APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 597

Threepence (Light-brown).—Central design, a pair of huia on branch, surrounded by a circular border, inscribed “New Zealand Postage and Revenue” in white letters on colour, and broken at lower corners by Egyptian ornamentation. Value in words at bottom, divided in centre by shield of solid colour, with figure “3” in white. Upper spandrels are filled in with similar labels, bearing figures of value placed obliquely.

Fourpence (Rose-lake).—View of White Terrace, Rotomahana, in oval dotted border, flanked by sprays of tataranmoa, and broken at base on each side by bands containing inscription, “Postage,” “Revenue.” Name of colony at top of stamp, and value in words at foot, in straight labels.

Fivepence (Brown-lake).—Oblong (vertical). View of Otira Gorge, with snow-peak in background. Name in lower right-hand corner; also small circular view of Mount Ruapehu superimposed upon left foreground. Inscription, “New Zealand Postage and Revenue,” at top of stamp, and value in words at base, in straight label.

Sixpence (Sap-green).—Representation of kiwi regardant, surmounted by semicircular band of solid colour, bearing words “New Zealand” in white letters, and supported by oblique labels, “Postage,” “Revenue,” on left and right respectively. Value in words only at base of stamp, in straight label. The corners of the design, which has a distinctive appearance resembling a horse-shoe, are filled in with ornamental scroll-work on shaded ground.

Eightpence (Steel-blue).—Large outline figure “8,” supported by fern-trees and cabbage palms on shaded background. Within the upper portion of the figure is an Imperial crown, and in the lower portion a view with Native war-canoe over the word “pence” at base of figure. The lower corners of stamp contain circles with figures of value in white, the upper corners being bevelled and filled with scallop ornaments. The words “New Zealand Postage and Revenue” are inscribed upon the curves of the large figure which forms the central device.

Ninepence (Lilac).—Oblong (horizontal). View of Pink Terrace, Rotomahana, with tree-fern and nikau-palm at sides. The legend “Postage and Revenue” at base of picture. Value in white figures in coloured circles at each corner. “New Zealand” in arched inscription above, and value in words below, in straight label; both white letters on colour.

One Shilling (Orange-red).—Representation of pair of kakas on branch, in colour on white background within fancy frame, having arched label “Postage” above “and Revenue” below. Name of colony at top of stamp, and value in words at bottom, in straight labels. Value in figures in circles at lower corners, above the bottom label.

Two Shillings (Blue-green).—Oblong (horizontal). View of Milford Sound in fancy frame, with title below in label, and clump of cabbage-palms on left-hand side above scrolled circle enclosing value in figures. The words “New Zealand Postage and Revenue” in white letters at top of stamp.

Five Shillings (Vermilion).—Oblong (vertical). View of Mount Cook, with name in white label below. Inscription, “New Zealand Postage and Revenue” above, and value in words at foot, white letters on coloured ground.

All the above stamps are printed on white-wove un-watermarked paper, and perforate 14 to 15. The rectangular stamps measure about 18 mm. by 22 mm., and the oblong stamps 33 mm. by 20 mm., or, say, 1⅛ in. by ⅞ in., and 1⁵⁄₁₆ in. by ¹³⁄₁₆ in.

C. A. HICKSON,
Secretary for Stamps.

Notice under “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the Regulations relating thereto.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1898.

THE first election of members of the College Council will be held on Monday, the 11th April, 1898; the poll closing at 5 o’clock p.m.

The members to be elected are,—
(a.) Three by members of the Legislature for the time being resident in, or representing electoral districts wholly or mainly within, the Wellington, Nelson, Westland, Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay, and Taranaki Provincial Districts;
(b.) Three by persons who, being holders of a degree of any university of the United Kingdom or of any British colony, are for the time being resident within any of the said provincial districts;
(c.) Three by such persons holding certificates under section 45 of “The Education Act, 1877,” as are over the age of twenty-one years and for the time being resident within any of the said provincial districts;
(d.) Three by members of the Education Boards of the education districts wholly or partly within any of the said provincial districts.

Electoral rolls for the four classes of electors above specified will be prepared, and, for the purposes of the first election, will be closed at 5 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 28th March, 1898. Such rolls will be called respectively—(a) the “parliamentary,” (b) the “graduates’,” (c) the “teachers’,” and (d) the “Education Boards’” electoral roll.

Every candidate for election is to be nominated by one or more electors entitled to vote for his election, and the nomination is to bear the candidate’s consent thereto. Nominations will close at noon on Monday, the 4th April, 1898.

Applications for enrolment, and all notices, &c., relating to the election, are to be addressed to “The Returning Officer for the Victoria College Council Election, Education Department, Wellington,” from whom copies of the regulations and forms may be obtained. Copies of the Act are to be had from the Government Printer; price, 9d.

E. O. GIBBES,
Returning Officer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land in Westland forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st April, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands were forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board on the 16th March, 1898:—

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease upon application at this office on Wednesday, 25th May, 1898.

If more than one application be received for the same run, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFTON COUNTY.—WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

All forest; pastoral country; well watered. Timber consists of tawa, rata, rimu, towai, and usual undergrowth. A few acres flat on Section 8, about the south-east corner. Access by Kaipikari Road, distant from Urenui about ten miles, and by Junction and Mataro Roads from Tarata, about seven miles. The ridges rise to 900 ft. above sea-level, and to 500 ft. above the valleys.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 4th April, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 26th May, 1898.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.