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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The MANAGER of the GOVERNMENT WATER-RACE,
NELSON CREEK,

to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

Professor T. KIRK, F.L.S.,

to frank and receive, free from the prepayment of postage,
letters and parcels containing specimens of natural-history
objects, posted on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Notice to Owners of Native Land under “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882.”

“TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” me te Ture Whakatikatika i taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toku ingoa i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o “Te Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” kia utua nga reiti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru :

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 1 o nga ra o Akuhata, 1885, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaaturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 29 o nga ra o Hurae, kotahi mano e waru rau e waru tekau ma rima.

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 1st day of August, 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.

As witness my hand this twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1885.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

LUMSDEN-MARAROA RAILWAY.—MURRAY CREEK FORMATION AND PERMANENT-WAY CONTRACT.

Accepted.

J. Concher, Riverton .. .. £ 2,496 9 4

Declined.

H. Jaggers, Invercargill .. .. 2,590 0 0
J. Walker, Invercargill .. .. 2,647 5 7
McLeod and Shaw, Invercargill .. .. 2,771 10 0
W. Birsh, Invercargill .. .. 2,964 16 0
C. Hilgendorf, Dunedin .. .. 3,391 16 0
Matheson Brothers, Dunedin .. .. 4,099 14 3

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 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.

Matakana West Road District, County of Rodney :
Joseph Braithwaite.
Isaac Gordon Carrie.
David James Cruickshank.

Moa Road District, County of Taranaki :
Henry John Turner.

Ruataniwha North Road District, County of Waipawa :
James Mathews.
John James Buchanan.
Samuel Whitaker Hardy (Chairman).

Clydevale Road District, County of Clutha :
James Ross Mitchell.
David Manson.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in Machinery for drawing and spinning Hemp, Flax, and other Fibrous Materials.

JOHN GOOD, of Washington and Park Avenues, Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York, United States of America, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 8th day of October 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 23rd day of September 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. 1497.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th July, 1885.

PATENT for an Improved Contrivance for holding Ropes, Lines, or Cords.

STEPHEN HENRY MANNERS and CHARLES EDGAR MANNERS, of Adelaide, South Australia, Mechanists, and JOHN THEO-