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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th December, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned kauri timber, situated in Block V., Opuawhanga Survey District, Whangarei County, on the main road to, and about three miles from, Whananaki Harbour, will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 19th March, 1897, at 11 o'clock a.m. :

About 156,000ft. old dead kauri
About 544,000ft. singed and green kauri
Upset price, £350.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within twelve months thereafter.

Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 24th March, 1897 :

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—WHAKATANE SURVEY DISTRICT.—OPOURIAO ESTATE.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 3rd February, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction, on Thursday, the 25th day of March, 1897, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS UNDER PART VI. OF "THE LAND ACT, 1892."

Land level, of gravel formation, and poor soil; vegetation, silver- and blue-tussock; height above sea-level, 200ft. to 600ft. Distance from Otautau Railway-station, about twenty-three miles.

521 | Wairaki .. | 1,970 1 0 | 16 8 4

Open, swampy, undulating country; cold, wet, clay soil; about 500 acres agricultural, the rest pastoral; height above sea-level, from 750ft. to 1,200ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station, about sixteen miles.

522 | Centre Hill .. | 3,483 3 17 | 29 0 8

Hilly country, fairly grassed with silver- and snow-tussock; formation, clay and partly rocky; height above sea-level, from 1,200ft. to 2,700ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station by road, about three miles.

Possession will be given on the day of sale. Term of leases, ten years.

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

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Additional Rules and Regulations of the Native Land Court.

WHEREAS by "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," it is enacted that the Chief Judge of the Court may from time to time, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make and prescribe rules of practice and procedure and forms of proceedings in the several matters in which jurisdiction is or may be conferred on the Court, and for fixing the fees to be paid under the said Act: And whereas by "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the said last-mentioned Act shall, so far as relates to the Native Land Court and the Native Appellate Court, be read with and as part of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894": And whereas the Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the power and authority aforesaid, with the approval of the Governor in Council, made and prescribed the rules and regulations, and prescribed the forms and fees, set forth in an Order in Council dated the 19th day of February, 1895, and in an Order in Council dated the 20th day of February, 1896: And whereas it is expedient to further exercise the power and authority aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, George Boulflower Davy, Esquire, Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the power and authority given to me by the hereinbefore-recited Acts, do hereby make the further rules and regulations, and prescribe the fees and forms of procedure, following, that is to say,—

APPLICATIONS, NOTICES, &C.

153. The notification in the Gazette and Kahiti of a sitting of the Court to deal with any matter in respect whereof the Court is authorised or empowered by Order in Council, or by the express provisions of any statute, shall be sufficient authority for the Court to proceed in terms of such Order in Council or statutory provision, and no application under Rule 5 shall in such case be necessary.

154. Rule 143 shall extend to applications received after the date of the sitting of the Court, but before the actual hearing.

155. There shall be payable to the Registrar, by stamp affixed to every application for a special notification under Rule 78, a fee of 10s. in addition to such sum as may by Rule 78 be required to be deposited for cost of printing and circulating such notice.

156. The fee payable on lodging an application under section 39 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," shall be received in cash and paid by the Registrar into his Law Trust Account pending decision by the Chief Judge as to whether such application is a proper one to be dealt with under the said section. If the application cannot be so dealt with, the fee shall upon the direction of the Chief Judge be returnable to the applicant.

WILLS.

157. There shall be lodged with every application for probate a schedule of the blocks claimed to be affected thereby, which schedule shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly-authorised agent. The Registrar may require the applicant to furnish as many copies of the application as there are blocks affected, and shall attach to the title-file of each block a copy of or notice of such application.

158. The Registrar may dispense with the translation under Rule 140, but such translation, if required, must be certified as correct by a licensed interpreter.

159. Rules 26 and 31 shall be read subject to section 50 of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895."

RULES AMENDED.

160. Rule 63 shall be read as if the words "under section 73 of the Act" had been omitted.

161. Rule 133 is amended by substituting the word "application" for "intention" in the third line thereof.

162. Rule 126 is amended by omitting the words "and in the offices thereof."

HOLIDAYS.

163. The holidays in the offices of the Registrars of the Court shall be the same as are observed in the offices of the Government generally.

As witness my hand, this eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
GEO. B. DAVY,
Chief Judge.

Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
15th February, 1897.