Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2657

Notice of Cancellation of Registry under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 6th December, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Auckland Guild of Master Painters’ Industrial Union of Employers, No. 144, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of November, 1902. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—A very changeable month, the weather at times being cold and boisterous. The maximum rainfall was recorded on the 15th, 0·87 in. Prevailing wind, N.W. Maximum temperature in shade, 69°; minimum, 38°; mean temperature of dew-point, 46·1°; mean humidity, 74.

A. H. GORE,
Acting Observer.

Examination for Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredgemasters, under “The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1901,” will be held on Tuesday, the 3rd February, 1903, at Greymouth and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 2nd January, 1903, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of application may be obtained from Inspector of Mines, Westport and Dunedin.

The attention of dredgemasters is called to section 6 of “The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1902,” which extends the time for the issue of service certificates without examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th December, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases and licenses of the undermentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Westland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 8th December, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral runs set out below will be offered by public auction at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 17th day of February, 1903, at the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumption as may be provided by the Land Acts or other constituted authority, and subject to the necessary declarations being taken.

Maps may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars as to conditions of sale and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to the said licenses, of six months’ rent in advance and license fee of £1 1s.

Possession of runs Nos. 14 and 68 will be given on date of sale, and of No. 94 on 1st March, 1903. Possession of all the others on 1st March, 1904.

Description of Runs.

Run No. 14 comprises the whole of the watershed of the Hope River. All bush feed, only suitable for cattle. A few narrow flats in valleys, the bulk of run being steep spurs. Access by Cascade to Barn Bay bridle-road.

Run No. 68 takes in the watershed of the Stafford River. Cattle-feed only. Low undulating hills wholly covered with dense forest. Access by bridle-road (much out of repair) from Jackson’s Bay.

Run No. 74 occupies northern bush-clad faces of Square-top Range, between Thomas and Clark Rivers, in Haast Valley. Principally rugged face, with narrow terraces at foot, and a few scrubby flats on river-bank. Access by Haast Valley bridle-road.

Run No. 75, situated on southern bank of Haast River, and extending from Cattle-resting Reserve No. 177 to abreast of Thomas River. All cattle country, bush-clad hillsides. Access by Haast Valley bridle-road.

Run No. 94 takes in all the open tussock country on top of Bannock Brae Range. Rough summer feed for sheep only. Access from Mahitahi River bed.