Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2069

Notice No. 461, substituted for
Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Liver-fluke.
Notice No. 449.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 7th September, 1896.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"liver-fluke" exists amongst sheep running on certain
lands in the Hawke's Bay Land District, 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 sheep, carcase, or any
portion thereof, shall be removed, except under the direction
of an Inspector of Stock:—

All that piece of land, situated in the Hawke's Bay Land
District, called Te Hauke, and containing about 9,000 acres,
being parts of Blocks XII. and XVI., Maraekakahu Survey
District, and Blocks IX. and XIII., Te Mata Survey District,
in the Hawke's Bay County. Bounded by a line starting at
the north-eastern corner of Block 13, in Block XVI., Maraekakahu Survey District; thence in a north-east direction by
a right line to Trig. Station N; thence northerly by a right
line to the south-west corner of the Waikareao Block; thence
generally north-easterly by the north-western boundaries of
the Raukawa Nos. 3 and 2 Blocks, the Pukehou No. 1, and
the Poukawa Native Reserve, and Koparakore A to the
north-western corner of the last-named block; thence south-easterly by the north-eastern boundary A and B to its
intersection with the railway-line; thence south-westerly
by a right line to Te Aute Railway-station; thence south-west by the railway-line to its intersection with the Hawke's
Bay County boundary; thence generally north-westerly by
the aforesaid boundary to the starting-point.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke's
Bay, being called or known by the name of the "Ram
Paddock," containing about 80 acres, being a portion of
Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, in Block III., Tahoraite
Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the north-west by the Porongahau Stream; on the north and east by
Blocks 120 and 69; and on the south generally by other
portion of Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, aforesaid.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of
Hawke's Bay, being called or known by the name of
"Takapau Paddock," containing about 190 acres, being
portion of Subdivision No. 3, Otawhao Block, in Block III.,
Takapau Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on
the north by Blocks 234 and 120; on the south generally by
the Porongahau Stream and a public road; and on the west
by the railway-line.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of
Hawke's Bay, called or known as "Rees Davis Paddock,"
containing 110 acres, being Section 7 of Whenuahou D.E.
No. 1 Block, in VI. and VII., Takapau Survey District,
Waipawa County. Bounded on the south-east by a public
road; on the south-west by a public road; on the north-west by Section 6; and on the north-east by Section 8.

All that parcel of land in the Hawke's Bay Land District,
called or known by the name of "Sebastopol 3 Paddock,"
containing about 530 acres, situated in Block III., Waipukurau Survey District, Waipawa County, being part of the
land granted to the Bishop of Wellington, and situated in
the south-west corner of the aforesaid land.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Examination for Mine-managers' and Battery-superintend-ents' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 7th December, 1896.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First-and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents under "The Mining Act, 1891," and Amendment
Act, 1894, and First- and Second-class Mine-managers
under "The Coal-mines Act, 1891," will be held on Tuesday,
the 26th January, 1897, and three following days, at places
to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to "The Secretary
of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington," and must be received before the
20th January, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1896.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1898, the period of literature
will be the period from 1625 to 1688, and the special books
will be Macaulay's Essays on Bacon and Walpole, and
Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

Crown Lands Notices.

Village Homestead Special-settlement Lease, Wellington District, forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th November, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lease has
been forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land
Board.

SCHEDULE.

Lease No. Lessee. Section. Village Settlement.
27 James Dungan .. 65 Pahiatua.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Patutahi Township for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 1st December, 1896.

THE under-mentioned sections in the Township of Patutahi will be offered for lease by public auction for a
term of seven years, at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 20th January, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF PATUTAHI.

Sections. Area. Term. Upset Annual
A. R. P. Rental.
34 to 42 2 1 0 7 years .. £ 2 5 0
43 to 48 2 1 0 7 " .. 2 5 0

Conditions of Lease.—The leases shall be for a term of
seven years, commencing from the 1st day of January or
July following the date of auction. The successful bidder at
the auction shall pay one year's rent on the fall of the
hammer. No compensation shall be allowed, nor shall any
be claimed, at the termination of the lease, for any improvements effected on the land during the term of lease.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st December, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned kauri
timber, standing upon Section 31, Parish of Oruru,
Mangonui County, will be offered for sale by public auction,
at this office, on Friday, the 22nd January, 1897, at 11
o'clock a.m.:-

103 kauri-trees, containing 510,612 superficial feet approximately. Upset price, £255 6s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be
paid in cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer,
the balance within twelve months thereafter. Two years
from date of sale allowed for removal of timber.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 1st December, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral land will be submitted to public auction, for
lease, on Thursday, the 28th January, 1897, at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.

Run No. 149: 8575 acres; term, 10 years; upset annual
rental, £71 9s. 2d.

The run will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1897.

The purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration
required by section 195 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay
the sum of the half-year's rent and license-fee on fall of the
hammer.

Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver
of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensee will be
let into possession. The amount of such valuations shall,
exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case
exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental
paid under the expiring lease or license during the term
thereof, or five times such amount in cases where the annual
rent does not exceed £50.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.