May 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 777

Cranage.
s. d.
For use of steam-crane on wharf or in yard, per ton
(minimum charge, 15s.) .. .. .. 0 6
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the
Railway Department) to be charged per day, or
otherwise by special agreement.
The charge for cranage does not include the cost of
haulage to the crane when the goods have been
previously deposited at a distance therefrom.
Minimum charge for use of 12-ton steam-crane .. 20 0

Storage.
On goods not removed within 12 working-hours, per
day, per ton .. .. .. 1 0
On timber not removed within one week, per 100ft.
superficial, per day .. .. .. 0 2

The working-hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.
No ship shall discharge or take in cargo at other times
without written notice being given by the ship's officer to the
Wharfinger, under a penalty of £5 for each offence.
The captain or agent of each vessel must supply the
Wharfinger with a correct copy of the vessel's manifest prior
to discharging any cargo, under a penalty of £5 for each
offence.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was hereunto
affixed, this twenty-third day of May, (L.S.)
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four, in the presence of
JAMES McKERROW, }
T. RONAYNE, }
JOHN L. SCOTT, }

Railway
Commissioners.

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
following alterations in and additions to the scale of
fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government
Railways, to come into force on and after the 28th day of
May, 1894:—

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Wrought-iron fluming-pipes for mining purposes—mini-
mum quantity, 2 tons per single truck, 5 tons per double-
bogie truck—Class D. Any less quantity will be charged
as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class B.
Owner's risk. Special goods.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was hereunto
affixed, this twenty-second day of May, (L.S.)
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four, in the presence of
JAMES McKERROW, }
T. RONAYNE, }
JOHN L. SCOTT, }

Railway
Commissioners.

Alterations and Additions to the Special Scale of Fares,
Rates, and Charges in Force for Traffic interchanged
between Stations on the Greymouth Section of the New
Zealand Government Railways and Stations on the New
Zealand Midland Railway Company's Railway, and for
Local Traffic on the New Zealand Midland Railway
Company's Railway.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The
Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the
following alterations in and additions to the special scale of
fares, rates, and charges for traffic interchanged between
stations on the Greymouth Section of the New Zealand
Government Railways and stations on the New Zealand
Midland Railway Company's Railway, and for local traffic
on the New Zealand Midland Railway Company's Railway;
to come into force on and after the 28th day of May, 1894:—

PART III.—GOODS.

REGULATIONS.

Class K.—Timber.

Timber consigned to Greymouth from Ngahere will be
charged 6d. per 100 superficial feet over the Midland Com-
pany's line.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was here-
unto affixed, this twenty-third day of
May, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-four, in the presence of
JAMES McKERROW, }
T. RONAYNE, }
JOHN L. SCOTT, }

(L.S.)

Railway
Commissioners.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke's Bay, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 28th March, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application on
and after Wednesday, 30th May, at the annual rental noted
below. In case of more than one application for the run on
the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot
on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

High hilly country, covered with fern and stunted manuka.
The spurs are in places narrow, rocky, and broken, and the
gullies deep, with steep faces; in others, the ridges and spurs
are broad, with easy faces, carrying a little grass. Soil, light
pumice. There is a little timber in the gullies, chiefly rimu
and red-birch, with a little stunted totara, sufficient for
fencing purposes; well watered. Distant forty miles from
Napier.

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 com-
   mences 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
   be paid immediately the application is declared successful;
   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 March, 1895.

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
believing 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.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.