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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

leased by the said trustees for a term of twenty-one years from the 13th May, 1884.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 1,000 acres, be the same a little more or less, being the block of land called “Reserve in the Manawatu, Wairarapa No. 1, or Eketahuna Block, Wairarapa District,” and being the whole of the land comprised in Crown-grant, Register-book, Vol. xxvi., folio 48.

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 16 o nga ra o Nowema, 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 wha o nga o Nowema, 1885.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(Mo te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.)

[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 undersigned 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 16th day of November, 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 fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Colonial Treasurer.)

Alterations and Additions to Scale of Fares and Charges in force on New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after the 16th November, 1885:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Class K.—Timber.

Timber from saw-mills in Southland consigned to Dunedin will be charged 6d. per 100 feet less than the classified rates.

Class N.

Nightsoil from Dunedin to Abbotsford will be charged 10s. per truck.

Class O.—Rough Stone.

Rough stone from Deborah to Port Chalmers consigned to ship for export will be charged 8s. per ton.
Minimum quantity, 5 tons.

Class P.—Bricks and Tiles.

Bricks and earthenware tiles (native produce) will be charged as follows:—

Buxton’s to Invercargill, per ton .. .. 1 6
Longbush “ “ .. .. 1 9
McCallum’s “ “ .. .. 2 0
Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Umber, for paper-making purposes .. .. Class D.

As witness my hand this eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 4th November, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £4,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 8th February, 1886, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before the 31st January, 1886.

A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be public in the sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the control of an association, society, or club, whose membership is composed of a section of the community only, and if within a borough it must be open to the public free of charge. The receipts for the year must not have been less than £2, exclusive of moneys received from endowments, or from Government, or from Borough or County Councils, or for special building purposes, or as rent, hire, or consideration