MAY 3.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

Notice to Mariners.—No. 7 of 1883.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th April, 1883.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Local
Marine Board, Newcastle, New South Wales, is published
for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

LIGHT ON POWDER HULK AT NEWCASTLE.

ON and after the 1st day of May next the present white light,
exhibited on the powder hulk "Lady Alicia," will be discon-
tinued, and replaced by two red vertical lights, 6 feet apart,
from sunset to sunrise.

By order L. M. Board.
W. F. WEATHERILL,
Secretary.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1883.

PATENT for an Invention for improvements in apparatus for
roasting chicory, cocoa, and all like substances, for drying
grain of all descriptions, and for roasting or drying any and
every other substance which may be roasted or dried by means
of this apparatus.

DAVID STRANG, of Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Coffee and Spice Merchant, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the
13th day of July next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this
office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto;
and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the
grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 28th
day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

No. 814.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 1883.

THE Ridgley Lodge, No. 36, situated at Christchurch, is re-
gistered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1882," this 30th day of April, 1883.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1883.

THE Combination Lodge, No. 6191, situated at Johnsonville,
is registered as a branch of the Wellington District Branch
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity)
Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 26th day of April, 1883.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Crown Lands Notices.

Tenders for Leases of Rural Land.

LEASES OF RURAL LAND, WITH PERPETUAL
RIGHT OF RENEWAL.

26,000 ACRES IN SUTTON, MANIOTOTO, STRATH-TAIERI,
LOWER WANAKA, LOWER HAWEA, AND BLACKSTONE
DISTRICTS.

Leases for Thirty Years.

WRITTEN Tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the
sections in the districts as given in the Schedule here-
under, in accordance with "The Land Act 1877 Amendment
Act, 1882."

TENDERS.

The price tendered must be given in writing as well as in
figures, accompanied by a statutory declaration, together with
six months' rent at the rate tendered, and a fee of £1 10s.
for lease and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner
of Crown Lands, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, not later
than 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 29th May, 1883.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land Board
on Wednesday, the 30th May (the following day), at 11 o'clock
a.m., when the highest tenderer (if the tender shall equal or
exceed the upset annual rental per acre fixed by the Board)
will be declared the lessee. The tenderers must appear at the
Land Board, either in person or by an agent authorized in
writing, on the day on which the tenders are opened.

Forms of tender and declaration (with covers or envelopes)
can be had upon application at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin,
or at any of the respective District Land Offices, viz., Inver-
cargill, Lawrence, { lyde, Queenstown, Switzers (Waikaia), and
Naseby. The numbers of the section and block, with the name
of district, must be written on the covers. The letter being on
"Public Service only," and addressed to the Commissioner of
Crown Lands, need not be stamped, being free of postage;
neither does the declaration require to be stamped.

Any person of eighteen years of age and upwards may become
a lessee under this system. In the event of any person tender-
ing for two or more leases, the deposit of a sum equal to one
half-year's rent of the tender largest in amount shall be sufficient,
together with the sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and
registration thereof, paid either in cash, marked cheque, or
bank draft, made payable to the Receiver of Land Revenue,
Dunedin: Provided that in the case of a person tendering for
two or more leases, such as he may in the aggregate become the
lessee of under the Act, namely, in the case where the lands
comprised in the several leases adjoin each other, in such case
the deposit shall be a half-year's rent at the rate tendered for
each such lease, and also the sum of £1 10s. in respect of each
such lease, the fee for preparation and registration of same.

NOTE.—Limits of area for each lessee: No lease shall be
made to any person owning, nor shall any person be capable of
becoming the lessee under a lease, or a sublessee who owns, any
freehold land, or land held under lease or license under the
Crown whereby such person shall become either the owner,
tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly
with any other person or persons, including the lands com-
prised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere in
the colony.

FORMS OF TENDER, DECLARATION, AND COVER REFERRED TO
ABOVE.

[Form of Tender.]

Tender for Lease of Land under the Perpetual-Leasing
System.

"The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882."

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

I, the undersigned, do hereby offer and tender as annual
rental the sum of
pounds
shillings and
pence (£
: ) for Section
District.
Dated this
day of
, 188
, Block

AUTHORITY TO ACT AS AGENT.

*** This authority to be filled up, then torn off, and sent to
agent of tenderer if unable to appear.

I HEREBY authorize
day of
, 188, to represent me at the Land
Board on
when my tender for
land on perpetual leasing is advertised to be opened, to make
any selection of section or sections for me, to make all necessary
payments on my behalf, and to receive and give effectual receipts
for any deposits returnable to me.

Dated this
day of
, 188
(Name.)
(Address.)

[Form of Declaration.]

Declaration on taking a Lease, or becoming the Transferee
or Sublessee of a Lease.

Sections 4, 23, 24, and 25 of "The Land Act 1877 Amend-
ment Act, 1882."

I,
, of
, in the Otago Land District and Colony
of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of eighteen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of
   "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882," am tendering
   for the purchase (or is desirous of becoming the transferee or
   sublessee) of a lease of Section
   , Block
   District.

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and for the purpose of cultivation, and not directly
   or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person whom-
   soever.

4. That, including the lands stated above, I am not the owner,
   tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself or
   jointly with any other person or persons, of any lands anywhere
   in the Colony of New Zealand exceeding in the whole six hun-
   dred and forty acres.

5. That I have not within seven years from the date hereof
   surrendered a lease granted under "The Land Act 1877 Amend-