Mar. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 525

Officiating Ministers for 1938.—(Notice No. 10.)

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1938.

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 Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. James Moss Daley.

Brethren.
Mr. Victor John Owens.

The Ratana Established Church of New Zealand.
Hori Erueti.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Result of an Election under the Government Railways Act, 1926 : Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board.

Head Office, New Zealand Government Railways,
Wellington, 15th March, 1938.

THE following is the result of the triennial election of the elective members of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board constituted under the Government Railways Act, 1926 :—

NORTH ISLAND.
First Division.

Carmine, Louis Vincent .. .. 585
Bray, Charles Herbert .. .. 388
Johanson, Herbert .. .. 387
Cunningham, Claud Edwin Francis .. 208
Hedge, Cyril George .. .. 149
Informal .. .. .. 5

SOUTH ISLAND.
First Division.

Roscoe, James Stanley .. .. 628
Orr, John Smellie Hullen .. .. 380
Cull, Peter .. .. .. 156
Informal .. .. .. 2

BOTH ISLANDS.
Second Division.

Dash, Ernest John .. .. .. 3,092
Elliott, Jacob .. .. .. 2,613
Alexander, Robert William .. .. 1,603
Gaspar, Stewart William .. .. 1,543
Mouton, George .. .. .. 1,339
Morgan, James William .. .. 1,320
Terry, Joseph Henry .. .. 1,250
Burney, Charles .. .. .. 1,169
McDonald, James .. .. .. 1,048
Cadigan, Denis .. .. .. 854
Murphy, George .. .. .. 760
Paul, William .. .. .. 756
McLean, George Alexander .. .. 724
Highfield, George Bagot .. .. 637
Grantliam, Maurice William .. .. 629
Morison, Alexander John .. .. 601
Lightfoot, Arthur .. .. .. 505
Mutton, George Jenkins .. .. 472
Wright, William Armine .. .. 380
Kneale, Joseph Lewis .. .. 337
Informal .. .. .. 590

I hereby declare the following duly elected to act as members of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board :—

Louis Vincent Carmine, Representative of First Division, North Island.
James Stanley Roscoe, Representative of First Division, South Island.
Ernest John Dash, Jacob Elliott, and Robert William Alexander, Representatives of Second Division.

A. URQUHART, Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd March, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924 ; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 19th April, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 20th April, 1938, 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 any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Applicants are required to produce for inspection when examined documentary evidence of their financial position, such as bank pass-books, certificates or letters of credit from managers of banks, financial institutions, or mercantile firms, or from private persons or parents undertaking to give financial assistance. Persons undertaking to assist financially should state to what extent they are prepared to do so, and supply guarantees of their own financial position.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, and deposit in reduction of improvement loading.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Makarau Parish (Block I, Waiwera Survey District.)

(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.*)

ALLOTMENT 192 : Area, 608 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Capital value, £710 ; half-yearly rent, £14 4s.

• Exemption is conditional on selector effecting improvements to value of £70 per annum during the exemption period in addition to the ordinary requirements of the Land Act.

Weighted with £1,040 for improvements, comprising 150 acres cleared, cultivated, and grassed, kauri dwelling of six rooms and conveniences, washhouse, garage, poultry house 27 ft. by 21 ft., three old sheds, windmill, tanks, piping and troughs, fencing, and plantations. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £100, the balance of £940 will be payable over a period of thirty-four years and a half by instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £30 11s. per half-year.

This property, which is suitable for use as a sheep and cattle run with a little dairying, is situated on the Tahekeroa-Makarau Road, one-quarter of a mile by metalled road from the Tahekeroa Railway-station, fifty-two miles north of Auckland. The Tahekeroa School and Post-office are two miles distant.

Approximately 200 acres is undulating land, while the remainder is hilly to steep country. Some 150 acres are in fair pasture, 150 acres in rough feed, fern, and scrub, 270 acres is bush land, felled and grassed, but reverted to tea-tree and scrub, 30 acres natural state. Subdivided into twenty paddocks, the fences being overgrown in places. The property is well watered by permanent streams, springs, and windmill.

NOTE.—It will be a condition of the lease that the building and fences must be adequately maintained, and that the buildings must be kept insured against loss by fire. Also the area indicated above is subject to amendment on completion of survey.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/20958 ; D.O. Real/98.)

Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd March, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924 ; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 26th April, 1938.