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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 99

Wellington Section.
Class N.-Sand, gravel, and boulders from Lower
Hutt, Petone, and Hayward's to Wellington will be
charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, five
tons; any less quantity to be charged as such mini-
mum, or as Class D.

Dated this 11th day of October, 1880.

R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

Resignation of Member of Land Board accepted.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion of
HORACE BASTINGS, Esq., M.H.R.,
as a Member of the Land Board of the Land District
of Otago.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1880.
THE Loyal Hand of Friendship Lodge, No.
6117, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
Manchester Unity, situated at Okain's Bay, is regis-
tered as a branch of the Lyttelton District of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester
Unity Friendly Society, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877," this 14th day of October,
1880.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice as to making Returns of Property under
Property Assessment Act.

Property-Tax Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1880.
THE 25th October having been prescribed as the
latest day for sending in statements of property,
the following section of the Act is published for
general information :-
31. Every person owning any property shall apply
for the forms prescribed for furnishing accurate
statements of his property required by this Act; and
any person failing to furnish such statements shall
not be exempted from any penalty he may have
incurred thereby, by reason only that he received no
personal notice to furnish the same, or that proper
forms of returns were not delivered to him.

JOHN SPERREY,
Commissioner.

Member of Education Board, Auckland, elected.

Board of Education,
Auckland, 15th October, 1880.
IN accordance with sections 7 and 22 of "The
Education Act, 1877," it is hereby publicly
notified that
FREDERICK JOSEPH MOSS
has been this day elected a Member of the Education
Board of the District of Auckland under the said
Act, in the place of the Hon. Colonel Haultain,
resigned.

J. M. CLARK,
Chairman.

Standing Orders relative to Local Bills.
JOINT Standing Orders of both Houses of the
General Assembly relative to Local Bills :-

1. Local Bills are those which, not being private
   Bills, affect particular localities only.
2. No local Bill shall be read a second time, unless
   notice shall have been given of the said Bill in the
   locality to which the Bill refers.
3. Such notice shall state explicitly the object
   which such Bill is intended to effect, and shall have
   been published once at least in each of three succes-
   sive weeks before the second reading, in a newspaper
   circulating in such locality.

October, 1880.

F. E. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Parliaments.

Crown Lands Notices.
Sale of Waimate Plains.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1880.
IT is hereby notified that the lands described in
the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale
on deferred and immediate payments.
The sections on deferred payments will be open
for application on Monday, the 25th October, at the
Land Offices, Carlyle and Hawera. Sections for
which there are more than one application will be
submitted to auction, between the applicants only,
on Thursday, the 28th October, at Hawera.
The price of land on deferred payments will be
£5 an acre. Five shillings per acre will have to be
deposited on making application. Each applicant
will only be allowed to apply for one section on
deferred payments.
Applicants for land on deferred payments may
send their applications and deposits, with statutory
declaration as required by "The Land Act, 1877,"
through post to Land Office, Carlyle, Patea, to arrive
on or before the 25th October. Envelopes should be
marked "Application for deferred-payment land,
Waimate Survey District."
The land on immediate payments will be sold by
public auction, open to all bidders, on Friday, the
29th October, at Hawera. Upset price, £4 an acre.

SCHEDULE.