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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

[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 15th day of June, 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.

SCHEDULE.

As witness my hand this thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1887.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

WAIMEA PERMANENT-WAY CONTRACT. — RIVERSDALE-SWITZER'S RAILWAY.

Accepted.

J. Campbell, Invercargill .. .. .. £ 653 12 0

Declined.

Walker and Kirkland, Invercargill .. .. 667 5 0
H. Whitaker, Dunedin .. .. .. 696 12 0
W. Lockhart, Invercargill.. .. .. 696 12 0
James Innis, Hindon .. .. .. 893 7 6
James Hewitt and Son, Invercargill .. 1,083 17 6
F. Mangan, Benmore (withdrawn.)
A. S. Bennett, Riversdale (informal.)

TEREMAKAU BRIDGE CONTRACT. — GREYMOUTH-HOKITIKA RAILWAY.

Accepted.

Scott Brothers, Christchurch .. .. £ 19,300 12 8

Declined.

R. S. Sparrow, Dunedin .. .. 21,000 11 10
J. M. Watson, Greymouth .. .. 21,745 0 0
J. Whittaker and Co., Dunedin .. 21,949 12 0
J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch .. 22,303 7 6
Govan and Fraser, Greymouth .. 22,553 4 0
R. McKenzie, Greymouth.. .. 22,990 19 0
R. Nancarrow, Greymouth .. 25,515 12 6
Alexander and Macfarlane, Wanganui .. 26,871 1 4
W. G. Bassett, Wanganui .. .. 26,995 0 0

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

IN accordance with section 144 of "The Public Works Act, 1882," I, Edward Richardson, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force from and after the 6th June, 1887:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

KAWAKAWA SECTION.

Class P.

Native coals from the Kawakawa Coal Mine to port of shipment, in lots not under 13,000 tons per six months, will be charged 2s. per ton, including weighing and discharging into ships.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Cement, Walton Park to Dunedin.

Cement manufactured from colonial products, from Walton Park to Dunedin or Pelichet Bay, will be charged 3s. per ton.

As witness my hand, this thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a Patent Folding Bedstead, to be called "The Nonpareil Folding Bedstead."
DANIEL HYAMS, of Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Dealer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 16th day of August 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 1st day of August 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. 2350.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a Patent Folding Bedstead, to be called "The Success Folding Bedstead."
DANIEL HYAMS, of Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Dealer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 16th day of August 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 1st day of August 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. 2351.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for trapping Rabbits, named "Thompson's Excelsior Rabbit-trap."
JOHN THOMSON, of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, Builder, &c., has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 16th day of August next, at eleven 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 1st day of August 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. 2352.