Mar. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 369

Specifications, general conditions, and all other information relative to the above can be obtained at the Telegraph Offices, Greymouth, Hokitika, Kumara, and at the General Post Office, Wellington. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

By order of the Commissioner of Telegraphs.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent, New Zealand Postal Telegraphs.

Award by Land Claims Commissioner.

Land Registry Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1885.

I, the undersigned, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of Ordinance No. 15, Session XI., of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, to hear and decide claims to land by persons claiming title through or under the New Zealand Company, hereby give notice that the claim of Sir William Fitzherbert, K.C.M.G., of the Hutt, to a portion of Section No. 11, Hutt District, being Lots 20 and 21, and the several unnumbered lots lettered A, B, E, F, G, H, L, N, O, P, R, and T, on the plan of the Village of Richmond, containing 21 acres or thereabouts, has been referred to me for investigation under the said ordinance, and has been investigated and decided by me in accordance therewith; and that the said Sir William Fitzherbert is, according to my finding, entitled to the said land and to a Crown grant for the same for an estate in fee-simple.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of March, 1885.

GEO. B. DAVY,
Commissioner, &c.

Standing Orders on Local Bills.

THE following amended Standing Orders of the Houses of the General Assembly relative to Local Bills are published for general information.

F. E. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Parliaments.

18th March, 1885.

349. Local Bills are those which, not being Private Bills, affect particular localities only.

350. 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; 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 successive weeks before the second reading in a newspaper circulating in such locality.

351. At the time of the first publication of such notice, a copy of the Bill shall be deposited in the Resident Magistrate’s Court of the district, and shall be open to public inspection; and such Bill shall, at the expiration of the prescribed period for advertising, be forwarded to the Clerk of the House in which the Bill is to be introduced, indorsed with a certificate from the Resident Magistrate, or Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court, that such Bill was so deposited, and remained open for public inspection for the prescribed time.*

352. When it is intended in such Bill to take power to deal with any lands, plans or surveys of such lands, on a scale of not less than two inches to a mile, and certified by an authorized surveyor, shall be deposited with the Bill.

353. In the case of Bills authorizing the construction of harbour works, or the raising of further loans for the completion of harbour works previously authorized, such Bill shall be accompanied by a statement of the financial position of the promoters, an estimate of the cost of construction, and the estimated increased revenue to be derived from the proposed works, together with the plans or surveys before mentioned.

354. Before the Bill is introduced into the Legislative Council or House of Representatives, the before-mentioned plans or surveys and estimates shall be forwarded to the office of the Clerk of the House in which the Bill is to be initiated.

• Amendment shown in italics.

Native Land Court Notices.

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

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 13th day of March, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 22nd day of April, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Oreti No. 1 and Oreti No. 2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Taupo. Area: 25 acres (approximate).

Dated this 16th day of March, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Tapuaeharuru, Taupo, in the said district, on the 9th day of December, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim for the subdivision of a block of land situate in the said district, and known as “Runanga No. 1;” and in the matter of the application of Aniheta Kingita and others for a rehearing upon such claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.

Dated this 19th day of March, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Tapuaeharuru, Taupo, in the said district, on the 9th day of December, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim to succeed to the interest of Te Witimoa in a block of land situate in the said district, and known as “Runanga No. 1;” and in the matter of the application of Peta Hone Tiwaewae for a rehearing upon such claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.

Dated this 19th day of March, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Court Act, 1880.”

NATIVE LAND COURT, SHORTLAND,
THAMES DISTRICT.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 20th March, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the session of this Court, advertised to be held at Shortland, Thames, on the 9th day of April next, will not be held on that day, but stands adjourned to Tuesday, the 5th day of May, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Reserve at Christchurch.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned reserve will be submitted to public auction, as land of special value, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 1st July, 1885, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Reserve 785, situate on north bank of south branch of Rangitata River. Area: 108 acres 3 roods. Upset price per acre: £2

Terms: One-fourth of purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, balance within one calendar month thereafter, when if balance is not paid the one-fourth referred to will be forfeited, and the sale declared null and void. Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

WALTER KITSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Run for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 16th March, 1885.

I HEREBY give notice that the under-mentioned run will be submitted to auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 6th May, 1885, at 12 o’clock noon.

The license for the said run shall be for a term of four years nine months and twenty-five days, terminating the 1st March, 1890, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1877,” and its amendments.