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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Name by which land is known: Whawharu B2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hokianga. Area: 50 acres.

Name by which land is known: Whawharu B3. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hokianga. Area: 100 acres.

Dated this 10th day of July, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

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 8th day of July, 1885, the title to the land mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said land will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 17th day of August, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Utanga No. 6. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: 18·6 perches.

Dated this 10th day of July, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice relating to Maori Lexicon.

Native Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.

THE Hon. the Native Minister desires that officers of the Native Department, and all others interested in the matter, will be good enough to assist the Rev. W. Colenso, of Napier, who is engaged in preparing for publication a Maori-English Lexicon, by furnishing him with the use of any peculiar tribal word or phrase pertaining to their particular districts, and also with any new or strange words they may know or may have noted down.

Mr. Colenso purposes, when the lexicon is published, to give due individual acknowledgment to all who shall have assisted in its preparation.

T. W. LEWIS,
Under Secretary.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands of Special Value for Lease for Twenty-one Years.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 3rd July, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the rural lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Council Chamber, Napier, on Friday, the 7th August next, at 2 p.m.

Plans and conditions can be seen at this office.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

WOODVILLE SURVEY DISTRICT.

| IV. | 126 | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| IX. | 31 | 41 0 0 | 6 3 0 | 9 4 6 | 12 6 0 |
| XIII. | 106 | 164 0 0 | 12 6 0 | 18 9 0 | 24 12 0 |
| | | 28 1 0 | 7 1 3 | 10 11 9 | 14 2 6 |

NORSEWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.

| VI. | 1 | 145 3 0 | 5 9 4 | 8 4 0 | 10 18 8 |
| | 2 | 49 2 23 | 2 9 7 | 3 14 4 | 4 19 3 |
| | 14 | 102 0 0 | 2 11 0 | 3 16 0 | 5 2 0 |

Rent to the 1st March next to be paid in advance, and thereafter to be paid half-yearly in advance.

Sale of Leaseholds, Town of Dobson.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 22nd June, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of sections of land situated in the Town of Dobson, Grey Coal Reserve, and described in the Schedule hereto, will be offered for sale by public auction, at Greymouth, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1885, at 2 o’clock p.m., subject to the rent and conditions hereunder set out.

Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Lands Office, Hokitika, and the Public Works Office, Greymouth.

The leaseholds of sections will be offered for sale at a uniform upset annual rental of £1 5s. per unimproved section. Improved sections with value for improvements as below added to such upset price.

Term of leasehold, fourteen years.

Conditions of Sale: The highest bidder to be the purchaser. The purchase-money to be paid at the fall of the hammer. If any dispute arises as to any bidding, the auctioneer may put the lot up again. In cases where the person entitled to valuation for improvement purchases, payment for rental only will be required. If any dispute occurs as to who is entitled to improvements, the question will be decided by the Land Board.

SCHEDULE.

IMPROVED SECTIONS.

UNIMPROVED SECTIONS.

Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133.

J. GILES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 30th April, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon deferred payments at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on Wednesday, the 5th August, 1885:—

RESERVE 736, PIG-HUNTING CREEK.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.