2272

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Horace George Wilson, of the Public Trust Office, New Plymouth, to be Deputy of the District Public Trustee, New Plymouth, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous warrants appointing any Deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of November, 1936.

E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.

Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority over Religious Bodies.

Office of the Registrar-General,
Wellington, 17th November, 1936.

THE attention of the persons or person within the Dominion of New Zealand in whom is vested ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies enumerated in the Third Schedule annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Marriage Act, 1908, and of all other persons concerned, is directed to the 11th section of the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesiastical authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-General, in the month of December in every year, a correct list of their Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the Marriage Act, 1908, of each of the said religious bodies.

The following are the religious bodies above referred to:

• The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
• The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
• The Roman Catholic Church.
• The Methodist Church of New Zealand.
• All Congregational Independents.
• Baptists
• The Lutheran Church.
• All Hebrew Congregations.
• The Society of Friends.
• The Salvation Army.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious body may be certified to by two recognized office-bearers thereof.

A minister of religion not connected with any of the aforesaid bodies must send to the Registrar-General in the month of December in each year a certificate signed—

(a) By the recognized head in New Zealand of the religious body to which he belongs ; or
(b) By two duly recognized ministers of such religious body ; or
(c) By ten adult members thereof, who append to their signatures their description as being such members, declaring that such minister is their Officiating Minister, the said signatures and descriptions being attested by some person who shall verify the signatures to the certificate as the genuine signatures of the persons whose they purport to be, by a statutory declaration signed by such person and appended to the certificate.

In each case enumerated under paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) above, the Minister of Justice must be satisfied that the body of persons named in the certificate is a religious body, and that the applicant is a minister of religion and is a person of good character and otherwise qualified to act as an Officiating Minister. In the case of the religious body known as “Brethren” a special form of certificate will be supplied on application.

Neglect in sending the certificate will deprive the minister of his status as an Officiating Minister under the Marriage Act.

A woman shall not be disqualified by reason of her sex from being an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the Marriage Act, or from having her name entered upon the List of Officiating Ministers compiled for the purposes of that Act.

(N.B.—It is requested that the Christian names and the addresses of the several ministers may be specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.)

In order to obviate the necessity for further inquiry, it is also requested that the reason for omitting the name of any minister be stated (such as on account of death, absence from New Zealand, or as the case may be).

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

No. 77

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, HAROLD BEANLAND WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Wharehine District Cattle-dipping Association (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of November, 1936.

H. B. WALTON,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Town Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th November, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for sale for cash or on deferred payments by public auction at the Lands Office, Taumarunui, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 11th January, 1937, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Taumarunui Native Township.

ALLOTMENT 7, Block XXXI : Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £150. Situated in Taupo Road, distant two miles from the post-office and railway-station. The section is a level one and makes an excellent residential site. Access is by means of a tar-sealed road and footpaths.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 7/581/69; D.O. D.P. 1313.)

Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th November, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 14th December, 1936.

The lands described in the First Schedule may, at the option of the applicants, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease. The land described in the Second Schedule may be selected on renewable lease only.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 17th December, 1936, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whakatane County.—Parish of Waimana.

ALLOTMENTS 348 and 349: Area, 470 acres 2 roods 39 perches. Capital value, £475. Deposit on deferred payments, £20: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £14 15s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 10s.

Weighted with £349 for improvements, comprising a whare, clearing and grassing, subdivisional fencing, road-boundary fencing, and half-share in boundary-fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £9, the balance of £340 may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand payable over a period of twenty years by means of quarterly instalments of principal and interest combined with interest at the rate ruling as at date of selection, subject to a rebate of ½ per cent. for payment of the instalments on or before fourteen days after the due dates thereof.