SEPT. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2197

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 5th September, 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. 784.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1905.

THE Shedwood Lodge, No. 45, situated at Motupiko, is registered as a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 4th day of September, 1905.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1905.

THE S.S. Peter and Paul’s Branch, No. 436, situated at Hutt, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 4th day of September, 1905.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

TENDERS FOR LEGGINGS, SATCHELS, AND VALISES.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1905.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until 5 p.m. of Monday, the 11th September, 1905, from persons willing to furnish Leggings, Satchels, and Valises, in such quantities as may be ordered by the Postmaster-General during the three years commencing on the first day of September, 1905.

A schedule giving an estimate of the quantities of each class of articles required, with copies of the general specifications and conditions of tendering, together with printed forms of tender, may be obtained at all chief post-offices.

The store samples will be shown at the chief post-offices at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and at the Post and Telegraph Store, Wellington.

Tenders must be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, General Post Office, Wellington, and indorsed outside “Tender for Leather work.”

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 4th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of to the holders of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Tuesday, the 5th day of December, 1905.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

D. BARRON.
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Wellington Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Monday, the 2nd day of October, 1905, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section 2 of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

If more than one application is received for the same run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, at the Assembly Rooms, Mangaweka, on Friday, the 6th day of October, 1905, at eleven o’clock a.m.

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the runs enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said runs for the period of four years from the date from which in each case respectively such runs are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such runs during such period.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded: provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the run the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements.

Ruahine Survey District.

• Ruahine Survey District.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.