MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1231

Notice to Mariners No. 19 of 1933.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd May, 1933.

SAMOA ISLANDS.—SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
Western Samoa.—Alteration in Standard Time.

STANDARD time in the Territory of Western Samoa has been altered to correspond with the meridian of 165° west longitude, or 11 hrs. slow on Greenwich mean time.

Publications affected: Abridged Nautical Almanac, page 207; Pacific Islands Pilot, Vol. II, 1932, page 494; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page x; Admiralty List of W/T Stations, Vol. II, page 181.

Authority: Department of External Affairs, 26/4/33.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

(M. 25/1540.)

Notice to Mariners No. 20 of 1933.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd May, 1933.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.
Akaroa Lighthouse.—Signal-station discontinued.

MARINERS are hereby notified that the signal-station has been discontinued, as telephone communication between the lighthouse and Akaroa Post-office is totally interrupted.

Charts affected: 1575—2532—2529—3629.

Publications affected: New Zealand Pilot, 1930, page 280; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 163, No. 132.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

(M. 8/10/6.)

Officiating Ministers for 1933.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1933.

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 William James Hands.

The Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Maurice Bourke.
The Reverend George Joseph Head.
The Reverend Alexander Robinson.
The Reverend Leo Patrick Spring.

R. P. WARD, Registrar-General.

Election of Member of Otago Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Dunedin, 28th April, 1933.

I, NORMAN CHARLES KENSINGTON, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board, in accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations thereunder, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 27th day of April, 1933, to be as follows:—

Votes.
Aubrey, William Edward . . . . . . 444
Christie, John . . . . . . 112
Cooper, William Magnus . . . . . . 79
Livingstone, George . . . . . . 780

Total number of valid votes . . . . 1,415

Number of votes rejected as informal . . 39

And I do hereby declare that George Livingstone, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Otago Land Board as from the 27th day of April, 1933.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Returning Officer.

(L. and S. 22/748/9.)

Election of Member of North Auckland Land Board.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd May, 1933.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations 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 the 26th day of April, 1933, to be as follows:—

Votes.
Dibble, Frank Gordon . . . . . . 235
Jones, John William Fletcher . . . . . . 333
McKinney, Joseph Barkley . . . . . . 17
Trounson, Vivian . . . . . . 503

Total number of valid votes . . . . 1,088

Number of votes rejected as informal . . 9

And I do hereby declare that Vivian Trounson, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Land Board as from the 26th day of April, 1933.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Returning Officer.

(L. and S. 22/748)/A.)

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 1st May, 1933. J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Mining Privileges struck off the Register.

Mining Registrar’s Office, Greymouth, 20th April, 1933.

NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 188 of the Mining Act, 1926, that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been this day struck off the Register.

L. W. LOUISSON, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.