Jan. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 11

OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY.—COMPLETION OF DEEP STREAM CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Miller and Smillie, Dunedin .. .. 32,874 13 0

Declined.

Matheson Brothers, Dunedin .. .. 35,930 5 0
A. and W. Gore, Dunedin.. .. .. 36,075 12 8
R. Meikle, Dunedin .. .. .. 36,730 10 0
John Whitaker, Dunedin .. .. .. 39,868 16 0
Barr and Co., Dunedin .. .. .. 40,595 16 8

By-law in Addition to existing By-laws published in Gazette of the 26th October, 1882.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by section one hundred and forty-four of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following by-law, being an addition to the existing by-laws published in the Gazette of the 26th October, 1882; such by-law to come into force from and after the 5th day of January, 1885:—

No person shall drive or attempt to drive any vehicle or animal on any part of a public road, where the same crosses over or upon a railway on the same level, otherwise than at a walking pace; and every person shall, before crossing the lines of rail, comply with the direction upon the notice-boards, “Stop. Look out for the engine.”

Every person who shall commit a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for such breach; but nothing in this by-law shall be deemed to interfere with or restrict the operation of section 156 of “The Public Works Act, 1882.”

Dated this 30th day of December, 1884.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1885.

PRIZE ESSAYS.

Wellington, 29th December, 1884.

ONE gold medal and twenty guineas, one silver medal and ten guineas, and one bronze medal and five guineas will be awarded for essays on the present condition and future prospects of the industrial resources of New Zealand, and the best means for fostering their development.

In judging of the merits of the essays preference will be given to those which are of a practical character, rather than to mere abstract or theoretical disquisitions. The essays must be sent in to the Secretary of the Exhibition, signed with a motto and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the author’s name and address, on or before the 1st day of December, 1885. This late date is fixed to enable the essayists, if they desire to do so, to utilize the information which the Exhibition itself will supply.

The essays will be submitted to a Board of three persons, to be hereafter appointed, on whose decision respecting the merits of the essays the above prizes will be awarded; provided the essays reach a sufficiently-deserving standard of excellence.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hami Wheraro, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Pera Wheraro, as trustee under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interest aforesaid, in order that the said land may be leased by the said trustee for a term of fourteen years from the 1st July, 1884.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situate at Te Aute, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, containing by admeasurement 423 acres, more or less, and called or known by the name of Waikarea.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hoani Meke and Kingita Ngahoro, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Anaru Kune, as Trustee under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said Trustee for a term of twenty-one years from the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, containing by admeasurement 26,300 acres, more or less, being called or known by the name of the Purahotangihia Block, on the plan deposited in the Survey Office at Napier. Bounded on the North and North-east by the Maungaharuru Block, the Waikoau Stream, and the Arapawanui and Tongoio Blocks; on the South by Morris Block, and the Petane and the Pakuratahi Blocks; and on the West by the Waichinganga or Esk River: excepting and reserving thereout as a reserve for the lessors all that parcel of land, portion of the said block, containing by estimation 400 acres, and contained in a straight line drawn from the north-east portion of the Pakuratahi Block, at a gate in the track between the lands hereby demised and the Pakuratahi Block, and thence running northerly till it meets the creek, running at right angles from the waterfall in the creek forming the boundary between the lands hereby demised and the Tongoio Block.

Public Notice under “The Property Assessment Act, 1879, Section 76.

Property-Tax Department,
Wellington, 27th November, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that property-tax under “The Property Tax Act, 1884,” for the year commencing on the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, will be payable as follows:—

(1.) In respect of the duty of three-eighths of a penny, where the amount of such duty shall be under two hundred and fifty pounds, the same shall be paid on the twenty-second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four:

And where such duty amounts to two hundred and fifty pounds, or exceeds that sum, the same shall be paid in two equal instalments, the first of such instalments being payable on the said twenty-second day of December, and the second of such instalments on the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

(2.) In respect of the duty on fire, marine, or guarantee policies issued by any insurance company, the same shall be paid on the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

And notice is hereby further given that the places in each district where the said tax shall be paid shall be any post office within such district which is also a money-order office, except in the district of Wellington, in which district the tax shall be paid at any such post office as aforesaid, and at the office of the Property-Tax Commissioner, at the Government Buildings, Wellington.

J. SPERREY,
Property-Tax Commissioner.

Designation of Post and Telegraph Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1884.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post and Telegraph Office in the Thames Postal District known as Ohinemutu will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to

ROTORUA.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.