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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 24th January,
1905, and following days, at places to be hereafter named.
All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1,
should be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of
Examiners under the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act],
Wellington,” and must be received before the 24th De-
cember. Forms of application may be obtained at School
of Mines, Thames. Waihi, and Coromandel, also from In-
spector of Mines, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

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.]

Examination for Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th October, 1904.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredge-
masters, under “The Mining Act Amendment Act,
1901,” will be held on Tuesday, the 31st January, 1905, at
Greymouth and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary
certificates. and fee of £1, should be addressed to “The Sec-
retary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act,
Wellington,” and must be received before the 21st January,
1905. Forms of application may be obtained from In-
spector of Mines, Westport and Dunedin.

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 Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th November, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-
mentioned 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Linton Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th November, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity,
at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th December, 1904,
under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Con-
solidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the section
on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by
ballot.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—OROUA COUNTY.—RANGITOTO
SURVEY DISTRICT.—LINTON SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farm.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £470, repay-
able in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £23 14s. 9d.;
total half-yearly payment, £70 13s 9d.

Weighted with £9, valuation for improvements.

Locality and Description of Section. — This section is
situated in the Linton Settlement, in what is known as the
“Manchester Block,” Oroua County, and the access thereto
is from Halcombe Railway-station, which is about three
miles distant by Gillett’s Line, along a formed and metalled
road. The land is partly flat and partly undulating; the
elevation varies from 320 ft. to 420 ft. above sea-level. The
soil is of very good quality on the flat, and good on the undu-
lating portion, resting on stiff clay and shingle formation.
The forest is about 6½ acres in extent, and comprises tawa,
titoki, kahikatea, matai, miro, ramarama, hinau, cabbage-
trees, with usual undergrowth. The section is watered by
a stream (that may run dry in summer) and by a dam.

The improvements which are included in the price of the
land are as follows—viz., half value of 44 chains of fence
on southern boundary, 10 chains of fence on eastern bound-
ary, half value of 31½ chains of fence on Gillett’s Line, half
value of 30·4 chains of fence on northern boundary, half
value of 40 chains of fence on western boundary, 180½ chains
of live, stab, and wire subdivisional fences, and 90 acres
ploughed and sown in grass; also two concrete cisterns and
force-pumps, and paved yard, three orchards, gardens,
shelter and ornamental planting, sheeypards, plough-drains,
metalled roads, and existing main road to homestead.

The improvements which are not included in the price of the
land, and which must be paid for by the tenant comprise the
homestead dwelling (containing twelve rooms), old woolshed,
implement-shed and granaries, harness-room, combined
dairy and storeroom, loose-box, buggy-shed, combined shed
and wash-house with brick chimney, &c., the whole valued
at £470, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instal-
ments of £23 14s. 9d.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 31st October, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at
this office, and at the Land Office, Timaru, on Wednesday,
the 21st day of December, 1904, under the provisions of
“The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and
amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same
allotment on the same day, the order of selection shall be
decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Workmen’s Homes Allotments.

SELWYN COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Tarawahi Hamlet.

This allotment is situated in Tarawahi Hamlet, fronting
the Heathcote River, about 16 chains west of Colombo
Road and two miles and a quarter south of Christchurch
Post-office, and comprises flat agricultural land, with black
loamy soil on sandy subsoil. The improvements on the
section comprise a hothouse, 30 ft. by 11 ft., with brick walls
and ends, 3 ft. 7 in. high; glass roof and two glass doors.
This building belongs to the land and is included in the
price of the section. There is also about 7 chains of road-
side boundary fencing, and gate, erected by the outgoing
tenant. This is valued at £2 10s., which sum must be paid
by the incoming tenant immediately on his being declared
the successful applicant.

Pawaho Hamlet.

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This section is situated on the hillside sloping from the
Lyttelton Borough Reservoir, fronting on the Hills Road,
about half a mile west of Heathcote Valley Railway-station.
The altitude is from 11 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level, and the
soil is of fairly good quality, on clay.