1564

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 71

public buildings and other purposes of the General Government.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 7, Block III., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 4; towards the north-east by Tautoru Street; towards the south-east by Atutahi Street; and towards the south-west by Section No. 6: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a site for a public pound.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 20, Block III., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 21; towards the south-east by Tariao Street; towards the south-west by Meremere Street; and towards the north-west by Section No. 18: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a site for a Town Hall.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 57 acres 1 rood 5 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block V., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north and north-east by Native lands; towards the east and south-east by road reserve along Tokaanu River, by Sections Nos. 2 and 1A, and by Marama Street; towards the south-east by Section No. 3; and towards the south-west by Native lands: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a hot-springs reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 19 perches, more or less, being Section No. 8, Block V., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Marama Street; towards the south-east by Section No. 9; towards the south-west by Marama Street; and towards the north-west by Marama Street: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a hot-springs reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 4, Block VI., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 5; towards the south-east by Section No. 7; towards the south-west by Tawera Street; and towards the north-west by Tariao Street: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a site for a post-office and other public buildings of the General Government.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 44, Block VI., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 45; towards the south-east by Section No. 46; towards the south-west by Tawera Street; and towards the north-west by Section No. 42: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a site for a public library.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Section No. 6, Block VIII., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-west by Native lands; towards the south-east by Section No. 7; towards the south-west by Section No. 7; and towards the north-west by Section No. 5 and Te Kakau Street: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public cemetery.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 59 acres 3 roods 3 perches, more or less, being Section No. 7, Block VIII., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 5 and 6 and Native lands; towards the south-east by Native lands; towards the south-west and north-west by Tawera Street; and towards the north-west by Whanui Street and Sections Nos. 5 and 6: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For public recreation.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Section No. 8, Block VIII., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-west by the Tokaanu River; towards the south-east by Tawera Street; towards the south-west by Tokaanu River; and towards the north-west by Tokaanu River: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public garden.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 19 perches, more or less, being Section No. 9, Block VIII., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east and south-east by Tawera Street; towards the south-east and south-west by Marama Street; and towards the north-west by Tokaanu River: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public garden.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1899.

THE Waikino Lodge, No. 22, situated at Waikino, is registered as a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 21st day of August, 1899.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

John Fenton, late of Te Puke, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 16th day of August, 1899.

Robert Hogg Warrender, otherwise spelled “Warrender,” late of Port Chalmers, in the Provincial District of Otago, mariner. Filed on the 17th day of August, 1899.

Daniel McDonald, late of Hanmer Plains, in the Provincial District of Nelson. Filed on the 18th day of August, 1899.

Robert Varley, late of Hooper’s Inlet, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed on the 18th day of August, 1899.

Michael Hickey, late of Waipori, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 18th day of August, 1899.

Adam Brown, late of Woodlands, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 18th day of August, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Mokihinui Coal Lease.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 10th July, 1899.

OFFERS in writing will be received up to noon of the 1st day of September next from persons willing to lease and work, under the provisions of the Coal-mine Acts and Regulations, the above coal-mine, comprising an area of 957 acres, situated in the County of Buller, on the west coast of the Middle Island, together with the plant and machinery now on the ground.

The following conditions will apply to any lease that may be granted:—

(a.) A royalty of 6d. a ton to be paid on all coal raised during any one year, such royalty to be payable every six months, on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year.

(b.) Fifty per cent. of the amount paid as rent or royalty will be allowed towards the cost of further prospecting for coal within the limits of the lease.

(c.) The plant now on the ground, a schedule of which can be seen at the offices of the Inspectors of Mines at the Thames, Dunedin, and Westport, or at this office, together with such portion of the tramway formation as may be required by the lessee, to be mutually valued, and to be purchased by the lessee for the amount of the valuation; payment may, however, extend over a period of five years, or for such further period as may be agreed upon, without interest. Or the lessee may lease the same on payment half-yearly of interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value, as agreed upon.

(d.) The lessee to maintain the plant in proper working-order, and not to be allowed to sell or dispose of any portion of the same.

Applicants will be required to state—

(1.) The term for which the lease will be taken.

(2.) The quantity of coal they are prepared to produce from the mine every six months from the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year.

(3.) The annual dead-rent per acre they are willing to pay on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year; the amount of rent to be deducted from the royalty of 6d. a ton hereinbefore referred to.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.