694
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

4 sections numbered 461, 463, 465, 467.
5 " " 471, 473, 475, 477, 479.
3 " " 442, 444, 446.
6 " " 450, 452, 454, 456, 458, 460.
2 " " 462, 464.
3 " " 468, 470, 472.
3 " " 476, 478, 480.

TOWNSHIP OF HORNDON.
Twenty-one sections, each containing 1 rood; upset
price of each section, £7 10s., viz. :-
Block III.-5 sections numbered 1 to 5.
" IV.-4 " " 1 to 4.
" V.-4 " " 1, 3, 4, 5.
" XIII.-5 " " 1 to 5.
" XIV.-3 " " 1 to 3.

TOWNSHIP OF COURTENAY.
Eleven sections, each containing 1 rood; upset
price of each section, £7 10, viz.:-
Block VIII.-6 sections numbered 1 to 6.
" 5 " 9 to 13.
and one section numbered 7, containing 1 rood 17
perches; upset price, £10 13s. 9d.

TOWNSHIP OF DROMORE.
Block IV., Sections 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and
20, each containing 1 rood; upset price of each sec-
tion, £7 10s.

Plans may be seen at the Survey Office, Christ-
church, and will be exhibited at the Railway Stations
within the several towns on and after the 1st of May
next.

JOHN MARSHMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands Office, Christchurch,
16th April, 1879.

Public Notification.

SALE OF RURAL LANDS.

PATUTAHI BLOCK (POVERTY BAY DISTRICT).
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 5th May, 1879.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
the Waste Lands Board by "The Land Act,
1877," and "The Crown Lands Sale Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that the rural lands mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Masonic Hall, Gisborne, on Tuesday,
the 10th day of June, 1879, at the hour of 12 o'clock
noon.

D. A. TOLE,
Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands Board.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Area. Upset Price.

TURANGANUI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block I., First Class Rural Lands.

PATUTAHI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second and Third Class Rural Lands.

Description of Land.-Sections 1, 2, 3: Land of
good quality; a quantity of kahikatea on each sec-
tion. Section 77: Back portion broken; fern and
tutu; frontage to creek flat; partially grassed; Wai-
kakariki Stream forms a good cattle fence; soil very
good. Section 78: Back portion broken; fern and
tutu; frontage flat, with a quantity of grass; kahi-
katea bush, suitable for fencing; good swamp, dry in
summer; stream forms a good fence; soil very good.
Section 79: Front portion between road and Te
Aroha Totaraia Stream flat; small portion grassed;
portion of bush around swamp flat and partially
grassed, remaining portion rather broken; soil good.
Section 80: Front portion flat; stream forming fence;
partially grassed; back portion rather broken; fern
and tutu; soil very good. Section 82: Front portion
flat, partially wet in winter; bush, kahikatea, and
matai, suitable for fencing; stream forms a good fence;
back portion broken, but well fitted for pastoral pur-
poses; soil very good. Section 87: Frontage flat,
slightly grassed, low fern; the greater portion is,
however, of a broken nature, fern and tutu; soil
good. Section 88: Similar to 87, with a quantity of
bush on the back portion; soil good. Section 90:
Flat along road frontage, but not to any great extent;
partially grassed; back portion broken; soil good;
the road frontage to this section is very flat, and will
scarcely require any making: Section 91: But little
flat, greater portion broken; fern and tutu, with light
bush; soil good. Section 92: Small portion flat,
remainder undulating and broken; fern and tutu;
soil good. Section 93: A portion of flat towards
river frontage, at present carrying cattle and
sheep; remainder broken, fern and tutu and scrub;
soil good. Section 113: Northern frontage undulating
in places, inclined to pumice; back portion very
broken, high fern and tutu; soil good. Section 117:
Frontage to Wairoa Road, undulating; back portion
broken, fern and tutu, with small bush; soil very
good.

NOTE.-Plans may be seen, and further particulars
of the land obtained, on application at this office, and
at the Survey Office, Gisborne.
Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to
be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one
month thereafter.
Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of
purchase.

Legislative Council Standing Orders relative to Local
Bills.

Legislative Council,
1st February, 1879.

IN accordance with a resolution of the Legislative
Council, the following Standing Orders relative
to Local Bills are published for general information.

L. STOWE,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.

STANDING ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
RELATIVE TO LOCAL BILLS.

1. Local Bills are those which not being such as
   require to be introduced as Private Bills, are yet
   Bills specially affecting local interests and dealing
   with private rights, or with public reserves for local
   and municipal purposes; also Bills altering the con-
   stitution, election, or powers of local public bodies.
2. There shall be a Standing Committee, to consist
   of five members, to be called the "Local Bills Com-
   mittee," to which shall stand referred, after their
   first reading, all Bills which may appear to the
   Speaker to come within the description given in the
   preceding Order. Such Committee shall, in the case
   of every Bill referred to it, decide whether the same
   comes within the definition of a Local Bill; and, if