Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Tauranga.

IN compliance with the provisions of the 61st section of "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881," I hereby notify that

GEORGE BENTHAM MORRIS

has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Tauranga, and that his letter of resignation was received by me on the 6th day of April, 1885, and that the said seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.

Dated at Auckland, the 7th day of April, 1885.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE, Kt.,

Speaker.

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Oamaru.

IN compliance with the provisions of the 61st section of "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881," I hereby notify that

SAMUEL EDWARD SHRIMSKI

has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Oamaru, and that his letter of resignation was received by me on the 6th day of April, 1885, and that the said seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.

Dated at Auckland, the 7th day of April, 1885.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE, Kt.,

Speaker.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 2nd April, 1885.

PATENT for Tree-pulling and Stump-extracting, and also for hauling off Vessels from Lee Shores. and other purposes, to be known as "R. Cockerell's Patent Double-actioned Travelling Eccentric Lever."

ROBERT COCKERELL, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 18th day of June 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 3rd day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,

Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1410.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 8th April, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for Hot-water Apparatus in connection with Colonial Ovens.

JAMES DRUMMOND, of Nelson, New Zealand, Coppersmith, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 18th day of June 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 3rd day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Patent Officer.

No. 1411.

New Zealand Postal Telegraphs.—Repoling of Telegraph Line between Greymouth and Kumara.

General Post Office,

Wellington, 20th March, 1885.

TENDERS are invited for the supply and delivery of 850 poles, more or less, for the line of telegraph between Greymouth and Kumara. Tenders addressed to the Superintendent, New Zealand Postal Telegraphs, Wellington, will be receivable up to noon of the 11th day of May, 1885.

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.

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,

18th March, 1885.

Clerk of Parliaments.

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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases of Rural Land with Perpetual Right of Renewal, Auckland Land District.

2,389 ACRES IN RANGIURU BLOCK FOR LEASING.—LEASES FOR THIRTY YEARS.

Crown Lands Office,

Auckland, 27th March, 1885.

WRITTEN tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the under-mentioned sections, in accordance with the provisions of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882."

Conditions to be observed by Tenderers: The price tendered must be stated in writing as well as in figures, accompanied by the statutory declaration required by the Act, together with six months' rent at the rate tendered, and the sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland not later than 4 o'clock on Wednesday, the 6th May, 1885, and to be opened by the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland, on Thursday, the 7th May, 1885, at 2 o'clock p.m., when the highest tenderer (if the tenders shall equal or exceed the upset fixed annual rental per acre) will be declared the lessee.

Forms of tender and declaration can be obtained at any Crown Lands Office in the colony.

Any person of the age of eighteen years and upwards may become a lessee under this system. In the event of any person tendering 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 a 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, Auckland.

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 sub-lease 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 comprised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere in the colony.