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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

Offices opened and closed; Designation changed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 18th April, 1899.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of a designation changed, are published for general information.

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

OFFICES.

MONEY-ORDER OFFICE AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK CLOSED.

Whananaki | Auckland | 1 April, 1899.

TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.

| Awakino | New Plymouth | 20 March, 1899. |
| Clifden | Invercargill | 14 " |
| Eastern Bush | " | 10 " |
| German Bay | Christchurch | 16 " |
| Great North Road† | Auckland | 16 " |
| Inangahua Landing† | Westport | 6 " |
| Mahoenui | New Plymouth | 9 " |
| Mokau | " | 20 " |
| Mokau Pilot Station† | " | 20 " |
| Ranfurly | Dunedin | 17 " |
| Te Kao† | Auckland | 25 " |
| Tongaporutu | New Plymouth | 20 " |
| Tongaporutu Ferry† | " | 20 " |
| Waipapa† | Auckland | 7 " |

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE OPENED.

Otatau | Invercargill | 16 February, 1899.

TELEPHONE BUREAUX OPENED.

| Annandale | Invercargill | 1 March, 1899. |
| Birchwood | " | 1 " |
| Clifden | " | 14 " |
| Eastern Bush | " | 10 " |
| Great North Road | Auckland | 16 " |
| Merrivale | Invercargill | 1 " |
| Mount Linton | " | 1 " |
| Nightcaps | " | 1 " |
| Orawia | " | 10 " |
| Otatau | " | 1 " |
| Wairio | " | 1 " |

• Now post and telephone, combined.
  † No post-office.
  ‡ Separate from post-office.

DESIGNATION CHANGED.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 22nd April, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease, upon application at this office, on Wednesday, 7th June, 1899, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—PINE VALLEY, MOUNT OLYMPUS, AND PATRIARCH SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Second-class Land.

Run No. 121: About 3,000 acres open, mostly fern and scrub, with native grass in the valleys; 600 acres of this are rocky tops, covered with snow in winter; 1,500 acres birch bush. Well watered. Nearly all steep hills, rising to 4,500 ft.; very broken. Thirty miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 122: Two-thirds fern and scrub, one-third birch bush; 100 acres flat in fern and grass. Well watered. The whole run is very broken; 400 acres rocky tops, rising to 4,500 ft., covered with snow in winter. Thirty-two miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 123: Two-thirds open, of which 600 acres are small flats and downs—fair agricultural land; remainder fern, scrub, flax, and native grass—very broken, pastoral only: one-third birch bush. Six hundred acres rocky tops, rising to 4,000 ft., covered with snow in winter. Thirty-five miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 124: About 20 acres English grass, 150 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub. Thirty acres flat; remainder steep hills, pastoral only. Altitude, 550 ft. to 2,365 ft. Well watered. Two-roomed cottage, small orchard. Twenty-two miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 125: Ten acres English grass, 140 acres birch bush, remainder fern and scrub. Nearly all steep hills, very broken; pastoral only. Well watered. Small orchard. Altitude, 550 ft. to 2,712 ft. Twenty miles from Blenheim by road.

Run No. 126: About 40 acres flat; remainder steep hills, very broken, pastoral only. Twenty acres birch bush; remainder fern and scrub. Well watered. Thirty acres