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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commission held by the
under-mentioned officer:—

D Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles Pearce. Date of resignation, 28th No-
vember, 1894.
W. P. REEVES,
For Defence Minister.

Notice of Intention to take Lands for the Riwaka Valley Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to exe-
cute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of portion
of a road in Riwaka Road District known as the Riwaka
Valley Road, and for the purposes of such public work the
lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be
taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said
road and of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in
the Post-office at Riwaka, and is there open for inspection.
And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the
execution of the said public work or by the taking of the
said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections
to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of
such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such
writing, within forty days from the first publication of this
notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Nelson; as the same are more
particularly delineated upon the plans above mentioned,
deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands
and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Well-ington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this sixteenth day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 15th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon.
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to
interpret “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” in
relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other
kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be
used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s.
Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

Articles, and how classed.

Cattle-foods; as provisions n.o.e. .. ..
Emery grinding-machines for sharpening
teeth of reaping-machines; as machinery
n.o.e. .. .. .. ..
Hangers and brackets for lifting milk-cans;
as hardware .. .. .. ..
Iron or steel wove wire, known as “smut”
wire, for threshing-machines; as a. & m.s.
Linseed-cake; as provisions n.o.e. .. ..
Machine for button-hole stamping and sewing
(bootmakers'); as sewing-machines .. ..
Test-bottles, acid-measures, pipettes, of glass,
for milk-testing; as glassware .. .. ..
Tree-washes and insecticides (agricultural
and horticultural); as n.o.e. .. .. ..
Vermin-choker or “smoke ferret”; as n.o.e.

Rate of Duty.

20 per cent.
20 per cent.
20 per cent.
Free.
20 per cent.
Free.
15 per cent.
Free.
Free.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner's Order No. 505.]

Native Land Court Agents licensed.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT,
NEW ZEALAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that licenses have been issued
to the under-mentioned persons authorising them to
appear as agents in the Native Land Court for the year
ending the 31st day of December, 1895, subject to the
provisions of section 20 of “The Native Land Court Act,
1894,” viz. :—

ARCHIBALD RICHARD MACFARLANE,
ALFRED L. D. FRASER,
HARE TEIMANA,
ALFRED KNOCKS,
TAMATI TAUTUHI FOX,

• ALEXANDER McDONALD.

Dated this 14th day of January, 1895.
GEO. B. DAVY,
Chief Judge.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases and Licenses forfeited and surrendered in South-land.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned leases and
licenses were forfeited, or the surrenders accepted, by
the Southland Land Board, on the dates under-noted.

SCHEDULE.

DEFERRED-PAYMENT LICENSES (RURAL).
Section 57, Wairaki Survey District: Held by Simon
Hayes; forfeited 9th October, 1894.
Section 25, Block V., Campbelltown Hundred Survey Dis-
trict: Held by Ernest Risetto; forfeited 9th October, 1894.
Section 10, Block XII., Oteramika Survey District: Held
by James Kinnaird; forfeited 9th October, 1894.

DEFERRED-PAYMENT LICENSES (VILLAGE).
Section 726, Hokonui Survey District: Held by John
Murphy; forfeited 24th July, 1894.
Section 86, Block VII., Invercargill Hundred Survey Dis-
trict: Held by A. F. W. Witting; forfeited 9th October, 1894.

PERPETUAL LEASES (RURAL).
Section 45, Waiau Survey District: Held by George A.
Darley; forfeited 9th October, 1894.
Section 290, Taringatura Survey District: Held by Ed-
ward Sheehan; forfeited 9th October, 1894.
Section 33, Block VI., New River Hundred Survey Dis-
trict: Held by Sarah Batt; forfeited 9th October, 1894.
Section 25, Block XI., Campbelltown Hundred Survey
District: Held by Margaret Ballantine; forfeited 13th Octo-
ber, 1891.
Section 37, Block VI., New River Hundred Survey Dis-
trict: Held by H. McDowall; surrendered 25th July, 1893.
Section 58, Block III., Wyndham Survey District: Held
by Simon Fraser; forfeited 4th March, 1891.

SMALL GRAZING-RUN No. 48 (OTAGO).
Section 12, Block IV., Wakaia Survey District: Held by
Alexander McDonald; forfeited 4th March, 1891.

LEASES IN PERPETUITY (RURAL).
Sections 30, 32 to 34, Block XXII., Invercargill Hundred
Survey District: Held by John Beaton; forfeited 13th
March, 1894.
Sections 8 and 9, Block XI., Wyndham Survey District:
Held by Louisa H. Stout; surrendered 14th August, 1894.
Sections 28 and 29, Block XXII., Invercargill Hundred
Survey District: Held by John Stapleton; surrendered 9th
October, 1894.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands, Otago, for Lease by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, at
noon on Wednesday, the 13th March, 1895.
Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XVII., Coast District, and the
land known as Goat Island: Area, 175 acres, more or less;
term, fourteen years from 1st January, 1895; upset annual
rental, £20.
This area comprises two islands situated at the mouth of
the Clutha River, about four miles from Kaitangata, con-
taining about 60 acres good alluvial land, 40 acres light
grazing-land, while the balance is sand-hills.