968
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1893.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1895, the period of literature will be the latter end of the eighteenth century, and the special books will be Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar" and Thackeray's "Esmond."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Notice by the Public Trustee of his Election to administer Intestate Estates.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1894.

NOTICE.—It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of "The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1893," the Public Trustee, having elected to administer the property of the following persons, who, so far as is known, have died intestate within the Colony of New Zealand, did file his election in writing at the Supreme Court Office, at the place stated after the name of each such deceased person:—

Robert Harper, late of Kirikiri, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland, on the 11th day of June, 1894.

Charles May Burton, late of Helensville, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland, on the 11th day of June, 1894.

Florence Catherine Clair, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland, on the 4th day of June, 1894.

Ernest William Pickering, late of Feilding, in the Provincial District of Wellington. Filed at Wellington, on the 8th day of June, 1894.

Jane Webbe, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Gisborne, on the 9th day of June, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 25th April, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on and after Wednesday, the 27th day of June, 1894, at the annual rental noted opposite each run. In the case of more than one application for the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

• Weighted with £100, value of improvements.

These lands are situate on the Patea River, access being obtained by the Maben Road and by the Ball Road, the latter being formed for dray-traffic as far as Run No. 3, within two miles of the block, thence by a good pack-track into the block. The country is very rough; that portion of No. 5 next to the Patea River is not so broken. On the south-west corner of No. 6 fifty acres of bush have been felled and grassed. The soil is of fair quality, and well watered. The timber is light, consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, and the usual undergrowth.

Plans and further particulars may be obtained on application at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 18th June, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 8th August, 1894, 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.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

The land is broken and rugged towards the west, but some good slopes are to be found towards the north-east and east. About 1,000 acres are covered with mixed forest, the remainder with fern and scrub. There are some small areas of flat land along the river-frontage, containing altogether about 60 acres. The soil is light and fairly good, and the country is well watered. Access can be obtained by a bridle-track from the Gisborne-Wairoa Road, distant twelve miles, at Te Reinga Falls.

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 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 purchaser 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.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.