3440

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 91

Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th November, 1931.
THE following result of the 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.
P. J. KELLEHER, Under-Secretary.

Te Rapa Drainage District, County of Waipa—
Nawton Subdivision—
Charles Ebenezer Hague Rout.
(I.A. 19/78/38.)

Notice to Mariners No. 46 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st December, 1931.
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—SAMOA ISLANDS.—UPOLU ISLAND.
(1) Apia Harbour : Alterations in Upper Leading Light.
Position: Vaea Hill. Lat. 13° 50' S., Long. 171° 46' W.
(approx.).
Abridged description: Fl. W.R. ev. 10 secs., 213 ft. 12 m. (U).
Alterations : The period of the light has been altered from
flashing every three seconds to flashing every ten seconds,
and the visibility reduced to 12 miles.

(2) Apia Harbour : Light established ; Light discontinued.
Position : Cape Horn Beacon. Lat. 13° 49' S., Long. 171°
46' W. (approx.).
Abridged description : Fl. G. ev. 6 secs.. 2 M. (U).
Details : The fixed red light formerly shown from this
beacon has been replaced by a light flashing green every
six seconds. Visibility : 2 miles.
Charts affected : 2211—1339.
Publications: Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1930,
Nos. 3668, 3670. Pacific Islands Pilot, Vol. II, 1918, page 549.
Authority : Secretary, Samoan Administration, 4/11/31.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
(M. 25/1744.)

Notice to Mariners No. 47 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st December, 1931.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—WEST COAST.
Kawhia Harbour : Non-existence of Beacons.
Position: Lat. 33° 05' S., Long. 174° 49' E. (approx.).
Details: The beacon shown on the south-western extreme
of Te Motu Island and the beacon shown north-eastward of
Rangihua Point are non-existent, and are to be expunged from
the chart.
Chart affected : 2524.
Publication: New Zealand Pilot, 1930, page 68.
Authority : Kawhia County Council, 20/7/31.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
(M. 3/3/122.)

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Education Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1931.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education
reserves will be offered for lease by public auction
for a term of twenty-one years at the District Lands Office,
Wellington, on Tuesday, 12th January, 1932, at 2.30 o'clock
p.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act,
1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Survey District.
SECTION 53, Block VIII: Area, 430 acres. Upset annual
rental, £130.
This section is situated ten miles from Pahiatua Railway-
station, with frontage to Ngaturi-Aohanga Road, which is
partly formed only. Access from Pahiatua Railway-station

by metalled road to within two miles of section, thence by
formed bridle-track.
The whole area has been felled and grassed, but fern is
making its appearance over an area of approximately 100 acres.
Soil is of a fair quality on clay and papa formation. Well
watered by small stream.
Section 61, Block XII: Area, 320 acres. Upset annual
rental, £95.
This section is situated twelve miles from the Pahiatua
Railway-station, by metalled road, with frontage to the main
Pahiatua-Makuri Road.
The whole area consists of hilly land which has all been
felled and grassed, but fern is making its appearance over
most of the clearing. Soil is of a fair quality resting on clay
and papa formation. Watered by small streams.
Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
from Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.
H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 20/597.)

Officiating Ministers for 1931.-Notice No. 37.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1931.

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 Allan Ashwin.
The Reverend William C. Comber.
The Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Charles Edward Roke.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1931.-Notice No. 38.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1931.
IT is hereby notified that the following names of 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 Beckett.
The Reverend George Bond.
The Reverend Thomas George Brooke.
The Reverend William Greenslade.
The Reverend John James Lewis.
The Reverend John Alexander Lochore.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1909.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 28th November, 1931.
IT is hereby notified that the order of adoption as set out
in the Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native
Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act,
1909.
JNO. HARVEY, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.
ADOPTING parents : Rata Namana and Wairakau Namana.
Adopted children : Sonny Henare Rarere and Hirini Rehua
(children of Henare Rarere and Pare Ruihi).

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro o Wahi IX
o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1909.

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori,
Kihipane, 28 o Noema, 1931.
He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia
e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te
Ture Whenua Maori, 1909, tetahi ota whakamana i te tango-
hanga o tetahi tamaiti whangai, e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu
Apiti i raro nei.
H. HAAWI, Kai-rehita.

KUPU APITI.
Nga matua whangai : Rata Namana raua ko Wairakau
Namana.
Nga Tamariki whangai : Sonny Henare Rarere me Hirini
Rehua (he tamariki na Henare Rarere raua ko Pare Ruihi).