Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 369

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 Tironi, 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 ana whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 25 o nga ra o Maehe, 1887, 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.

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KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 16 o nga ra o Maehe, 1887.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

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[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 25th day of March, 1887, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

As witness my hand this sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

Additional Regulations for Examination of Candidates for Engineers’ Certificates of Competency.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1887.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by the 24th and 25th sections of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” I do hereby make the following additional regulations for the examination of candidates for engineers’ certificates of competency, the same being identical with regulations recently issued by the Board of Trade; and I do hereby order that they shall come into force on the 1st day of April next.

W. J. M. LARNACH:

SERVICE ON A LAKE OR RIVER.

In addition to the required workshop-time, service on a lake or river, in a steamer in which the aggregate piston-area of the propelling engines proper amounts to at least 2,000 circular inches, will be accepted towards qualifying a candidate to be examined for a certificate of competency, as follows :—

Two months of river or lake service, in a capacity not lower than that of third engineer, may be deemed equivalent to one month of sea service, provided that—

For a second-class certificate, not less than three months of the qualifying service must be actual sea service, and that

For a first-class certificate, at least six months of the qualifying service must have been at sea in a grade not below that of third engineer, where an engineer of a lower grade is carried.

During the last eighteen months of this service the candidate must have been in possession of a second-class engineer’s certificate of competency.

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Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1887.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY.—SILVER PEAK BRIDGES, MASONRY CONTRACT.

Accepted.

W. J. A. Sanderson, Oamaru .. .. £ s. d.
18,410 17 9

Declined.

Hamilton and Barclay, Oamaru .. .. 21,175 0 0
J. Whittaker and Co., Dunedin .. .. 21,534 12 0
G. Sangster and Co., Dunedin .. .. 24,539 0 0
Black and Allison, Dunedin .. .. 25,200 6 9
D. McIntyre and Co., Dunedin .. .. 25,605 8 0
T. H. Downes, Dunedin .. .. 26,050 0 0

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Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1887.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.