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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

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 afore-
said 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 signa-
tures 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.

Supplementary Teachers’ Register and Supplementary Graded
List of Primary, Secondary, and Technical School Teachers,
1938.

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Education Department,
Wellington, 17th November, 1938.

THE following list of teachers is issued under the authority
of the Minister of Education in accordance with the
requirements of the Education Amendment Act, 1924. The
list contains the names of—

(a) Teachers added to the Teachers’ Register :
(b) Teachers already in the Teachers’ Register :

(1) Now graded, but not previously graded :
(2) Whose grading has been altered as the result of
correction in marks, appeal, or change in
certificate :
(3) Who are now graded under an additional
division.

N. T. LAMBOURNE, Director of Education.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Education Reserves in Southland Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 22nd November, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
education reserves will be offered for lease by public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill,
on Wednesday, 11th January, 1939, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.,
under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928,
and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.
Wallace County.—Wairio Survey District.

Town of Ohai Extension No. 7.

Lot 14: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rent, £2.
Lot 15: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rent, £2.
Lot 17: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rent, £2.
Weighted with £1 16s. (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising boundary-fencing.

Township of Ohai Extension No. 8.

Lot 12: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 27 perches. Upset annual
rent, £3.

These are comparatively level sections and good building-
sites with frontages to York Street. All are one-quarter
mile from Ohai School, Post-office, and Railway-station.

There is a two-roomed cottage on skids on Lot 14 which
does not go with the land.

There is a two or three roomed hut on skids on Lot 12
which does not go with the land.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

(1) The leases, which confer surface rights only, will contain
the following condition :—
The lessor hereby excepts and reserves unto the lessor, his
successors, and assigns, all coal-mines, veins and seams of
coal, and all other mines, metals, and minerals whatsoever,
and all quarries of stone, and deposits of gravel, scoria, sand,
and clay, with full liberty and power for the lessor, his
successors, assigns, and licensees, and his and their workmen,
servants, and agents, at his and their free will and pleasure, to
search for, dig, work, and carry away the same; and for
the better working the same mines and quarries, to erect