MAR. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 489

Whatanui, Pihapa Tomehana, Te Tuhi Pihopa, Hamiora
Potakurua, and Hiwawa thereupon declared their consent
to the appropriation of such land as a school site for the Te
Whaiti Native School in and for the district before mentioned,
in accordance with the above-recited Act.

Description of Land referred to.

All that area, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more
or less, situated in Block X., Ahikereru Survey District, the
boundary of which commences at a point distant 458135·1
links south and 134513·2 links east of Maketu Initial trig.
station, and proceeds on the following bearings and distances
to the point of commencement: 185° 40′, 530 links; 275° 48′,
712 links; 5° 48′, 291·7 links; 27° 44′, 496·6; 68° 11′, 296·3
links; and 149° 38′, 446·6 links: be all the aforesaid linkages,
more or less, as the said area is delineated on the plan
marked S.G. 25993, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands
and Survey Department, at Wellington, in the Wellington
Land District, and thereon coloured red.

Given under my hand, at Tauranga, this 23rd day of
January, 1896.

RICH. JOHN GILL.

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads over Lands in the
Wellington Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” that
the roads described in the Schedule hereto were, on 8th
April, 1895, duly taken and laid off through the lands spe-
cified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the
Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 12th
January, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD KNOWN AS THE WAI TOKA ROAD, MAUNGA KARETU SURVEY
DISTRICT.

| Approximate | Being Portion of | Block No. | Shown | Marked |
| Areas of the | Native Block | | on Plan | on |
| Land | | | marked | Plan |
| required to | | | | |
| be taken. | | | | |
| A. R. P. | {Ruanui No. 2b} | | | |
| 54 0 0 | {Ruanui No. 1} | XI. | ⅔ | A–B. |
| | {Ngaurukehu A} | | | |
| 27 0 0 | Ngaurukehu A | XII. | ⅔ | B–C. |

As the same are delineated on the plan marked as above
mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and
Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District, and thereon coloured burnt-sienna.

Dated this 11th day of March, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads over Lands in the
Wellington Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” that
the roads described in the Schedule hereto were, in October,
1894, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in
the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of
the said colony, by warrant dated the 4th April, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD KNOWN AS PANEMANGO ROAD.

Survey District of Maungakaretu.

| Approximate | Being | Situated | Shown on | Coloured on |
| Area of the | Portion of | in Block | Plan | Plan |
| Parcel of Land | Section | No. | marked | |
| required to be | No. | | | |
| taken. | | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | | |
| 7 3 24 | 2b | XV. | W.D. 1353 | Burnt-sienna. |

As the same is delineated on the plan marked as above
mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and
Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District, and thereon coloured as noted above.

Dated this 11th day of March, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force
upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me
under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amend-
ment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act,
1894,” I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways,
do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of
fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand
Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to
come into force on and after the 23rd day of March, 1896:—

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

PASSENGERS' LUGGAGE.

The clause stating that each passenger will be allowed to
take one bicycle or tricycle or one perambulator as “personal
luggage” is hereby cancelled.

BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, VELOCIPedes, AND PERAMBULATORS.

Bicycles will be charged at the following rates when con-
veyed as passengers' luggage:—

| | s. | d. |
| Not exceeding 12 miles | .. | 0 | 3 |
| Above 12 miles and not exceeding 25 miles | .. | 0 | 6 |
| Above 25 miles and not exceeding 50 miles | .. | 1 | 0 |
| Each additional 50 miles, or fraction thereof | | 0 | 3 |

Tricycles or velocipedes, when conveyed as passengers'
luggage, will be charged double the rates for bicycles.

Each passenger will only be allowed to take one bicycle,
tricycle, or velocipede, at these rates.

Each passenger will be allowed to take one perambulator
as “personal luggage,” free of charge.

HORSES AND CARRIAGES.

| | For any | For every |
| | Distance not | Mile after |
| | exceeding | the First 10 |
| | 10 Miles. | Miles. |
| | s. | d. | s. | d. |
| A single horse | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Each additional horse belonging to | | | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| the same owner | | | | | | | |
| Two-wheeled carriages, either set | | | | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| up or in pieces, each | | | | | | | |
| Four-wheeled carriages, either set | | | | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| up or in pieces, each | | | | | | | |

Entire horses, except entire racehorses, will be charged
rate and a half, but if allowed to travel with an additional
horse belonging to the same owner ordinary rates will be
charged.

Shetland ponies, foals one year old and under, mules, and
asses, half-rate.

Horses, Shetland and polo ponies, foals, mules, and asses
may be sent in cattle-trucks at rates charged for cattle in
truck-loads.

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.

All goods specified, and not otherwise provided for, will
be charged in accordance with the classified rates in the
preceding tables, but subject to the following conditions and
regulations, viz.:—

(1.) Goods from different consignors to one consignee, or
from one consignor to different consignees, will be charged
separately.

(a.) Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, from one consignor
to one consignee, will be charged at the classified
rate, or at the rates prescribed by Parts III., IV.,
or V. hereof, as may be provided, except the
charge at scale for small lots amounts to more.

(b.) Except as provided for in Regulations (c) and (d),
consignments of goods consisting of different
classes from one consignor to one consignee will
be charged separately, or as one consignment of
the highest class to which either of them belongs.

(c.) When goods chargeable at the classified rates, and
not at the scale for small lots, are sent along with
small lots, such goods may be charged separately,
and the small lots may be treated independently
under Regulation (b).

(d.) Goods of Classes E, F, N, P, or Q, from one con-
signor to one consignee, whether accompanied by
goods of other classes or not, may be charged
separately, or grouped together in one or more
lots. The rate and minimum weight for each
group shall each be the highest in the group.

(10.) CLASS P—NATIVE COAL (ANTHRACITE OR BITUMINOUS), ETC.

The clause stating that mixed consignments of Classes N,
P, or Q, from one consignor to one consignee, will be charged
separately, or as one consignment, at the highest class to
which any of them belongs, is hereby cancelled.