Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2125

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Land on the North Bank of Mokau River, Awakino Survey District.

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NOTICE is hereby given, under the authority contained in section 72 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and the amendments thereof, that the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto was, on the 14th January, 1897, surveyed and laid off over the Native land therein mentioned, under my direction; and that, in terms of the said Act, the site of such road shall be deemed to be a road dedicated to the public, and shall vest in Her Majesty.

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SCHEDULE.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, New Plymouth, in the Taranaki Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 18th day of November, 1897.

A. BARRON,
Assistant Surveyor-General.

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Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

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Mines Department,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1897.

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 25th January, 1898, 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 4th January, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

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

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Civil Service Senior Examination.

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Education Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1897.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1899, the period of literature will be the reign of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s “King Henry V.” and Lamb’s “Essays of Elia.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

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Crown Lands Notices.

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Lease of Land in Westland forfeited.

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Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th November, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lease of land was forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board on the 20th October, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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Notice that Run in Westland is liable to Forfeiture.

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Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 20th October, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the run hereunder enumerated will be declared forfeited if the amount of rent due, together with the penalty, be not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue for the district within three months from the date of insertion of this notice.

Run No. 93, Mount Meta; lessee, Frederick Duncan.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Crown Lands in Wellington District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 2nd March, 1898.

Section 45, Block VII., Mangaone Survey District, containing 10 acres and 16 perches; upset price, £1 per acre.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserve at Woodville for Lease by Public Auction.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 24th November, 1897.

THE under-mentioned section in the Woodville Survey District will be offered for lease by public auction, at Woodville, on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, 1898, at 11 a.m. :—

WOODVILLE DISTRICT.

Description of Land.—The section, known as the “Ferry Reserve,” is situated within five miles of Woodville, on the main road from that place to Palmerston North, at the entrance to the Manawatu Gorge. The section is of limestone formation, undulating, and well watered. Good soil, carrying mixed light bush and scrub, with patches of native grass.

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CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

The lease shall be for the term of seven years, commencing from the 1st day of January or July following the date of auction.

The lessee is to open up a limestone quarry upon the section within six months from the granting of the lease, and shall sell lime upon the following scale :—

For agricultural purposes—

Unslacked lime, at not more than £1 per ton, delivered free on board to farmers’ carts or into railway-trucks.

Crushed lime, at not more than £1 3s. per ton, delivered free on board to farmers’ carts or into railway-trucks.

For building purposes—

Unslacked lime, at not more than 2s. 6d. per bag, delivered free on board into railway-trucks.

The lessee also to undertake, if there be demand, to produce an output of not less than 50 tons per month.

The successful bidder at the auction shall pay one year’s rent on the fall of the hammer, and also £1 1s. for the preparation of his lease.

If the land be again let at the termination of the present lease, the improvements existing thereon which have been effected by the lessee will be valued, and the lease offered weighted with such valuation.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.