Officiating Ministers for 1939.—Notice No. 33.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1939.
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 :—

Baptists.
Pastor Herbert Roy Puddle.

New Covenant Assembly.
Mr. Vincent Reginald Brown.

Associated Churches of Christ in New Zealand.
Matthew Thomas Bell.
G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice under Subsection (2) of Section 22 of the West Coast
Settlement Reserves Act, 1892.

WHEREAS by section 22 of the West Coast Settlement
Reserves Act, 1892, it is provided as follows: “For
the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act,
the Public Trustee, subject to the regulations of the Survey
Department of the Colony, may (1) make surveys of reserves,
and subdivide the same as he thinks fit; (2) lay off any
portions of reserves for public roads, and may make such roads.
Any road so laid off shall, upon a notice being published in
the New Zealand Gazette that the same has been laid off as a
road, be deemed a public highway, and shall vest in Her
Majesty the Queen”:

And whereas by virtue of the provisions of section 27 of
the Native Trustee Act, 1930, the reserves vested in the Public
Trustee under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act,
1892, are now vested in the Native Trustee for the same
estate, upon the same trusts and with the same functions,
powers, and duties, and with the same liabilities and engage-
ments, as in the case of the Public Trustee, save as the same
may be expressly altered by the Native Trustee Act, 1930 :

And whereas under the authority of the said recited sections
of the said Acts the Native Trustee has, in accordance with
the regulations of the Survey Department of the Colony,
laid off as public roads the portions of the reserves vested in
him under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892,
and section 27 of the Native Trustee Act, 1930, specified in the
Schedule hereto :

Now, in pursuance of the said authority and of all other
powers and authorities him thereunto enabling, the Native
Trustee hereby notifies that the roads comprised in a plan
deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth
and numbered 310 and named and specified in the said
Schedule, have been laid off as public roads.

SCHEDULE.
Road. Section, Block, and Survey District.
McLean Road .. Grant 5479 through Section 41, Block
XV, Kaupokonui Survey District.
Kokiri Road .. Grant 5479 through Kapuni Stream
and Sections 64 and 65, Block III,
Waimate Survey District.

Dated this 13th day of October, 1939.
O. N. CAMPBELL, Native Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th October, 1939.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are 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 Monday, 4th December, 1939.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland,
on Wednesday, 6th December, 1939, 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.

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, and
lease fee.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LANDS.
Bay of Islands County.—Hukerenui Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.)
SECTION 13, Block I : Area, 216 acres 2 roods. Capital
value, £325; half-yearly rent, £6 10s.
Rental exemption is conditional on improvements to the
value of £30 being effected annually, in addition to the usual
requirements under the Land Act.
Section 16, Block I : Area, 145 acres 0 roods 32 perches.
Capital value, £240 ; half-yearly rent, £4 16s.
*Rental exemption is conditional on improvements to the
value of £25 being effected annually, in addition to the usual
requirements under the Land Act.
Both these sections are situated in the Bay of Islands
County, four miles and a half from Towai and four miles from
the railway-station. The access in each case is metalled road
to the boundary of the sections. Section 13 is about three-
quartlers bush and easy to very steep and broken land. The
soil is fair clay and is well-watered by permanent streams.
This section is capable of being made into a good mixed farm.
Section 16 comprises easy country about two-thirds bush
and with a considerable amount of paspalum feed. The
soil is clay, but the section is rather poorly watered by two
small streams. It is capable, however, of being developed
into an economic dairy-farm.
Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.
L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 9/625; D.O. M.L. 2261.)

Town Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th October, 1939.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are open for selection on renewable lease 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, 11th December, 1939.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on
Wednesday, 13th December, 1939, 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, 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 in the case of Section 12, Block X, the amount
of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.
Waitomo County.—Te Kuiti Native Township.
SECTION 12, Block X : Area, 37·8 perches. Capital value,
£1,210; half-yearly rent, £30 5s.
Weighted with £35 (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising a store and old shed.
Section 20, Block XIV : Area l rood 22·8 perches.
Capital value, £80; half-yearly rent, £2.
Section 12, Block X, Te Kuiti Native Township, is situated
in the main street (Rora Street) and would make a good
business site.
Section 20, Block XIV, Te Kuiti Native Township, has a
frontage to Seddon Street and although low lying and damp
in front, provides for a fair business-site at the back.
Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.
K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 7/581/203 and 201; D.O. M.L. 3833 and 2953.)