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require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 25th day of May next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2271.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Turn-buckles.

WILLIAM DOUSLIN, of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 9th day of June 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 25th day of May next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2272.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of February, 1887. Altitude above the sea, 140 feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Early part of month strong N.W. wind and showery; from 9th to end of month generally fine with variable wind, except strong from N.W. on 18th, 19th, 20th, and 23rd, and a few light showers; prevailing wind from N.W. Maximum rainfall on 6th, ·50in. Maximum temperature in shade, 78·5°; minimum, 46·5°. Mean temperature of dewpoint, 55·8°. Mean humidity, 76.

R. B. GORE,
Observer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Pastoral Runs, Poverty Bay, under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1885.”—Land District of Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 16th March, 1887.

I HEREBY notify that the lands specified in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for lease, by public auction, as pastoral runs, subject to the provisions of clauses 169 to 193 inclusive of “The Land Act, 1885,” at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Monday, the 25th April next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

COOK COUNTY.

No. 42.

ARAKIHI NORTH RUN.—About 8,290 acres. Upset annual rental, £100. Description of Land: Same as Arakihi South Run.

No. 43.

ARAKIHI SOUTH RUN.—About 12,100 acres. Upset annual rental, £125. Description of Land: Open and scrubby, a little bush, good soil, very broken; unformed road through block.

No. 44.

WAIHORA RUN.—8,905 acres. Upset annual rental, £110. Description of Land: Bush and open, good soil, much broken; no present access, but could be provided.

Arakihi and Waihora Runs are situated about forty miles from Gisborne, by Ormond–Waimata–Waiapu Road.

No. 45.

WAINGAROMIA NO. 3 RUN.—586 acres. Upset annual rental, £20. Description of Land: Good land, close to Ormond–Waiapu Road, open and scrub.

No. 46.

MANGATOKERAU RUN.—5,456 acres. Upset annual rental, £62. Description of Land: Good land, scrub and fern, but mostly bush; access could be obtained from Tolago–Waiapu Road without much expenditure; distant about twenty miles from Uawa Township, Tolago Bay.

No. 47.

WHAREKOPAE RUN.—19,969 acres. Upset annual rental, £62. Description of Land: Mostly bush, but some good open and partly-grassed land in that part called Hihiroroa; the west part is densely wooded with birch; access easily obtainable by Ormond–Motu–Opotiki Road.

No. 48.

HANGAROA–MATAWHAI RUN.—12,019 acres. Upset annual rental, £62. Description of Land: Mostly open, back part rough, some few flats along river; no access at present.

The above lands are situated about thirty-two miles from Gisborne, close to the Wairoa–Gisborne Main Road.

No. 49.

TAUWHARETOI NORTH RUN.—About 23,090 acres. Upset annual rental, £80. Description of Land: Mostly bush, and much broken in western part, some totara timber on river frontage; accessible by a partly-formed bridle-road from Patutahi.

No. 50.

TAUWHARETOI EAST RUN.—About 8,230 acres. Upset annual rental, £125. Description of Land: Mostly open, some fairly good flats along river, enough bush for fencing and building, some grass.

No. 51.

TAUWHARETOI SOUTH RUN.—About 19,069 acres. Upset annual rental, £62. Description of Land: More than half bush, the remainder fern and scrub, with a little grass.

No. 52.

TUAHU RUN.—9,252 acres. Upset annual rental, £30. Description of Land: Mostly bush, a good deal of it black birch, but a little open land along the Ruakitura; a bridle-road on opposite side of river passes near this block.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

Term of license, twenty-one years, subject to be determined, without compensation, at any time if the land thereon comprised, or any part thereof, is required for sale as agricultural or pastoral land. Twelve months’ notice of such determination to be given to the licensee.

Rent to be paid half-yearly in advance, the first payment, to be made on day of sale, being for the period from the 25th April, 1887, to the 31st August, 1887.

A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified therein, but shall give no right to the soil, or timber, or minerals, and shall immediately determine over any land which may