Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 421

Lands in Auckland for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned suburban
and rural lands will be submitted for sale by public
auction, at this office, on Friday, the 22nd day of March,
1895, at 11 a.m.:

Town of Hamilton West: Lot 58, 1 rood 13 perches; upset
price, £6 12s. 6d.

Weymouth Suburbs (Manukau County): Lot 39, 9 acres
3 roods 8 perches; upset price, £19 12s. Lots 43 and 44,
each 5 acres; upset price per lot, £10.

Paparoa Parish (Otamatea County): Section N.E. part 76,
10½ acres; upset price, £7 17s. 6d. Open land, about six
miles from Pahi, and intersected by the main road.

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 one-fifth paid by way
of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of
the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1894.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1896, the period of literature
will be the first half of the nineteenth century, and the
special books will be Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus" and
Milton's "Samson Agonistes."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Native Land Court Notices.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS William Nelson, of Tomoana, Hawke's Bay,
sheep-farmer, a person claiming to have purchased
from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the
Whenuahou B or No. 2 Block, and to have been prior to the
date of the passing of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," in negotiation for the purchase of certain other shares or in-
terests therein, has notified such claim to the Chief Judge
of the Native Land Court, and to the Commissioner of Crown
Lands for the Napier District, and has requested that
an inquiry into the circumstances thereof may be held as
provided by section 118 of the said Act: And whereas the
Chief Judge has referred the said claim to Herbert Frank
Edger, Esq., a Judge of the Native Land Court, for in-
quiry as aforesaid: I hereby give notice that such inquiry
will be held at the Native Land Court House, Hastings, on
the 12th day of March, 1895, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1895.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS William Nelson, of Tomoana, Hawke's Bay,
sheep-farmer, a person claiming to have purchased
from certain of the Native owners shares or interests in the
Whenuahou C Block, and to have been prior to the date of
the passing of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," in
negotiation for the purchase of certain other shares or in-
terests therein, has notified such claim to the Chief Judge
of the Native Land Court, and to the Commissioner of
Crown Lands for the Napier District, and has requested
that an inquiry into the circumstances thereof may be held
as provided by section 118 of the said Act: And whereas
the Chief Judge has referred the said claim to Herbert
Frank Edger, Esq., a Judge of the Native Land Court,
for inquiry as aforesaid: I hereby give notice that such
inquiry will be held at the Native Land Court House,
Hastings, on the 12th day of March, 1895, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1895.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS William Nelson, of Tomoana, Hawke's Bay,
a person claiming to have purchased from certain of
the Native owners shares or interests in the Whenuahou D E
No. 3 Block, and to have been prior to the date of the
passing of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," in negotiation
for the purchase of certain other shares or interests therein,
has notified such claim to the Chief Judge of the Native
Land Court, and to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for
the Napier District, and has requested that an inquiry into
the circumstances thereof may be held as provided by sec-
tion 118 of the said Act: And whereas the Chief Judge has
referred the said claim to Herbert Frank Edger, Esq., a Judge
of the Native Land Court, for inquiry as aforesaid: I hereby
give notice that such inquiry will be held at the Native Land
Court House, Hastings, on the 12th day of March, 1895,
at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1895.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS William Nelson, of Tomoana, Hawke's Bay,
a person claiming to have leased from certain of the
Native owners shares or interests in the Otawhao A Block,
Subdivision 3, and to have been prior to the date of the
passing of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," in negotia-
tion for the lease of certain other shares or interests
therein, has notified such claim to the Chief Judge of the
Native Land Court, and to the Commissioner of Crown
Lands for the Napier District, and has requested that an
inquiry into the circumstances thereof may be held as pro-
vided by section 118 of the said Act: And whereas the Chief
Judge has referred the said claim to Herbert Frank Edger,
Esq., a Judge of the Native Land Court, for inquiry as afore-
said: I hereby give notice that such inquiry will be held at
the Native Land Court House, Hastings, on the 12th day of
March, 1895, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1895.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS William Nelson, of Tomoana, Hawke's Bay,
a person claiming to have leased from certain of the
Native owners shares or interests in the Otawhao B or
No. 2 Block, and to have been prior to the date of the
passing of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," in negotia-
tion for the lease of certain other shares or interests therein,
has notified such claim to the Chief Judge of the Native
Land Court, and to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for
the Napier District, and has requested that an inquiry into
the circumstances thereof may be held as provided by sec-
tion 118 of the said Act: And whereas the Chief Judge
has referred the said claim to Herbert Frank Edger, Esq., a
Judge of the Native Land Court, for inquiry as aforesaid:
I hereby give notice that such inquiry will be held at the
Native Land Court House, Hastings, on the 12th day of
March, 1895, at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1895.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Inquiry under Section 118 of "The Native Land
Court Act, 1894."

WHEREAS William Nelson, of Tomoana, Hawke's Bay,
a person claiming to have leased from certain of the
Native owners shares or interests in the Otawhao A or No. 1
Block, and to have been prior to the date of the passing of
"The Native Land Court Act, 1894," in negotiation for the
lease of certain other shares or interests therein, has notified
such claim to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court,
and to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Napier
District, and has requested that an inquiry into the circum-
stances thereof may be held as provided by section 118 of
the said Act: And whereas the Chief Judge has referred
the said claim to Herbert Frank Edger, Esq., a Judge of the
Native Land Court, for inquiry as aforesaid: I hereby give
notice that such inquiry will be held at the Native Land
Court House, at Hastings, on the 12th day of March, 1895,
at 10 a.m.
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1895.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.