
Block VIII, Town of Seddon, Starborough Settlement.
Former lessee: Charles Henry Eves. Reason for forfeiture:
Non-payment of rent.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Gisborne Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th March, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Gisborne Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TENURE: O.R.P. Lease No. 2079. Section 318, Waiotahi
Parish. Lessee: William Donovan. Reason for forfeiture:
Non-payment of rent.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Selection
on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey District,
Wellington, 8th April, 1929.

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 District Lands and
Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday,
22nd April, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 24th April,
1929, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by
the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held 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 pre-
ceding 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 connec-
tion with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to
the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to