Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3475

Officiating Ministers for 1931.—Notice No. 39.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th 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 Robert Blair.

The Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend William Flynn.
The Reverend Singleton John Gardiner.
The Reverend Michael McCormack.
The Reverend John C. O’Reilly.
The Reverend Francis Quinn.

The Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Sydney Hindmarsh.

Baptists.
The Reverend J. D. Jensen.
The Reverend C. C. Reay.
The Reverend D. H. Stewart.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

New Zealand Honey Control Board.

DECLARATION OF ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVE.

I, ROBERT WILLIAMSON ATKINSON, Returning Officer for the purposes of the Honey-export Control Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, hereby declare

John Rentoul,

who was the only person nominated on the 20th day of November, 1931, to be duly elected a producers’ representative on the Board for the biennial period ending the 31st December, 1933.

Dated this 7th day of December, 1931.

R. W. ATKINSON, Returning Officer.

Public Trust Office.—Appointment of Agent at Matamata.

IT is notified for public information that Francis Banks has been appointed Agent of the Public Trust Office at Matamata, vice Mr. T. J. Underwood, deceased.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of December, 1931.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

List of Sharebrokers under the Sharebrokers Act, 1908.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Department,
Wellington, 4th December, 1931.

THE following supplementary list of sharebrokers who are licensed under section 4 of the above-mentioned Act to carry on business in the Dominion of New Zealand for the current year is published for general information.

C. E. NALDER,
Commissioner of Stamp Duties.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

Allison, E. V. . . . . Auckland.
Glover-Clark, R. . . . . ,,
Grange, S. . . . . . . ,,
Hawthorne, J. T. . . . . ,,
McArthur, J. R. . . . . ,,
McArthur, T. R. . . . . ,,
Mills, J. T. . . . . . . ,,
Sheath, R. J. . . . . . . ,,

WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Drayton, N. E. . . . . Wellington.
Palliser, E. . . . . . . ,,

TARANAKI DISTRICT.

McKenzie, T. F. . . . . Hawera.

CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

Newburgh, E. P. . . . . Christchurch.
Newburgh, R. L. . . . . ,,

OTAGO DISTRICT.

Burns, S. R. . . . . . . Dunedin.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Nelson Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 7th December, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 12th January, 1932.

The lands in the First Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

The lands in the Second Schedule are available for selection on renewable lease only.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, 14th January, 1932, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately on conclusion of the examination of applicants.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waimea County.—Wai-iti Survey District.

SECTIONS 14, 15, and 16, Block X: Area, 248 acres 2 roods 11 perches. Capital value, £65. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 15s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 6s.

The sections are situated at the head of Hodgen’s Valley, and access is from Wakefield, which is fifteen miles distant, by good road, with the exception of the last mile and a half which is unformed. The land comprises steep hills covered with fern, with patches of bush in the gullies. Soil clayey. Sections are poorly watered by a creek.

Sections 20 and 22, Block X: Area, 272 acres. Capital value, £68. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 17s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 7s. 2d.

The sections are situated eleven miles from Tapawera Railway-station and seven miles from Stanley Brook School by good road. They are watered by small streams in the gullies. No water in the summer. The area has all been felled and grassed, but has now reverted to fern.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Buller County.—Mokihinui Survey District.
(Westport Harbour Endowment.)

SECTION 40, Block XV: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 27 perches. Capital value, £25. Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £35, for improvements consisting of felling, grassing, and stumping.

The above section is situated about half a mile from Seddonville, and is comprised of flat and low-lying land.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Takaka County.—Totaranui Survey District.

Sections 3 and 8, Block V: Area, 1,215 acres 0 roods 5 perches. Capital value, £1,300. Half-yearly rent, £26.

This property is situated close to the Anatimo-Takaka Road, and is two miles from Anatimo Post-office and twelve miles from Golden Bay Dairy Factory. Access is by road, the last five miles of which is unmetalled. Section is watered by permanent streams. The soil is poor to fair quality resting on granite formation. The country is steep and broken, and is rapidly going to fern and rubbish, and requires sowing in hard grasses, subdivision into more paddocks, and proper stocking. When properly developed will carry 500 sheep and 15 cattle. Improvements consist of six-roomed dwelling (in need of repair), a wool-shed, and 345 chains of fencing. Five hundred and fifty acres has been felled and grassed, but has now reverted to fern.

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