MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1357

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand, Dependencies, and Mandated Territory.

Census and Statistics Office, MALCOLM FRASER,
Wellington, 7th May, 1929. Government Statistician.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, HAROLD BEANLAND WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the New Zealand Inventors Club (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908. Dated at Auckland, this 4th day of May, 1929.

H. B. WALTON,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

I HEREBY give notice, pursuant to the power conferred upon me by the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908, that by an alteration of the rules of the Nelson Land Agents Association (Incorporated), duly authorized by the members thereof, the name of the society has been altered to “The Real Estate Institute of Nelson (Incorporated),” as from the 27th day of April, 1929.

Dated this 29th day of April, 1929.

J. CARADUS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1929.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1929.

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 Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Thomas McManus.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Mining Privilege struck off Register.—Notice under the Mining Act, 1926.

Mining Registrar’s Office,
Nelson, 6th May, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the provisions of section 188, subsection (4), of the Mining Act, 1926, that the undermentioned mining privilege has this day been struck off the Register.

No. 160, Glenhope Register. Date: 27/6/27. Nature of privilege: License for an extended river claim. Registered holder: John James Fiven.

F. MITCHELL, Mining Registrar.

Election of Member of Gisborne Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 20th April, 1929.

I, ERNEST HENRY FARNIE, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Gisborne Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board was George Oswald Donovan, Esquire, of Motu, and I do hereby declare the said George Oswald Donovan duly elected a member of the Gisborne Land Board as from the 28th day of May, 1929.

ERNEST HENRY FARNIE, Returning Officer.

Election of Member of North Auckland Land Board.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st May, 1929.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, I, Owen Neil Campbell, Commissioner of Crown Lands for the North Auckland Land District, as Returning Officer for the election of a member of the North Auckland Land Board, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on 30th April, 1929, to be as follows:—

Barclay, James Gillispie .. .. 287
Hornblow, Robert Edward .. .. 170
Hunt, William Thomas .. .. 443
Wrathall, Richard Theophilus .. .. 101

Total number of valid votes .. .. 1,001
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 11

And I do hereby declare that William Thomas Hunt, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the North Auckland Land Board as from the 24th May, 1929.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th May, 1929.

THE following Notice to Mariners, which has been received from the Admiralty, London, is published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

ADMIRALTY NOTICE No. 484 of 1929.

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND.

Queen Charlotte Sound : Discoloured Water reported.

Position : At a distance of 4·09 miles 308° from Brothers Light. Lat. 41° 04′ S., long. 174° 23′ E. (approximate).

Details : Discoloured water has been reported in the above position; the position is to be encircled by a danger line and marked “Discd. Water repd. (1928)”, on the charts.

Charts affected : Nos. 2685—695—2054.

Publication : New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page 311.

Authority : H.M.S. “Dunedin” Remark-book, 1928 (H. 7505/28).