Nov. 4.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1575

Alterations and Additions to the Rates for the Con- | "Friendly Societies Act, 1877."-Advertisement of
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels, | Cancelling.
&c., on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea- | NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council dated | Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 11
the 17th day of December, 1878, the following | of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," by writing
alterations and additions to the rates for the convey- | under his hand dated the 29th day of October, 1880,
ance, delivery, and storage of goods, parcels, &c., on | cancelled the registry of the Hand-in-Hand Divi-
all the New Zealand Railways, are hereby declared | sion (No. ) Society (Register No. 133), held at
to be fixed:-
| Waimate, on the ground that the said Society has

PART I.--PASSENGERS. | ceased to exist.

RAILWAY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES TICKETS.
Privilege ordinary tickets and privilege season | WM. R. E. BROWN,
tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be | Registrar of Friendly Societies.
issued to railway officers and employés, or to their
wives. The minimum charge for privilege ordinary | Friendly Society registered.
tickets to be the same as for ordinary tickets.

PART III.-GOODS.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1880.

Class N.-Ships' ballast, gravel, road metal, and | THE Sickness and Accident Mutual Assurance
shingle will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton less than the | Association of New Zealand, situated at Christ-
classified rates. Rough stone will be charged 2s. | church, is registered as a Friendly Society under
per ton for distances of 10 miles and under, instead | "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 3rd day of
of the classified rate.
| November, 1880.

Class P.-Native bricks will be charged 1s. 9d. per |

ton for distances of 9 miles and under, and sand | WM. R. E. BROWN,
will be charged 6d. per ton less than the classified | Registrar of Friendly Societies.
rates for distances of 16 miles and under.

PART IV. - LOCAL RATES.

Crown Lands Notices.

PICTON SECTION.

Class K.-Timber.

Timber will be charged at 8d. per 100 superficial | Waimate Plains.
feet between Mount Pleasant and Picton, instead of |
the classified rates, but subject to all conditions and | FURTHER SALE OF RURAL AND TOWN LANDS.
regulations applying to the conveyance of timber.

AMBERLEY TO BLUFF SECTION.
| Principal Land Office,
Special Rate.
| Carlyle (Patea), 3rd November, 1880.
Cole's Circus. -Special train of not more than fifty |
vehicles will be charged 30s. per mile on Amberley | Rural Land.
to Bluff Section.

A BLOCK of 8,500 acres, open land, west of the

Rangiora and Kaiapoi to Christchurch.
| Waiokura Stream, having a frontage of eight
For the purpose of charging for the conveyance of | miles to the sea and a depth of from one to three
goods of Classes A, B, C, D, between Rangiora and | miles, surveyed into sections varying from 50 to 105
Christchurch and Kaiapoi and Christchurch, the | acres each, will be offered for sale on immediate and
distance will be deemed to be 16 miles and 9 miles | deferred payments in December next. About one-
respectively.
| third of the land will be open for application on de-

Dunedin and Port Chalmers.-Class N. Ships' ballast.
| ferred payments, at £5 an acre, at the Land Offices,
The provision as to charging ships' ballast, carried | Carlyle and Hawera, on Monday, the 13th December.
on the Port Chalmers line at half rates, is hereby | The auction for contested applications will be held at
cancelled.
| Hawera on Wednesday, the 15th December.

Bluff to Invercargill.
| About 6,000 acres will be offered for sale for cash,
Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, conveyed over the | by public auction, at Hawera, on Thursday, the 16th
Bluff to Invercargill line, will be charged as Class D. | December. Upset price, £4 an acre.
Ships' goods will be charged according to bill of |
lading, or by weight or measurement, at option of | The land is well watered, level, close to bush
Manager. Other goods by weight or measurement, | reserves, and is similar to the portion of Waimate
as the department directs.
| Plains recently sold. The main coast road-line from
Dated this 1st day of November, 1880.
| Hawera to New Plymouth runs through the block
R. OLIVER, | for eight miles.
Minister for Public Works.

A portion of the Township of Manaia.

Telegraph Office closed.

Situate in the heart of the Waimate Plains, on
New Zealand Telegraphs, Head Office, | the main coast road-line, nine miles from Hawera,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1880.
| will be offered for sale by public auction at Hawera,

IT is hereby notified for general information that | on Friday, the 17th December. The sections are
the Telegraph Station at Hastings, County | one-quarter acre each. Two hundred and sixty-
Thames, will be closed from and after the 1st Decem- | two sections will be offered at prices varying from
ber, 1880.
| £10 to £25 per section for cash.

By order of the Telegraph Commissioner.
| Suburbs of Manaia.
C. LEMON,
| Fifty sections, varying from 5 to 40 acres each,
Superintendent of Telegraphs.
| will be offered for application, on the village-settle-
| ment conditions, on Monday, the 20th December, at
| the Land Offices, Carlyle and Hawera. Price, £6 per
| acre.