MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 813

Run No. 105, 5,000 acres, Upper Taipo Valley: Bush-
clad hillsides, with small patches of open flats and islands.
Access by Taipo Track and river-bed.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri
timber, standing upon western portion of Section 46
and Section 47, Parish of Ruakaka, Whangarei County, will
be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday,
the 3rd day of June, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m. :

249 kauri-trees, containing about 389,683 superficial feet;
upset price, £194 16s. 6d. Timber is about six miles from
Mangapai.

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

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

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.

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR
CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. van Asch.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. Instruction on
the articulation method, by which the pupils acquire
the power of speech. Age for admission, six to twelve
years.

Charges for board and education remitted partially or
entirely in cases of necessity.

For further information apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.

Native Land Court Notices.

“The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893.”

[Auckland, Val. 98-1.]

NOTICE is hereby given that the application of Edward Fawconer Tizard, under “The Native Land (Validation of
Titles) Act, 1893,” with respect to the lands known as Te Mimiakaiuru No. 3c, Whitimarumaru No. 3, and
Kaiatenganga No. 3, will be heard at Shortland, Thames, on the 2nd day of June, 1898.

Dated this 6th day of May, 1898.

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

Registrar’s Office, Gisborne, 2nd May, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native
Land Court sitting at Te Awanui on the 13th day of June, 1898, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court
will allow.

[Gisborne, 98-20.]

JOHN BROOKING, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

ADJOURNED CASES.

APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION WITH WILL ANNEXED.

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 9th May, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native
Land Court sitting at Hastings on the 16th day of May, 1898, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court
will allow.

[Wellington, 98-29.]

R. C. SIM, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION UNDER SUBSECTION (3) OF SECTION 14 OF “THE NATIVE LAND COURT ACT, 1894,” FOR EXCHANGE OF LANDS.