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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Anthrax.—
Notice No. 421.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 21st August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
“anthrax” exists amongst stock running on certain
lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance
with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,”
hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected
place, from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof,
or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under
the direction of an Inspector of Stock :—
Farm known as “Holmwood,” occupied by Mrs. A. L.
Martyn, of Ohaupo, comprising 600 acres, more or less.
Lands in occupation of Mr. D. Turnwald, Ohaupo, and
used as a slaughter-yard, comprising 30 acres, more or less ;
and lands in occupation of D. Turnwald, bounded by farm
occupied by Mrs. A. L. Martyn, and shore of Horseshoe
Lake, 3 acres, more or less ; lands in occupation of Mr.
G. A. Kusab, near Ohaupo, 250 acres, more or less.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Anthrax.—
Notice No. 422.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 26th August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
“anthrax” exists amongst stock running on certain
lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance
with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,”
hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected
place from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof,
or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under
the direction of an Inspector of Stock :—
Lands in occupation of Mr. George Watt, situated between
Hautapu and Cambridge, being part of Section 188, Cemetery
Reserve, 10 acres, more or less.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th February, 1896.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is
hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at
the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the un-
expended balance in his hand on or before Tuesday, the
31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the
Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repay-
ment, together with an account of his expenditure to the
same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regu-
lations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to
make immediately after the close of the financial year,
requisitions for the amount required are to be made in
such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later
than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be
placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April.
J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Notice to Receivers of Public Moneys.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury
accounts of the current financial year, ending on
Tuesday, the 31st instant, Receivers are directed to prepare
copies of their cash-books for the period ended on that day,
and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General
immediately after the bank has closed on that date.

The accounting period, which ends on Saturday, the 28th
March, shall be and is hereby extended to Tuesday, the 31st
idem.

The account for the period will include all receipts after
bank hours on the 21st March, and during the week ending
the 28th, as well as any amounts received up to the time
when the bank closes on Tuesday, the 31st instant.

Officers who render four-weekly accounts will also extend
their account to Tuesday, the 31st instant, so as to embrace
all transactions from the closing of the bank on the 29th
February to the 31st March.

If any bank receipts for moneys paid in on or before the
31st instant are received from sub-offices after copies of
cash-books have been posted, officers are directed to enter
all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to trans-
mit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General on the same day.

The first ordinary account for the new year shall be for the
period from the 1st to 4th April, both inclusive, and is only
to contain such revenue as may have been paid to the Public
Account subsequent to the 31st instant, or collected after
bank hours on that date.

The first four-weekly account shall be for the period from
the 1st to the 25th April, both inclusive.

Receivers are requested to take great care that the copies
of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month
are promptly posted.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

The Treasury, Wellington, 2nd March, 1896.

Crown Lands Notices.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 23rd March, 1896.

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, Blenheim, on and
after Wednesday, the 27th May, 1896, at the annual rental
noted below. If more than one application be received for
the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be de-
cided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL
COUNTRY.

Run 74, about 690 acres mixed bush, balance burnt bush
with a little grass ; fair soil on lower slopes, poor on ridges ;
well watered ; about seventeen miles from Blenheim. Run
78, all forest, very broken, pastoral, birch bush, with a few
rimu ; poor soil ; well watered ; about sixteen miles from
Blenheim.

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 below.

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, 1897.

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 exer-
   cised 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 pur-
   chaser 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 be-