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poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaatu-
ranga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

Te Ingoa o te Poari Takiwa. | Te Tari o te Poari Takiwa
| e utua ai nga Moni Reiti.

Kaute Kaunihera o Whangarei .. | Whangarei.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei toru o nga ra o
Hune, 1885.
JULIUS VOGEL.

[TRANSLATION.]

THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," and
the Amendment thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of land described
in the substituted valuation rolls of Native lands supplied
to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in
the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above
Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating
thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the under-
signed Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in
accordance with the provisions of "The Crown and Native
Lands Rating Act, 1882," by or on behalf of the said local
bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable
under or by virtue of the said rolls :

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you
that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of
the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the
Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native
lands therein mentioned or described.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said
lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates
on or before the 8th day of June, 1885, such payment
to be made by you at the office of the local body in whose
district the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as
noted in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Local Body. | Office of Local Body where
| Payment is to be made.

Whangarei County Council .. | Whangarei.

As witness my hand this third day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Issue of New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize the issue of the New Zealand war medal
to the under-mentioned non-commissioned officers and men
of the Colonial Forces whose claims have been investigated
and admitted:—

Sergeant Henry Aveling, Armed Constabulary.
Sergeant John Lawson, Napier Volunteers.
Sergeant Pini, Native Contingent.
Bugler Benjamin Downer, Armed Constabulary.
Private Walter Bishop, Taranaki Militia.
Private Henry William Brewer, Taranaki Militia.
Private Thomas Cunningham, Taranaki Military Settlers.
Private Robert Erskine, Armed Constabulary.
Private Samuel L. Fraser, Hawke's Bay Military Settlers.
Private William McDonald, No. 1 Taranaki Volunteers.
Private Piripi Pauro, Native Contingent.
Private Hemi Rakau, Native Contingent.
J. BALLANCE.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1885.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road
Boards, under "The Road Boards Act, 1882," have been
received at this office.
G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Mangapai Road District, County of Whangarei :
David Miller.
Martin G. Korth.
T. W. Carter.
Ebenezer Carter.
Samuel Graham.
Pukekura Road District, County of Waipa :
William Scott.
John Grice.
Waiwakaiho Road District, County of Taranaki :
John Crean.
William Bleasel.
Patrick John Houlahan.
Hawera Road District, County of Hawera :
Donald Buchanan.
Nicholas Muir.
A. A. Fantham.
Castlepoint Road District, County of Wairarapa East :
No. 6 Subdivision—
John Stewart Handyside.
Waimea Road District, County of Waimea :
George Fairhall.
William Norris Franklyn.
Samuel Baigent.
James McMurray.
John Win.

Member of House of Representatives for Oamaru elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1885.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ
issued on the 24th day of April, 1885, for the election
of a Member to serve in the House of Representatives of New
Zealand for the electoral district hereinafter specified ; and
by the indorsement on such writ it appears that the under-
mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member for
such district, viz. :—
For the District of Oamaru.
THOMAS WILLIAM HISLOP.
G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Member of House of Representatives for Tauranga elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1885.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ
issued by him on the 24th day of April, 1885, for the
election of a Member to serve in the House of Representa-
tives for the electoral district hereinafter specified ; and by
the indorsement on such writ it appears that the under-
mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member for
such district, viz. :—
For the District of Tauranga.
JOHN SHEEHAN.
G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Tenders for Telegraph Poles.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1885.

THE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to receive
tenders for the supply and delivery of two hundred
and fifty (250) poles for a line of telegraph between Wood-
ville and Pahiatua, and for the carriage only, from Palmer-
ston North, of wire, arms, bolts, and insulators for the above
line.

Specifications and particulars can be seen, and further
particulars obtained, at the Telegraph Offices, Wellington,
Masterton, Palmerston North, Woodville, and Danavirk.

Tenders addressed "The Superintendent, New Zealand
Posts and Telegraphs, Wellington," and indorsed "Tender
for Poles," to be sent in not later than the 26th day of June
next.

By order of the Telegraph Commissioner.
C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Civil rvice Literary Prize, 1884.

Civil Service Examination Board,
28th May, 1885.

THE prize of £25 for the best essay on "Land Laws, and
their Effect, Social and Economical, upon the Condi-
tion of the People," has been awarded to
Mr. EDWARD GORDON ALLARDYCE,
lately of the Electric Telegraph Department.
By order.
C. C. N. BARRON,
Secretary.