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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Patrick Beaton Ligertwood. Date of resigna-
tion, 21st September, 1889.
Hastings Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Otto Hansen. Date of resignation, 14th Septem-
ber, 1889.
THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by the
under-mentioned officer :-
Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers.
Lieut.-Colonel Robert G. D. Tosswill.
W. R. RUSSELL.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th November, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation by the under-mentioned gentlemen
of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the
colony, viz.:
JAMES DANIEL GARWOOD, Esq., of Akaroa.
JOHN ABRAHAM ROBERTS GREENSILL, Esq., of Picton.
JOHN HOLLICK, Esq., of Milton.
WILLIAM HENRY JAMES, Esq., of Wanganui.
W. R. RUSSELL.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons :-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
Ole Ericksen the Storekeeper.. Norsewood.
younger
John Lidman .. Goldminer .. Westport.
Charles Ostberg .. Farmer .. Apiti, Feilding.
W. R. RUSSELL.

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 Whaka-
haere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toko 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 mo te tau i oti atu 31 Maehe, 1890:

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 aua whenua kia utua
e koutou aua reiti a te 11 o nga ra o Nowema, 1889, 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 whakaatu
ranga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

Te Ingoa o te Poari Takiwa. Te Tari o te Poari Takiwa e
utua ai nga Moni Reiti.
Kaute Kaunihera o Horowhenua Otaki.
Kaute Kaunihera o Patea .. Patea.
Rori Poata o Port Levy .. Port Levy.
Kaute Kaunihera o Raglan .. Raglan.

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He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 31 o Oketopa,
1889.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Mo Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]

"THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," and
the Amendments 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 under-
signed 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 for the year ending the
31st March, 1890:

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 11th November, 1889, 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.

Name of Local Body. Office of Local Body where
Payment is to be made.
Horowhenua County Council Otaki.
Patea County Council .. Patea.
Port Levy Road Board.. Port Levy.
Raglan County Council Raglan.

As witness my hand, this thirty-first day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Colonial Treasurer.)

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 6th November, 1889.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon.
Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to
interpret "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," in
relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow :-

NOTE.-"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other
kinds" as o.k. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

Articles and how classed. Rate of Duty.

Articles and materials suited only for, and to
be used solely in, the manufacture of goods
in the colony, viz. Desiccated white of
egg; oak staves in the rough Free.
Air-beds and air-cushions, as druggists' sun- 15 per cent.
dries
Band-saw filing machine, as engineers' ma- Free.
chine tools
Bran-bags of hessian, as hessian bags 20 per cent.
Beehives, machinery for the manufacture of, 20 per cent.
as machinery n.o.e.

• Brushes, stippling and papering, and stock, Free.
  as artificers' tools
  Biscuit- or wafer-paper, as provisions n.o.e. 20 per cent.
  Calico cut into bag-lengths, as calico in the Free.
  piece
  Carboys, containing oil of lemon Free.
  Casks constructed for liquids, but imported 15 per cent.
  empty (not being returned "empties"), or
  filled with goods for which they are not a
  necessary package, as woodenware n.o.e.
  Chloride of lime, as druggists' sundries 15 per cent.
  Coulters, circular, as part of ploughs Free.
  Core-boxes, moulders', as woodenware n.o.e. 15 per cent.
  Driers, patent, mixed with oil, as paints 2s. the cwt.
  ground in oil
  Drills, striped or checked, as textile piece- 20 per cent.
  goods, unless imported by or for tailors
  Driving-gear for sheep-shearing machine, as 20 per cent.
  machinery n.o.e.