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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No.44

Officiating Ministers for 1944.—(Notice No. 16)

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1944.

T is hereby notified that the names of the undermentioned officiating ministers have been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by request:

The Methodist Church of New Zealand
Mr. Frederick Sanderson.
Mr. Thomas Alfred Winn.
P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 10 of 1944

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th May, 1944.
NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—OTAGO HARBOUR Alterations to Leading Beacons Previous Notices : No. 9 of 1943 and No. 5 of 1944 hereby cancelled.
Position : Flagstaff, Taiaroa Head. Lat., 45° 46'·6 S.; long., 170° 43'·5 E. (approx.).
Abridged Descriptions : Front beacon : F. 15 ft. 5 M. (U). Rear beacon : Occ. 5 sec. 60 ft. 10 M. (U).
Details : The two lighted leading beacons for the new main entrance have been re-established in positions 254½° 2,444 ft. and 230½° 4,186 ft. from the above flagstaff and bear 203¼° when in line.
The front beacon, triangular in shape and painted orange with a vertical black stripe, is 20 ft. high and stands on a dolphin. A fixed white light visible five miles is exhibited at an elevation of 15 ft.
The rear beacon, rectangular in shape and painted orange with two vertical black stripes, is 35 ft. high. An occulting white light, 5 sec., eclipse 2·5 sec., visible ten miles, is exhibited at an elevation of 60 ft.
Charts affected : No. 2411.
Publications : New Zealand Pilot, 1930, pages 292 and 294 ; Admiralty List of Lights, Part X, 1942, Nos. 2287 and 2288; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, Part I, pages 164 and 165; Part II, pages 283, 285, and 286.
Authority : Otago Harbour Board, 24/3/44.
B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.
(M. 3/3/120.)

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931

Tokerau Native Land Court Office, Auckland, 22nd May, 1944.
T is hereby notified that the order of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.
J. H. ROBERTSON, Registrar.
SCHEDULE
ADOPTING parents : Keita Kingi and Watwhanga Kingi. Adopted child : Raniera Pita Pomare.
Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931
Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Tokerau, Akarana, 22 o Mei, 1944.
He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, tetahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o tetahi tamaiti whangai e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.
TE RAPIHANA, Kai-rehita.
KUPU APITI
Nga matua whangai : Keita Kingi me Watewhanga Kingi. Tamaiti whangai : Raniera Pita Pomare.
CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Land in the Wellington Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 29th May, 1944.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.
SCHEDULE
Tenure. Lease No. Section. Block. District. Lessee. Date of Forfeiture.
T.R.L. . 186 16 ... Town of Tangimoana .. J. Reweti and R. Cribb .. 29th March, 1944.
T.R.L. . 359 12 III Town of Birchville Extension W. E. Lethaby .. .. 23rd February, 1944.
No. 4
(L. and S. 22/950/4.)
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
Land in the Marlborough Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 29th May, 1944.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Marlborough Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.
SCHEDULE
Tenure. Lease No. Section. Block. Survey District. Lessee. Date of Forfeiture.
S.G.R. . 245 Run 157 XIII Hundalee .. .. Y. H. Robinson .. 13th April, 1944.
L.P. . 291 4 XIII " .. .. " .. "
(L. and S. 26/17137.)
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.