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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1898.
Containing latest information, Historical, Political, Official, Statistical, Industrial, Commercial, &c.; Digest of Land-laws and Description of Land Districts.

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CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS 437, 442
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES 471
CROWN LANDS NOTICES 443
LAND—
Native, proposed to be taken for Roads 436
Set apart for Leasing as Small Grazing-runs 435
Set apart for Settlement 435
Taken for Roads 435
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES 475
MINING NOTICES 472
MISCELLANEOUS—
Altering the Name of the Borough of Newton 436
Bonuses 441
Government Insurance Agency opened at Blackball 443
Immigration and Emigration Return 466
Justices of the Peace resigned 438
Native Assessor elected 443
Notices to Mariners 438
Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891” 438
Notice under “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894” 441
Notices under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894” 440
Notice under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894” 441
Officiating Ministers 442
Post-offices opened and closed, &c. 442
Rainfall for January 464
Senior and Junior Civil Service Examinations 439
“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1894” 437
Vital Statistics 460
Warrant authorising the Construction of a Bridge 437
NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES 467
PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS 476
VOLUNTEERS 438

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.