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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Silver Peak District, Section 1, Block VIII. (Class II.),
Tairi County; about 2,093 acres; term, seven years; upset
annual rental, £55; annual rental under expiring lease,
£26 12s. 10d. Situated five miles from Mount Allan Rail-
way-station (Otago Central), is well watered, and fairly
grazed. Merino sheep are now being grazed upon the land.
The altitude varies from 1,500ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-level.
Run 5 of c (Class II.), part of Benmore Station, Waitaki
County; about 3,900 acres; estimated carrying capacity,
3,900 sheep; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £20;
annual rental under expiring lease, £5. Present lessee,
Messrs. R. Campbell and Sons. Situated thirty-four miles
from Kurow Railway-station, and extends in a narrow belt
from the confluence of the Ahuriri River with the Waitaki
River to about one mile above Totara Creek. It includes
several islands in the Ahuriri River. The main road skirts
the last-named river on the west of the run. The country is
low-lying, at an altitude from 1,000ft. to 1,200ft. above sea-
level.
Table Hill District, Section 69, Block IV. (Class II.),
Bruce County; about 202 acres; term, seven years; upset
annual rental, £5; annual rental under last lease, £10 2s.
Situated one mile from Manuka Railway-station, forty-five
miles from Dunedin (Lawrence Branch). The country is
medium grazing quality, broken, well watered by tributaries
of the Tokomairiro River, and adapted for grazing half-bred
sheep. A good road passes near this section.
Run 206D (Class I.), Maniototo County; about 3,940 acres;
term, fourteen years. Upset annual rental, £50. Valuation
for improvements, £83 15s. Annual rental under expiring
lease, £120. Present lessee, Mr. J. Malloch. This run is
situated between Kyeburn Hundred and the summit of the
Kakanui Range, with outlet by tracks to Kyeburn and
Naseby. This country attains an altitude from 2,000ft. to
5,000ft. above sea-level, is poorly grassed, but suitable for
merino sheep.
Run 262 (Class I.), part of Galloway Station, Vincent
County; about 40,520 acres; term, fourteen years; upset
annual rental, £350; valuation for improvements, £603;
annual rental under last lease, £960. Present lessees,
Messrs. R. Campbell and Sons. Situated ten miles from
Alexandra. This run is situated between Manorburn and
Hope's Creek, and comprises runs recently held as 262, 262D,
and part of 262c. There are tracks to this country from
Alexandra and Roxburgh. The land is fairly grassed, and is
carrying at the present time merino sheep, for which it is
well adapted. 2,000ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level are the
altitudes.
Run 226E (Class I.), Vincent County; about 9,730 acres;
term, nine years; upset annual rental, £50; valuation for
improvements, £117 10s.; annual rental under expiring lease,
£370. Present lessee, Mr. A. R. Blackwood. Situated ten
miles from St. Bathans, near the head of the Dunstan Creek,
well watered by the tributaries of that creek, and accessible
by track from Tarras and St. Bathan's. The country is high-
lying and poorly grassed, but adapted for merino sheep. The
altitude varies from 3,000ft. to 5,000ft. above sea-level.
Possession of the foregoing runs will be given on the 1st
March, 1894, except in the case of the last five (5 of c, Sec-
tion 9, Block IV., Table Hill District, 206D, 262, and 226E).
Possession of the first (5 of c) will be given 1st May, 1894,
and of the remaining four 1st March, 1893.
Valuations must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue,
Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession. The
amount of such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a
rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount
of the average annual rental paid under the expiring lease or
license during the term thereof, or five times such amount
in cases where the annual rent does not exceed £50.
The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."
Plans will be circulated, and may be obtained on applica-
tion, early in February.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Licenses liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 23rd January, 1893.
PURSUANT to section 215 of "The Land Act, 1892,"
notice is hereby given to THOMAS ANTHONY DOUGLAS,
occupier of Section 37, Block VI., Table Hill District, under
Pastoral License 482, and HUGH McPHERSON, occupier of
Runs 458 and 468, under Pastoral License 926, that the said
licenses are liable to forfeiture, and if the rent, together
with the full amount of penalty due thereon, be not paid
within three months of date hereof, the said licenses will be
declared forfeited.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Auck-
land.

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT HENRY, of Paeroa,
Printer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby
summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on
Friday, the 10th day of February, 1893, at 11 o'clock.
J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.
Auckland, 4th February, 1893.
N.B.—All proofs of debt must be filed not later than two
months from the date of adjudication, and, if possible, before
the first meeting of creditors.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wairarapa, holden
at Masterton.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE DIXON, of Master-
ton, Blacksmith, was this day adjudged bankrupt;
and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden
at the Old Court-room, Masterton, on Friday, the 10th day of
February, 1893, at 10 o'clock a.m.
W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.
3rd February, 1893.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wairarapa, holden
at Masterton

In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act, 1892."
NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS ALFRED HOWELL,
of Pahiatua, Tobacconist, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to
be holden at my office, at Masterton, on Wednesday, the 8th
day of February, 1893, at 12 o'clock noon.
W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.
2nd February, 1893.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Westland, holden
at Greymouth.

In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act, 1892."
NOTICE is hereby given that DANIEL BRANIFF, of Grey-
mouth, Engine-driver, was this day adjudged bank-
rupt; and I hereby summon the first meeting of creditors, to
be holden at my office, in Tainui Street, Greymouth, on
Monday, the 30th day of January, 1893, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon.
Robt. Wm. RUSSELL,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Dated at Greymouth, this 24th day of January, 1893.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Westland, holden
at Westport (being a Local Court of Bankruptcy).

In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act, 1892."
NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD HAYLOCK, of Wai-
mangaroa, Blacksmith, was this day adjudged bank-
rupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be
holden at my office, Westport, on the 13th day of February,
1893, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
C. E. HARDEN,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Westport, 2nd February, 1893.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 1892.
IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1894, the period of literature
will be the reign of Queen Anne, and the special books will
be Shakespeare's King Henry V. and Lamb's Essays of Elia.
W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.