MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1033

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1901.

THE Takaka Lodge, No. 317, of the United Ancient Order of Druids, situated at Takaka, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 7th day of May, 1901.

C. T. BENZONI,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JOHN WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Esq., of Melbourne, Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Victoria, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned. Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of May, 1901.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Governor of Auckland Grammar School elected.

Education Board,
Auckland, 1st May, 1901.

IN accordance with “The Auckland Grammar School Act, 1899,” and with the regulations thereunder for the election of Governors by the Education Board of the District of Auckland, I hereby notify that, at a meeting of the said Board held this day,

ROBERT FARRELL, Esq.,

was duly elected a Governor of the Board of Governors constituted by the said Act.

L. J. BAGNALL,
Chairman of Meeting.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1901.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1902, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books George Eliot’s “Romola” and Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”

W. C. WALKER.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, for the Civil Service Senior Examination of January, 1902, candidates may read “The Tempest” as an alternative to “King Lear,” one of the special books already prescribed for the examination. The examination papers will contain alternative questions on these two plays, in addition to questions on the other work set.

W. C. WALKER.

Crown Lands Notices.

Six Lots, Richardson Village, Patea County, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1901.

THE leases of the under-mentioned lots will be offered by public auction, at the Public Hall, Waitotara, on Wednesday, the 10th July, 1901, at 1 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RICHARDSON VILLAGE.

Term: Fourteen years.

These lots are situated in Richardson Village, in the Momahaki District about two miles from Momahaki Creamery. The access is from Waverley and Waitotara, which are about eight miles distant by a good dray-road.

All the lots comprise flat land in grass; Lot X. is slightly undulating. The soil is of good quality, being loam resting on a sandstone formation. There is no water on any of these lots.

The following improvements are included in capital values on which rentals are based: Lot I., 5 chains of fencing, £2 10s.; Lot III., 28½ chains wire fencing, £14 5s.; Lot IV., 13 chains wire fencing, £6 10s.; Lot V., 14 chains wire fencing, £7; Lot VI., 15 chains wire fencing and 4 chains ditch-and-bank, £9 10s.; Lot X., 7½ chains wire fencing, £3 15s.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with lease-fee of £1 1s., must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the 1st of July, 1901.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or of any portion of it, by giving twelve months’ notice to the lessee thereof of his intention to do so.

4. The purchaser of the lease of Lot 6, area 2 acres 2 roods, on payment of an additional lease-fee of £1 1s., will receive a temporary lease authorising him to occupy from year to year Sections 92 and 93, area 2 roods, which are reserved for public buildings. This temporary lease will be subject to three months’ notice of determination in the event of either Section 92 or 93 or both of them being required for public purposes. If they are resumed by the Crown, the annual rental payable will be proportionately reduced.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed on the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in this lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 7th May, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Friday, the 5th July, 1901, at the rentals noted below. In case of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

This run is situated about three miles from Macrae’s, and runs down to the Shag River. The land is warm and sunny. Valuation for improvements, to be paid with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £413 1s. 6d.

CLUTHA COUNTY.—KURIWAO SURVEY DISTRICT.

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This run is situated in the Kuriwao Gorge, about seven miles from Clinton. The land is rather poor, and consists of a light shallow soil on a subsoil of gravelly clay. Valuation for improvements, to be paid with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £434 14s. 6d.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands