quality; accessible by road from Whangarei, dis-
tance about nine miles; Lot 2, 10 acres forest, ditto,
ditto; Lot 3, 10 acres, ditto, ditto, ditto; Lot 4,
8 acres, ditto, ditto, ditto; Lot 5, 10 acres, ditto,
ditto, ditto.

KAWAKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

PARISH OF WAIWERA.

Description of Land. - Open land.

PARISH OF TE PAPA (TAURANGA).

| 89A | 24 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 293 | 51 0 0 | 51 0 0 |

OPOTIKI DISTRICT (PARISH OF WAIMANA).

| 287 | 20 0 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 288 | 20 0 0 | 20 0 0 |

Description of Land. - Open land.

PARISH OF WAIOTAHI.

| 154 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0 |
| 155 | 62 0 0 | 62 0 0 |
| 156 | 181 0 0 | 181 0 0 |
| 176 | 53 0 0 | 53 0 0 |
| 395 | 84 0 0 | 168 0 0 |
| 396 | 228 0 0 | 342 0 0 |
| 397 | 120 0 0 | 181 10 0 |
| 398 | 170 0 0 | 255 0 0 |
| 399 | 299 0 0 | 448 10 0 |
| 401 | 155 0 0 | 155 0 0 |
| 402 | 265 0 0 | 265 0 0 |
| 403 | 327 0 0 | 327 0 0 |
| 404 | 299 0 0 | 299 0 0 |
| 405 | 253 0 0 | 253 0 0 |
| 406 | 276 0 0 | 276 0 0 |
| 407 | 201 0 0 | 201 0 0 |

Description of Land. - Lots 154, 155, 156, and 176,
open land, part swamp; Lots 395 and 396, flat, fern
and toitoi, a little swamp; Lot 397, flat, fern and
toitoi; Lot 398, flat, part fern, soil good, a little
bush, consisting of puriri, rata, tawa, and rewarewa;
Lot 399, flat, part fern, soil good, about one-third
bush, consisting of puriri, rata, tawa, rewarewa, and
rimu; Lot 401, broken, soil light, about one-half
swamp; Lot 402, broken, 50 acres swamp, dense
fern and tutu from 3 feet to 10 feet high, about 5
acres to 20 acres mixed bush; Lot 403, very broken,
about 80 acres swamp, dense fern and tutu from 3
feet to 10 feet high, good supply of water, about 50
acres mixed bush suitable for fuel only; Lots 404
and 405, soil light sandy, about one-half swamp, the
remaining portions thickly covered with fern and
tutu; Lot 406, broken, one-third swamp; Lot 407,
broken, one-third swamp, dense growth of fern and
tutu from 3 feet to 7 feet high, about 3 acres
light bush, several springs at the west end. Sec-
tions 401, 402, and 403 are accessible for bullock-
drays or stock by the Beach Road from Opotiki;
distance by this road, about 10 miles to Section 403;
distance by the road laid off along the north boun-
dary of the block is about 3 miles to Section 401,
but will not be available until formed.

PARISH OF WAIOEKA.

| 341 | 106 0 0 | 106 0 0 |
| 342 | 75 0 0 | 75 0 0 |
| 343 | 87 0 0 | 87 0 0 |

Description of Land. - Forest land; broken.

NOTE. - Plans may be seen, and further particulars
of the land obtained, on application at this office.

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,

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Public Notification.
LEASE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th May, 1879.

THE following parcel of land will be offered for
lease (for depasturing purposes only), by public
auction, at this office, on Monday, the 23rd day of
June next, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

WHANGAREI DISTRICT (POUPOUWHENUA BLOCK).

THREE thousand two hundred and eighty-six (3,286)
acres (third-class land), for a term of fourteen years,
at an upset price of £10 per annum.

N.B. - Rent to be paid yearly in advance. The
whole or any portion of this land may at any time
during the currency of the lease be resumed by the
Waste Lands Board for the purposes of occupation
or selection.

Gold-Mining Lease Certificate No. 176c declared
void.

IN pursuance of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and
of the regulations thereunder for the granting
and issue of gold-mining leases, it is hereby notified
that the certificate (No. 176c) of application for a
lease of Section 13, Block V., Dunback District,
granted to the Shag Valley Freehold Quartz-
Mining Company (Registered), has this day, with
the approval of the Land Board of the Otago Land
District, been declared void, and the lease forfeited.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
eight day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

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
   so, whether the conditions laid down in Orders 3, 4,
   and 5 have been complied with,