Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1117

Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing, in duplicate, of opposition to the grant of the patent, stating in such notice the particular grounds of his objection.

No. 4651.—HAROLD JAMES AUGUSTUS PYKE, of Paparoa, Auckland, New Zealand, Commission Agent. An invention for an improvement in the axe-handle slasher, to be called "The Protection Groove."

No. 4652.—FREDERICK PETERSEN, of Union Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for improvements in dredges, &c.

No. 4653.—FREDERICK PETERSEN, of Union Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Engineer. An invention for improvements in hydraulic lifting-tools.

E. GELL,
Deputy Registrar of Patents, Designs, and
Trade-marks.

Rainfall for September, 1890.

Meteorological Office, Colonial Museum.

THE following is the rainfall for the month of September, 1890:—

J. HECTOR,
Director.

Crown Lands Notices.

Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands to be sold by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 30th September, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that sales by public auction will be held on the dates and at the places mentioned below, when the Crown lands specified will be submitted.

At the Courthouse, Temuka, on Wednesday, the 29th October, 1890, at 11 a.m. :—

TO BE SOLD FOR CASH.

Arowhenua Town Sections 463, 465, 467, 469, 471, 473, 492, 494 to 503, 522 to 538, 590 to 594, 606, 607, 608, 610. Upset price, £7 10s. per quarter-acre.

Orari Town Sections 20, 21, Block IV. ; 26, 27, Block VI. Upset price, £7 10s. per quarter-acre.

Lot 19, subdivision of Section No. 54, Reserve 389, Orari, 3 acres. Upset price, £15.

Forfeited Immigration Section 26473, Cooper's Creek, near Rangitata, 20 acres. Upset price, £20.

Section 36066, 33 acres 3 roods 6 perches. Upset price, £50 13s. 6d. Situated about four miles north-west of Rangitata, being an old pre-emptive right adjoining Proudfoot's land.

TO BE SOLD ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

Orari Village Settlement, Lots 1c and 4, Block XXIII., 4 acres 3 roods 25 perches. Upset price, £29 8s. 9d.

Reserve 389, Orari, Lot 12, subdivision of Section 45, 5 acres. Upset price, £22 10s.

Arowhenua Village Settlement, Lots 687, 703, 821, each 1 rood. Upset price, £10 each.

Ashwick Flat, Lots 10 and 11, 334 acres 2 roods 9 perches. Upset price, £793 4s.

At the Land Office, Christchurch, on Friday, the 31st October, 1890, at 11 a.m. :—

Part of Halswell Tramway Reserve, Tai Tapu. Area, 2 acres 2 roods 32 perches. Upset annual rental, £7 10s. Term of lease, fourteen years.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves for Leasing.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 7th October, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that tenders for the right to occupy the under-mentioned Crown lands for grazing purposes only, without any right of cropping, will be received at this office up to Monday, the 10th November, 1890. Every tender must be accompanied by a post-office order or marked cheque for ten and a half months' rent to the 1st October, 1891, at the rate tendered. No compensation for improvements will be given at expiration of tenancy :—

Reserve 282, and part of old Railway Reserve adjoining the Rangitata River, estimated to contain 20 acres. Upset annual rental, £1. Subject to right of road up to river. Yearly tenancy.

Village reserve on south side of railway, two and a half miles south-west of Rangitata Station, 85 acres. Upset annual rental, £4 5s. License subject to six months' notice, and renewable from year to year for five years if the land is not required by Government for any purpose.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves for Leasing.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 7th October, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that tenders for the occupation for grazing purposes only, without the right of cropping, of the under-mentioned lands, will be received at this office up to 5 p.m. on Monday, the 10th November, 1890. The licenses will be annually renewed by the Land Board for a period of seven years, unless the land is required by Government for any purpose, but will be terminated on six months' notice if required for the purpose of granting to the Midland Railway Company or being otherwise dealt with. Every tender must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for four and a half months' rent to the 1st April, 1891, at the rate tendered :—

Reserves 158 and 2016, Hurunui, Lots 3 and 4, 89 acres 3 roods 18 perches. Upset annual rental, £11 14s. 6d.

Reserve 360, adjoining railway between Bennett's and Oxford, 13 acres 3 roods 6 perches. Upset annual rental, £1 14s. 6d.

Plantation Reserve in Reserve 2331, West Oxford, 30 acres 1 rood 22 perches. Upset annual rental, £3.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.