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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington. 7th June, 1905.

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. 777.]

Notice of Date of Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Civil Service Junior Examination and a Junior National Scholarship Examination will be held in December, 1905, beginning about the middle of the month, and that a Civil Service Senior Examination and an Examination for Teachers’ Certificates of Class C and Class D will be held in January, 1906, beginning on the 5th day of the month.

The Junior National Scholarship Examination will also be a test for Junior Free Places, and the Civil Service Junior Examination a test for Senior Free Places.

Entries for the Scholarship Examination must be made through the head-teachers of public schools, and will be received by Secretaries of Education Boards not later than the 30th September, 1905.

Entries for the other examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the 30th September, 1905, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee of £1, until the 15th October, 1905.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained from the office of any Education Board or of the Education Department.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Duncan Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 5th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—DUNCAN SETTLEMENT.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £250, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £9 15s.: total half-yearly payment, £36 2s. 9d.

DESCRIPTION AND LOCALITY OF SECTIONS.

Section 2A comprises mixed agricultural and pastoral land, with soil of fair to excellent quality; 60 acres are undulating and arable, the balance consists of broken land, the tops of the ridges being ploughable; there are about 5 acres of bush in the main gully, where there is a never-failing supply of water; in the smaller gullies there are manuka and other scrubs. Altitude, 50 ft. to 100 ft. Distant half a mile from Brighton Post-office and school.

The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of half value of 30 chains of gorse hedge and post-and-wire fence on the north-east boundary, 17 chains of gorse hedge and post-and-wire fence on main road, 42 chains of gorse hedge on the south-west boundary, one gate, half value of 16 chains of post-and-wire fence on the north-west boundary, and 28 chains of subdivisional fencing; altogether about 110 chains of fencing, of a total value of £16 10s.

Section 3A comprises mixed agricultural and pastoral land, with soil of fair to good quality; about 60 acres of this section are undulating and arable, the remainder consists of broken land, the tops of the ridges being ploughable; there are about 3 acres of bush on the section, besides manuka and other scrubs; an excellent stream of clear water flows past the homestead. Altitude, 20 ft. to 150 ft. Distant about one mile from Brighton Post-office and school.

The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of half value of 26 chains of sod wall, gorse, and post-and-wire mixed fencing on the north-west boundary; half value of 22 chains of sod wall, gorse, and post-and-wire mixed fencing on the north-east boundary; 30 chains of gorse hedge, with one gate, on main road; half value of 30 chains of gorse hedge and post-and-wire fence on the south-west boundary; and 137 chains of post-and-wire and gorse hedges, mixed subdivisional fencing: in all, 206 chains, valued at £26 2s. 6d. The improvements which are not included in the price of the section comprise a good eight-roomed house, barn, old stables, byre, and other outhouses, valued at £250: this sum is repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £9 15s.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 19th day of July, 1905, for a lease of the undermentioned land for a term of fourteen years, subject to the conditions stated.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.