Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1291

No. 3384.—PIERRE FINCH MARTINEAU BURROWS, of Auckland, New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in step-ladders.

No. 3385.—PIERRE FINCH MARTINEAU BURROWS, of Auckland, New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in folding adjustable ladders.

No. 3386.—HENRY SHIRLEY LOUGH, of Amberley, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved press suitable for wool and some other purposes.

No. 3387.—MOSES SCOTT, of Opawa, Canterbury, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for screw and hydraulic dredging machines.

And I have appointed Friday, the 22nd day of March next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said applications and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of any such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 7th day of March next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to any of the said applications, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Orders for Payment of Public Moneys to Agents to be stamped.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th October, 1888.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs it to be notified for general information that orders for the payment of moneys to agents by cheque or otherwise are subject to a stamp duty of one penny under the provisions of “The Stamp Act, 1882;” and all public officers concerned in the payment of public moneys are hereby enjoined, on presentation of such orders and before payment, to see that they are duly stamped as required by law, unless where specially exempt.

JAMES C. GAVIN,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Property-tax.—“Property Assessment Act, 1885,” and its Amendments.

Wellington, 9th October, 1888.

IN accordance with the above Acts, public notice is hereby given that the thirtieth day of November next is the time, and my office, Government Buildings, Wellington, is the place, at which all persons in the colony are required to furnish statements of all real and personal property belonging to them in accordance with the said Acts.

J. SPERREY,
Property-tax Commissioner.

N.B.—Forms of statement will be delivered by Assessors as far as practicable, but, as the duty of procuring such forms is cast upon the public, no person is excused from neglecting to provide himself therewith. All persons, whether liable to taxation or not, are required to furnish statements.

Forms may be obtained from the Local Assessor, or at any Money Order Post Office.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1888.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1890, the period of literature will be the latter half of the Eighteenth Century, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, and Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield.

GEO. FISHER.

Goldfields Notice.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th November, 1888.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

Paul Williams and party; Section 2, Block I., Rock and Pillar District, Otago Mining District. No. 738c.

Trayton Potter and others; Section 34, Block I., St. Bathans, Otago Mining District. No. 718c.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land open for Application, Land District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 16th October, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor having revoked the classification of the undermentioned section, originally set apart as pastoral deferred-payment land, it will be open for application at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, where plans may be seen on the 18th January, 1889, at £2 per acre.

Section No. 35982, 45 acres, situated on Run No. 443, Class II., between Sections 12264, 10699, 28488, and 6156.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Sale, Lease, &c., in the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 20th October, 1888.

THE following lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District will be offered for sale and lease as under:—

By auction, at the Old Provincial Council Chambers, Napier, on Tuesday, the 4th December, at 2.30 p.m. :—

FOR LEASE FOR TEN YEARS.
Suburban Sections, Havelock.

FOR LEASE FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS.

| Maungahaururu (rural section, Taupo Road) | IX. | 30 | 123 0 0 | 6 7 6 |
| Woodville .. | " | 39 | 30 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
| " .. | " | 40 | 15 0 0 | 1 10 0 |

FOR CASH.
Kumeroa Village Settlement.

| | | | | Upset Price. |
| .. | VI. | 11 | 0 2 0 | 40 0 0 |
| .. | " | 12 | 0 2 0 | 60 0 0 |

Town of Ormondville.

| .. | III. | 5 | 0 2 31 | 20 16 3 |
| .. | " | 6 | 0 2 27 | 20 1 3 |

ON DEFERRED PAYMENT.
Forfeited Sections, Waipawa Special Settlement.

| Norsewood .. | XIII. | 25 | 53 1 20 | 53 7 6 |
| " .. | " | 33 | 47 3 30 | 47 18 9 |

There are no improvements on these sections.

By auction, at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 5th December, at 2.30 p.m. :—

PATUTAHI SUBURBAN.

| .. | .. | 143 | 2 3 2 | 45 0 0 |
| .. | .. | 144 | 2 1 9 | 45 0 0 |
| .. | .. | 145 | 2 1 9 | 40 0 0 |

SMALL GRAZING RUNS.
Cook County.

Wairoa County.

| Taramarama | 64 | IX. | 4 | 2,060 2 4 | 25 15 0 |

For further particulars apply to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier, and to the Land Officer, Gisborne.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Land to adjoining Proprietors, Land District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 16th October, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 18th January, 1889, the lands described in the Schedule hereto will, under the provisions of section 95 of “The Land Act, 1885,” be sold to the adjoining proprietors.