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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges
in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The
Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the fol-
lowing alterations in and additions to the scale of fares,
rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government rail-
ways, to come into force on and after the 31st day of July,
1893:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

NAPIER-TARANAKI SECTION.

New Plymouth Breakwater Line.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, between the Breakwater and
New Plymouth Station, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton, ac-
cording to ships' manifest, or by weight or measurement,
at the option of the Railway Department.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Class K.—Timber.

Timber from Rangitata to Ashburton, Timaru, and inter-
mediate stations will be charged 6d. per 100 superficial feet
less than the classified rates.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was hereunto
affixed, this nineteenth day of July, one (l.s.)
thousand eight hundred and ninety-
three, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,
Railway
Commissioners.

Officiating Ministers for 1893.—Notice No. 22.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1893.

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 in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act
are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.

The Reverend George William Christian.

[This name is published in substitution for that of
William George Christian, which appeared in the Gazette of
19th January.]

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend David Martin.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Small Grazing-run, Auckland, open for
Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th July, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that lease of the under-men-
tioned small grazing-run will be open for application,
at this office, on Wednesday, the 20th September, 1893, at
the rental noted.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EAST TAUPŌ COUNTY.

Small Grazing-run No. 19, situated in Blocks IX., X., and
XIV., Tātua Survey District, containing 5,100 acres. Upset
annual rental, £31 7s. 6d.

The run is near the Wairakei Hotel and Telegraph-office,
Taupo, with a frontage to the coach-road, and comprises
open land covered with fern and tussock, and contains a
small quantity of mixed forest at the northern end. The
hot springs and geysers in the Wairakei Valley are not
included in the run.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option
   of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years at a rent
   to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to
   lessee as provided by "The Land Act, 1892," section 182.
   Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form
   printed hereon.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory, and commences
   within three years in bush or swamp land, and within one
   year in open or partly open land, unless the lessee obtain
   the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in his
   occupation.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one
   year's rental by the end of the first year, two years' rental
   by the end of the second year, and four years' rental at the

end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto,
improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if
first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lease must ac-
   company the application; the rent to be paid half-yearly in
   advance during the term of the lease. The next payment of
   rent will become due on the 1st September, 1894.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the
   land; but he can select 150 acres around the homestead
   through which no road can be taken or other public privilege
   exercised without compensation.

DECLARATION.

I, , of * , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of
   "The Land Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the pur-
   chaser of a lease of Run No.†
3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own
   use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use of
   any other person or persons whatever.
4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in
   any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such
   lease.
5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of
   the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.
6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by
   lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the
   colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person,
   which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease
   of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.
   And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
   lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
   General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
   of the Peace Act, 1882."

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 18 , before
me , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Suburban Lands for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th July, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
suburban lands will be submitted to public auction,
at the District Land and Survey Office, Auckland, on
Wednesday, the 13th September, 1893, at 11 a.m.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—SUBURBS OF POKENO.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-
grant fee, £1, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the
part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be
forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null
and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.