1840
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

FORM NO. 6.—ORDER OF ADOPTION UNDER SECTION 3 [or 4] OF ACT.

"The Adoption of Children Act, 1895."

WHEREAS, on the day of , 18, an application under section 3 [or 4] of "The Adoption of Children Act, 1895," was duly filed in the office of [name of Court], at , in the Provincial District of , in the Colony of New Zealand, by [name, place of residence, and occupation of applicant], for an order to adopt [name of child], a male [or female] child now aged years: And whereas all the conditions and requirements of the said Act, and the rules made thereunder, have been duly complied with and fulfilled, and I am satisfied of the several matters of which by the said Act I am required to be satisfied: Now, therefore, I, A.B., Judge of the District Court for the District of [or Stipendiary Magistrate exercising jurisdiction for the time being within the District of ], do hereby order and adjudge that the said male [or female] child named _ may be and is hereby adopted by the said [names of applicants], [add and each of them if husband and wife] under the said Act, as from the date hereof.

Given under my hand, at , this day of , 18.

A.B.,
Judge, &c. [or S.M., &c.].

FORM NO. 7.—ORDER OF ADOPTION UNDER SECTION 10.

"The Adoption of Children Act, 1895."

WHEREAS, on the day of , 18, an application under section 10 of "The Adoption of Children Act, 1895," was duly filed in the office of [name of Court], at , in the Provincial District of , in the Colony of New Zealand, by , manager of the , established in connection with the denomination, for an order to adopt [name of child], a male [or female] deserted child, now aged years: And whereas all the conditions and requirements of the said Act and the rules made thereunder have been duly complied with and fulfilled, and I am satisfied of the several matters of which by the said Act I am required to be satisfied: Now, therefore, I, A.B., Judge of the District Court for the District of [or Stipendiary Magistrate exercising jurisdiction for the time being within the District of ], do hereby order and adjudge that the said male [or female] child named may be and is hereby adopted in connection with the said institution by the said [name of manager], under section 10 of the said Act, as from the date hereof.

Given under my hand, at , this day of , 18.

A.B.,
Judge, &c. [or S.M., &c.].

**SCALE OF FEES IN RESPECT OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER "THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN ACT, 1895."

s. d.
Filing application for order of adoption .. .. 2 0
Filing application to discharge or vary order .. 2 0
Filing every affidavit or statutory declaration .. 2 0
Filing every consent .. .. .. .. 2 0
Filing copy order of adoption .. .. .. 2 0
Filing evidence of each witness taken vivâ voce on oath, or any document required by the Act or ordered by the Judge to be filed .. .. 2 0
Appointment for hearing of any application .. 3 0
Hearing of any application .. .. .. 5 0
Order thereon .. .. .. .. 10 0
Duplicate for filing .. .. .. .. 2 0
Registering memorandum of discharge, &c., of order 3 0
Summons for witness .. .. .. .. 2 0
Swearing each witness .. .. .. .. 2 0
Service of any notice, appointment, summons, order, or other document: 1s. per mile for one way only from Courthouse.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of November, 1895.

W. P. REEVES.

Rural Lands in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Patea .. | Omahine .. | 1 | I. | 455 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 568 15 0 | 1 3 | 14 4 5 | 1 0 | 11 7 6
Weighed with £87 10s. for improvements. This section is situated about fifteen miles from Waitotara Township; access by a dray-road for about thirteen miles, and the balance horse-track. One hundred acres are practically level, and the balance hilly and somewhat broken, with excellent soil on the flats but light on the spurs, and covered with fairly light bush, 70 acres of which has been felled and grassed, but the "burn" has not been good. The section is well watered.

Pohangina | Apiti .. | 31 | XII. | 205 0 0 | 1 15 0 | 358 15 0 | 1 9 | 8 19 5 | 1 4·8 | 7 3 6
Weighed with £2 for improvements. There are rates amounting to £4 1s. 4d. due to the Pohangina County Council. This section is situated about thirty-six miles from Feilding, and five miles and three-quarters from Apiti Township; access by a dray-road for five miles, and the balance a pack-track. From 15 to 20 acres are level, the balance good undulating land on a papa formation, covered with mixed forest, and well watered.

Pahiatua | Mangahao .. | 12 | IX. | 238 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 148 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 14 5 | 0 6 | 2 19 6
Weighed with £162 10s. for improvements. This section is situated about fourteen miles from Pahiatua, ten of which is a dray-road. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Tararua Ranges, and consists of hilly land with good soil on a sandstone formation, and is fairly well watered. It is covered with mixed forest, with the exception of about 65 acres which have been felled and grassed.

Pahiatua | Makuri .. | 82 | IX. | 407 2 0 | 0 17 6 | 356 11 3 | 0 10·5 | 8 18 3 | 0 8·4 | 7 2 10
Weighed with £92 for improvements. This section is situated about ten miles from Mangatainoka; seven miles or thereabouts formed road, the balance made into a bridle-track. The section is broken, is covered with mixed forest, except about 40 acres, which are in grass. The formation is partly limestone and partly clay, and the land is well watered.

Wairapa N.| Mangaone .. | 69 | XIV. | 188 0 0 | 2 2 6 | 399 10 0 | 2 1·5 | 9 19 9 | 1 8·4 | 7 19 10
Weighed with £113 18s. for improvements. There are arrears of rates, £1 1s. 7d., due to the Eketahuna Road Board.

Wairapa N.| Mangaone .. | 70 | X. | 220 0 0 | 2 2 6 | 467 10 0 | 2 1·5 | 11 13 9 | 1 8·4 | 9 7 0
Weighed with £98 18s. for improvements. There are arrears of rates, 7s. 1d., due to the Eketahuna Road Board. These sections are situated about three miles and a half from Eketahuna, on a good road. The land is easy undulating, with good soil on a formation of calcareous marl; it is well watered, and covered with mixed forest, excepting 43 acres in each section, which is in grass. There is a small building on Section 69.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.