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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

under the said Act; the value of the lands for the purposes
of section 5 of the said Act being respectively less than £100.
Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1903.
A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less,
being Section No. 617, in Durham Street, in the Township
of Picton and Provincial District of Marlborough. And
All that parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less,
being Section No. 284, in Broadway, in the said Township
of Picton, near the Gaol Reserve.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 6th July, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon.
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided
to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation
to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other
kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be
used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s.
Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 720.]

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ALFRED BOWMAN KIDSON, Esq., of No. 11,
Leadenhall Street, London, E.C., England, a Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of England, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, 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 27th day of June, 1903.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Adoption of Children under Section 50 of “The Native
Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act,
1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of
which are set out hereunder has been duly registered
by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native
Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”
R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILDREN.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington
District.

I, TE RANGINUI WHIOI, of Oroua Bridge, hereby give notice
that I have taken Te Tawhairoa Eruera, a son of Eruera
Whioi and Hipora Eruera, of Motuiti, and Rangingangana
Winiata, daughter of Winiata Pataka and Ema Winiata, of
Horowhenua, to be my adopted children according to Maori
custom; and I request that such adoption be registered
under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land
Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”
As witness my hand, this 30th day of June, 1903.
TE RANGINUI WHIOI.

Signed by the said Te Ranginui Whioi in the presence of—
Thomas Manson, J.P., of Whanganui, and William Moffatt,
Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, of Palmerston North.

Convening Meeting of Tai-Rawhiti District Maori Land
Council under the Provisions of “The Maori Lands
Administration Act, 1900.”

Maori Lands Administration Office,
Gisborne, 2nd July, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that a meeting of the Tai-Rawhiti
District Maori Land Council will be held at Gisborne
on Wednesday, the 22nd day of July, 1903, at 10 o’clock in
the forenoon, for the transaction of all such business as may
be lawfully brought before it.
ROBERT NOBLE JONES,
President of the Tai-Rawhiti District
Maori Land Council.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale under Section 117
of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th July, 1903.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The
Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown
land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under
section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on and after Wednesday, the 7th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section 33, Block VI., Campbelltown Hundred; 30 acres.
JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale under Section 411
of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 5th May, 1903.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The
Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will
be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on and after Monday, the 10th
day of August, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

Section 45, Block II., Blackstone District; 45 acres and
16 perches.
D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.