Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 281

In lieu of the sittings of the said Court appointed to be held at Gisborne on the 12th March, 1888, sittings of the said Court for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” shall be held at the Courthouse, Gisborne, on Monday, the 19th day of March, 1888.

If the day above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, this 20th day of February, 1888.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
C. W. RICHMOND.
C. D. R. WARD.

Native Land Court Notices.

Determination of Individual Interests under Section 42 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of this Court, to be held at Wellington, on the 1st day of March, 1888, will be heard the applications of the persons whose names appear in the first column for the determination of their relative shares or interests in the hereditaments comprised in the Crown grant of the pieces of land the names of which appear in the second column, situate in the district named in the third column.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

Sitting of the Native Land Court for the Subdivision of Hereditaments.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court to be held at Wellington, in the District of Wellington, on the 1st day of March, 1888, will be heard the application of the person whose name appears in the first column for the partition of the hereditaments comprised in the Crown grant of the piece of land the name of which appears in the second column, situate in the district named in the third column.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Survey of Puringa Block.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

WHEREAS upon an investigation into the title to the Puringa Block, had in the month of January, 1882, the Court required a survey of the said block to be made, and a plan of the land to be deposited in Court :

Notice is hereby given that such survey has been made, and a sufficient plan and description of the said land are now ready for and open to inspection at the office of the Registrar of the Court in Gisborne, in the said district ; and if any person is desirous of making objection to the boundaries as defined by such plan he must give notice thereof to the Court, stating the grounds of such objection, and deposit the same at the said office before the 20th day of March, 1888 : And notice is hereby given that if any such notice of objection is lodged as aforesaid the Court will, at a sitting to be held at Gisborne aforesaid, on the 27th day of March, 1888, proceed to adjust and determine the boundaries of the said land according to the rights of the several parties interested.

Dated this 6th day of February, 1888.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

Crown Lands Notices.

Forfeiture of Runs.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 9th February, 1888.

IN accordance with section 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby declare that the runs mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been forfeited for non-payment of rents and penalties.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th January, 1888.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be sold by auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 28th February, 1888, at noon :—

RURAL LANDS.

Section 92, Block V., Tuapeka East District, about 19 acres. Upset price, £2 per acre. Survey fees, £3 3s. Part of coal reserve, unsurveyed, about two miles from Lawrence.

TOWNSHIPS.

Sections in the Townships of Glenorchy, Georgetown, Waikouaiti, and Waipahi. Upset price, £30 per acre.

SUBURBAN.

Sections 4 to 12, Block XI., Town of Kelso, from 1 to 2 roods each ; upset price, £4 per acre. Also sections in Moeraki ; upset price, £10 per acre.

SMALL GRAZING RUNS.

Section 2, Block XI., and 21, Block III.; Section 3, Block XI., and 22, Block III.; Sections 2, Block V.; Gimmerburn District; three runs, from 3,148 to 4,069 acres each.

Section 1, Block IV., Highlay District, grouped with Sections 1 and 2, Block IV., Rock and Pillar District; 4,697 acres; improvements, £299 2s. Section 3, Block IV.; Sections 1 and 2, Block V.; Section 1, Block VI.; Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, Block VII.; Section 1, Block VIII., Highlay District; 760 to 5,000 acres each. Sections 10, 11, and 12, Block XII., Rock and Pillar District; Section 1, Block XIII., Swinburn District; from 2,480 to 4,980 acres each.

Kuriwao District.

No. 1: Sections 1 to 5, 8 to 10, Block VII.; improvements, £193. No. 2: Sections 5A, 6, 7, 11, Block VII., and Section 2, Block XII. No. 3: Sections 1, 7, and 8, Block VIII. No. 4: Section 9, Block VIII. No. 5: Sections 10 and 11, Block VIII. No. 6: Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII., and Section 1, Block IX. No. 7: Sections 5 and 6, Block VIII. No. 8: Sections 12 and 13, Block VIII. No. 9: Section 1, Block XI. No. 10: Section 1, Block X. No. 11: Sections 9 to 11, Block IX. No. 12: Sections 6 to 8, Block IX. No. 13: Sections 2 and 3, Block IX. No. 14: Sections 4 and 5, Block IX. Subdivisions of Run No. 90, Ciutha River Trust, from 580 to 2,432 acres each. Also Sections 13, 14, 15, and 17, Block IX., and Sections 18 to 22, Block IX., 523 and 1,315 acres respectively.

Sections 1, 2, and 3 (grouped), Block VII., 925 acres; Sections 5 to 8 (grouped), Block XI., 939 acres; Teviot District. Run No. 214, about 3,750 acres; Run No. 214B, about 3,500 acres; Nokomai District.

NOTE.—Upset rental, 6d. per acre; term, 21 years. Purchasers must deposit on sale the required statutory decla-