Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2045

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 13th December, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.

W. C. WALKER,
For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

PERMANENT.

NON-PERMANENT.

POSTMASTERS.

| Boaler, Emilia Jane .. .. .. | Kakahu School .. .. | Timaru .. .. | 1 Oct., 1898. |
| Cromie, John .. .. .. | Wakanui .. .. | Christchurch .. .. | 1 Nov., " |
| Dickie, William .. .. .. | Saltwater Creek .. .. | " .. .. | 1 Oct., " |
| Erskine, Sarah Emilie Winifred .. | Mahau .. .. | Blenheim .. .. | 15 Nov., " |
| Gillies, Agnes Wilson .. .. | Incholme .. .. | Oamaru .. .. | 1 " " |
| Jordan, Ethel Augusta Percival .. | Table Hill .. .. | Dunedin .. .. | 1 " " |
| Ledsham, Peter .. .. .. | Waddington .. .. | Christchurch .. .. | 1 " " |
| Miller, James .. .. .. | Myross Bush .. .. | Invercargill .. .. | 22 " " |
| Oldham, William Edward .. .. | Otaua .. .. | Auckland .. .. | 1 " " |
| O’Sullivan, Clara Agnes* .. .. | Kenepuru .. .. | Blenheim .. .. | 7 Oct., " |
| Pearce, George Llewellyn .. .. | Rowan .. .. | New Plymouth .. .. | 1 Nov., " |
| Terry, Mary Jane .. .. .. | Glenwood .. .. | Wellington .. .. | 1 " " |
| Thornley, Annie .. .. .. | Waitohi Flat .. .. | Timaru .. .. | 1 " " |
| White, Charles Sydney .. .. | Leithfield .. .. | Christchurch .. .. | 28 Oct., " |

POSTMASTERS AND TELEPHONISTS.

| Beckett, William Middleton .. .. | South Norwood .. .. | Napier .. .. | 10 Oct., 1898. |
| Church, Walter Edward .. .. | Stillwater .. .. | Greymouth .. .. | 1 " " |
| Forrest, Hannah Cooper .. .. | Aoroa .. .. | Auckland .. .. | 1 Nov., " |
| Guild, William Drysdale .. .. | Gimmerburn .. .. | Dunedin .. .. | 17 Oct., " |
| Harrison, Octavius Louis .. .. | Shannon .. .. | Wellington .. .. | 8 " " |
| Innes, William .. .. .. | Georgetown .. .. | Oamaru .. .. | 28 " " |

• Née Godsiff, Postmistress married.

Crown Lands Notices

Lands in the Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th December, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the under-mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by resolutions of the Canterbury Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Block X., Reserve 959, Lake Ellesmere.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 19th December, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 27th February, 1899.

If more than one application be 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.

D

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

TOKORAHI ESTATE.
Waitaki County.—Maruwenua Survey District.

This section is nearly all rising ground from Tokarahi-Island Cliff Road to the eastern boundary of the estate, and is all first-class ploughable land; there is no visible water on the section, but it could possibly be obtained by sinking; the Awamoko Stream is about 40 chains distant by road; situated close to Tokarahi Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £22.

| 27 | VIII. | 2 0 27 | 0 17 0 | 0 18 5 |

Flat land, adjoining Tokarahi Railway-station; soil fair; water to be obtained by sinking.

TEANARAKI SETTLEMENT.
Waitaki County.—Oamaru Survey District.

| 17 | XII. | 10 0 0 | 0 18 2 | 4 10 10 |

Rich agricultural land, all ploughable; situated about two miles from Enfield Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £37 16s. 9d.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.