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Officiating Ministers for 1930.—Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1930.
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 Walter Humble.
The Reverend Hugh Miller McCallum.
The Reverend Wilfred George Herbert Phillips.
The Salvation Army.
Captain Bramwell Stone.
The Ratana Church of New Zealand.
Apostle Te Horo Jenkins.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Tolaga Bay on the 26th
August, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in
the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the
Native Land Court sitting at Tolaga Bay on the 26th day of
August, 1930, or as soon thereafter as the business of the
Court will allow.
[Gisborne, 1930/31–7]. JNO. HARVEY, Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
APPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.
No. 3. Applicant: Uawa County Council. Name of land:
Mangatuna E. Nature of application: For assessment of
compensation payable for part taken for workers’ dwellings.
No. 4. Applicant: Uawa County Council. Name of land:
Paremata 73A. Nature of application: For assessment of
compensation payable for part taken for sanitary depot.

Tenders for Supply of Uniforms.
TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary
(Stores Division), Post and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, not later than noon on Wednesday, the 20th
August, 1930, for the supply and delivery of cloth uniforms
during the period lst October, 1930, to 30th September, 1932.
Forms and conditions of tender may be obtained at the
offices of the Secretary (Stores Division), Post and Telegraph
Department, Wellington, and of the Chief Postmasters,
Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Land in Otago Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th July, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Otago 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.
SCHEDULE.
TENURE: Special tenure. Lease No. 38. Sections 42/44,
Block X, Glenomaru Survey District. Lessee: Roland
Partridge. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with
conditions.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 26/3673.)
Land in Southland Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th July, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the license 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 amendments thereof.
SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.
TENURE: Occupation with right of purchase. License
No. 803. Section 16, Block III, Toetoe Survey District.
Former licensee: William Thomas Clark. Reason for
forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/1036.)

[No. 55
Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 28th July, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are open for selection on renewable lease under the
Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o'clock
p.m. on Tuesday, 9th September, 1930.
Applicants should appear personally before the Land
Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey
Office on Friday, 12th September, 1930, at 10.30 o'clock
a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be
examined by any other Land Board, or by any Commissioner
of Crown Lands.
The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the
examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.
GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Opotoki County.—Waiawa Survey District.
SECTIONS 2 and 6, Block XVI: Area, 1,816 acres. Capital
value, £400. Half-yearly rent, £8.
Weighted with £400, valuation for improvements consisting
of dwelling 45 ft. by 18 ft., split palings shingle roof,
in good condition. Wool-shed 25 ft. by 21 ft., and iron
tool-shed 15 ft. by 10 ft., also in good condition. About two
miles post-and-wire fence, sheep-yards, 200 acres pasture.
Deposit required, £100; balance may remain on mortgage.
Situated on Takaputahi Road, about eight miles from Toa
Toa Post-office, school, and creamery. 450 acres felled and
grassed, of which 250 acres have gone back to second growth
and rubbish; balance good pasture. There is a further area of
600 acres (approx.) good country which could be profitably
felled and grassed. Watered by creeks. New bridge in
course of erection near section, completing access to Toa
Toa, &c.
Special condition.—After payment of the rent for the first
half-year and broken period (if any) the rent will be remitted
for a period not exceeding five years, on condition that extra
new improvements to the value of at least the annual rental
are effected annually. In event of failure to observe this
condition in any one year, all rent remitted will become
payable.
ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of
   renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.
2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable
   on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year's rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.
7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.
9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.
10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years' continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Gisborne.
    E. H. FARNIE,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    (L. and S. 26/5234.)