JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 691

trousers, overcoat, and overcoat with cape; also for tunic and trousers made of white drill or duck.

Samples of clothing (except white drill or duck garments) may be seen at all Chief Post Offices throughout the colony, where also specifications and form of tender may be obtained.

Tenders, quoting price for each garment, accompanied by samples of material, to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, General Post Office, Wellington, and indorsed outside “Tender for letter-carriers’ uniforms.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1891.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1891.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Primitive Methodist Connexion.

The Reverend Robert Raine.

The Reverend William C. Wood.

[The name of the Reverend William C. Wood is published in substitution for that of Charles E. Wood, which was in the general list in the Gazette of the 28th January.]

Salvation Army.

Charles Robinson (commonly called Captain Robinson).

Frank Howard Veal (commonly called Major Veal).

Thomas Edgar Vince (commonly called Major Vince).

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1891.

In the matter of the will of Sarah Gosling, late of Nelson, 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.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th June, 1891.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. the 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 and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
For Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 397.]

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1892, the period of literature will be the period of the Commonwealth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Minister of Education.

Crown Lands Notices.

Auckland Runs classified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th June, 1891.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of section 9 of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” have reported to His Excellency the Governor that the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein noted.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Class I.—Pastoral Land, being Land suitable exclusively for Pasturage, and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of less than Five Thousand Acres.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, being called or known as portion of the Kaingaroa Plains, and containing by admeasurement 227,082 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by lines, Matahina A No. 1, C No. 1, and C Blocks; towards the east generally by the Rangitaiki River, a Native reserve, again by the Rangitaiki River, a Native reserve, and again by the Rangitaiki River; towards the south-east by Runanga No. 2A Block to where the boundary crosses the main road, Taupo to Napier; towards the south-west by that road; and towards the west generally by Tauhara Middle, Kaingaroa No. 2 West (No. 2), Kaingaroa No. 2 West (No. 1), Paeroa East Nos. 3A and 3C, Kaingaroa Nos. 1A North and 1A South; and again by No. 1A North, Paeroa East Nos. 4A and 2B, and Kerewhakaitu No. 1 Blocks: save and excepting a Native reserve, Oruatewehi, containing 470 acres, from the area above described.

Sale of Small Grazing Runs, Rewa, Kaiwhata, and Wainuioru Survey Districts, Wellington Land District.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” Part VII., that leases of the runs enumerated hereunder will be submitted to public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 15th July, 1891, at 11 a.m., at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

The block comprising Runs 48, 49, and 50 is situated on the west side of the Kaiwhata Stream, on the East Coast, Wairarapa District; and is bounded towards the north by Mr. G. C. Williams’s property; towards the south by the property of Mr. Adams and by a public road; towards the west and north-west generally by a public road, the holdings of Mr. J. Ray and Messrs. Williams and Beetham’s Brancepeth Run. The country comprises generally hilly land, intersected by deep gullies, with small flats along the Kaiwhata and Bismarck Creeks. There are suitable sites for homesteads where the track from Wharau crosses the Kaiwhata Stream. In the northern part of the block, above the confluence of Bismarck Creek with Kaiwhata Creek, the ridges are flatter, and the soil of a better quality than that in the southern part, the latter being of a generally inferior quality, varying from fair to good in the gullies. The block is fairly well watered, most of the gullies having water in them in the summer. Dams could be constructed and water stored. The forest comprises tawai and tawhero on the ridges, but on the slopes and in the gullies there are in addition rimu, matai, kahikatea, hinau, maire, miro, and occasional totara trees; the undergrowth consists of rangiora, makomako, mahoe, &c. Timber for building and fencing purposes is generally available. The formation is sandstone, with slate and shale showing in some of the gullies. The altitude of the country ranges from 500ft. to 1,300ft. above sea-level. The