Dec. 17.]

Notice to Mariners No. 48 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th December, 1931.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—WEST COAST.—HOKIANGA HARBOUR.
Bar Soundings.
Previous Notice: No. 16 of 1931 is hereby cancelled.
Position: Lat. 35° 32' S., long. 173° 21' E. (approx.).
Details: On 14th November a line of soundings was taken when crossing the bar and a least depth of 22 ft. M.L.W.S. was obtained with the flagstaff bearing 083°.
Chart affected: 1091A.
Publications: N.Z. Pilot, 1930, page 42. New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1931, page 272 and 331, 1932 ed. page 325.
Authority: Captain J. W. Burgess, “Matai,” 14/11/31.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
(M. 3/13/80.)

Notice to Mariners No. 49 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th December, 1931.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—WEST COAST.
Kawhia Harbour Information: Erratum.
In Notice to Mariners No. 47 of 1931 Latitude 33° 05' S. should read 38° 05' S.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
(M. 3/3/122.)

Officiating Ministers for 1931.—Notice No. 40.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th 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 Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Reverend Charles Selwyn Burrow.
The Reverend Harold Fallows.
The Reverend Paki Tipene.
The Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Leo Evatt.
The Reverend William Heavey.
The Reverend Bernard Keegan.
The Reverend Timothy Linehan.
The Reverend Ronald O’Gorman.
The Reverend Francis Phillips.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Public Trust Office.—Norsewood Agency.

IT is notified for public information that the Agency of the Public Trust Office at Norsewood will be closed as from the 31st instant, after which date communications in respect of Public Trust Office business in the Norsewood District should be addressed to the District Public Trustee, Dannevirke.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of December, 1931.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th December, 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.
KIRIKIRIROA DRAINAGE DISTRICT, COUNTY OF WAIKATO. Horsham Downs Subdivision—
John Gerald Chibnall.
(I.A. 19/78/58.)

Engineers' Registration Act, 1924.—Examinations, May, 1932.
ENTRIES for the next examinations to be held in accordance with the regulations issued under section 16 of the above Act close on 31st January, 1932. Entrance forms received after that date cannot be considered.
Entrance forms will be supplied on request to the Registrar, Engineers' Registration Board, Wellington.
Applicants should state whether they require forms for Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
Syllabus of examinations can be obtained on payment of 1s.
W. L. NEWNHAM, Registrar.

Regulations respecting the Blue Ensign of H.M. Fleet (Naval Reserve Flag).
ADMIRALTY REGULATIONS (ARTICLE 126).
WITH reference to clause 1 (b) of the above regulations, as published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 51, dated 29th July, 1926, the number of reservists who must form part of the crew in order that a ship may be eligible to fly the Blue Ensign will, for the year 1932, be six.
By direction of the Naval Board—
V. WEBSTER, Naval Secretary.
Navy Office, Wellington,
9th December, 1931.

Mining Privilege Struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Act, 1926.
Mining Registrar's Office,
Murchison, 10th December, 1931.
NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 188 (4) of the Mining Act, 1926, that sufficient cause not having been shown to the contrary, the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereunder has this day been struck off the Register.
SCHEDULE.
LICENSE No. 1511. Dated 28th February, 1928. Mineral-prospecting warrant. Locality: Upper Mangles, Section 3, Block III, comprising part Section 3, Block III, and part of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Block IV, Tutaki Survey District, and part Sections 4, 5, 6, and 10, Matiri Survey District.
Licensee: Thomas Ballingall, Esquire, Secretary for the Southern Mines Corporation, Ltd., Wanganui.
G. H. HART, Mining Registrar.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th December, 1931.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 19th January, 1932.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 21st January, 1932, at 10 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.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.
Wallace County.—Aparima Hundred.
SECTION 16, Block V : Area, 243 acres 2 roods 3 perches. Capital value, £370. Half-yearly rent, £7 8s.
Weighted with £52, for improvements comprising clearing and hut. This amount is payable in cash or by ten half-yearly payments of £6 0s. 2d.
Worked-out bush section, four miles from Otautau, the last mile and a half being formed but not gravelled. Suitable for grazing and dairying.
Form of lease may be perused, and full particulars obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill.
B. C. McCARE,
(L. and S. 9/1189.) Commissioner of Crown Lands.