Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1491

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1890.

In the matter of the will of William Raitt, late of Waihola Gorge, Farmer, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1890.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-mentioned applications have been accepted, and are open to public inspection.

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. 4266.—THOMAS THATCHER, of Fernham, Wanganui, New Zealand, Gentleman. An invention for an improved malthouse-floor.

No. 4751.—THOMAS RALPH DOUSE, of 8, Holborn Viaduct, London, England, Engineer. An invention for electric fire-indicator and -suppressor.

No. 4752.—JEAN BAPTISTE ETEVENEAX, of Palmerston Street, Westport, New Zealand, Carpenter. An invention for Eteveneaux’s revolving endless hopper for the purpose of separating sand containing gold from stones and other débris.

No. 4753.—CHARLES COOPER, of Guildford, Western Australia, Civil Engineer. An invention for an improved spark-arrester for locomotive and other engines.

No. 4756.—JOSIAH CLIFTON FIRTH, of Auckland, New Zealand, Miller. An invention for a new or improved method of cleaning, treating, or preparing kauri-gum for the market.

No. 4757.—ARTHUR NORMAN LAWRENCE BENPORATH, of Manaia, New Zealand, Accountant. An invention for an account-book, to be called “The at-a-Glance Account-book.”

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Crown Lands, Otago Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 8th December, 1890.

CROWN lands for sale by auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 8th January, 1891, at 11.30 a.m.:

PASTORAL LICENSES, under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Run 24A, Clutha County, about 890 acres. Term, ten years. Upset rental, £14 16s. 8d. per annum.

Cardrona District, Section 1, Block IX., and Lower Wanaka District, Section 5, Block III., about 2,967 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £37.

Lower Hawea District, Sections 1 and 2, Block IX., and Tarras District, Section 1, Block X., about 4,153 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £50.

Tarras District, Sections 2 and 3, Block X., and 10, Block VII., about 1,900 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £23.

Tarras District, Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XII., about 1,419 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £17.

Lower Wanaka District, Sections 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 to 22, Block IV., 1 to 6, Block II., and Lower Hawea District, Sections 1 to 7 and 9, Block VIII., about 5,334 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £66.

Crookston District, Sections 1 and 18 to 20, Block IV., about 213 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £2 13s. 3d.

Crookston District, Sections 35 to 38, Block IV., about 207 acres. Term, seven years. Upset annual rental, £2 11s. 9d.

Possession of the foregoing runs will be given on day of sale.

Purchasers will be required to deposit a half-year’s rent and 21s. license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

SMALL GRAZING-RUN LEASES, under Part VII. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Glenkenich District, Section 11, Block XII., about 941 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £23 10s. 6d. Valuation for improvements, £420 1s. 3d.

Hummock District, Sections 1 to 5, Block II., about 2,123 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £53 1s. 6d. Valuation for improvements, £61 16s.

Waikouaiti District, Run 171H, about 3,890 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £84 15s. Valuation for improvements, £294.

Waikouaiti District, Sections 26 and 27, Block V., about 663 acres. Term, twenty-one years. Upset annual rental, £20 14s. 4d. Valuation for improvements, £185.

Possession on day of sale.

Purchasers will be required to hand to the auctioneer the declaration required by section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and to pay first half-year’s rent, and lease and registration fees (31s.), on fall of hammer.

Valuations for improvements payable within fourteen days from day of sale.

TOWNSHIPS.

Town sections in Catlin, Kaitangata, and Alexandra Townships. Upset price, £30 per acre.

Suburban sections in Riverside Township, containing from 2 roods to 8 acres each. Upset price of sections under 5 acres, £20 per acre; of sections over 5 acres, £5.

Terms: 20 per cent. deposit on fall of hammer; balance, with Crown-grant fee (20s.), within thirty days.

For further particulars apply to this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Run liable to Forfeiture.—Notice to Occupier.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of clause 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby give notice that the run mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the rent, together with the penalty for non-payment at due date, is not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, within three months of the date of this notice.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Run No. 68, Black Forest Station, Waimate County, 20,800 acres; David Gunn, lessee.

Notice to Occupier of Pastoral Run, Hawke’s Bay District.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 19th November, 1890.

IN accordance with section 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby give notice that the run described in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the amount of rent due, together with the penalty for non-payment, are not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Napier, within three months from the date of first insertion of this notice.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Run No. 52, Tuahu District, 9,252 acres; George Hall, lessee.

Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses, Westland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 20th November, 1890.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of pastoral runs, as noted below, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Lands Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 13th January, 1891, at 11 o’clock a.m. Terms in each case, ten years, from the 1st March, 1891; and upset price, annual rentals as noted:

Run No. 5, Upper Teremakau North, 10,000 acres; £10.
Run No. 12, Upper Mikonui, 3,000 acres; £3.
Run No. 24, Waiatoto, 15,000 acres; £15.
Run No. 25, Arawata, 14,000 acres; £14.
Run No. 48, Blue River, 10,000 acres; £10.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land District of Canterbury.—Canterbury Runs for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 24th November, 1890.

THE under-mentioned runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at the upset annual rentals noted below, at the Land Office, Timaru, on Wednesday, the 7th January, 1891, at 11 a.m.: