MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1321

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1906.

NOTICE having been lodged with me by Hokipera Renata, of Croixelles, that she has taken Kohi Elizabeth Rowlands, a child of Elizabeth Rowlands, to be her adopted child, and a certificate by a Judge of the Native Land Court, as required by Regulation No. 7, having been received, it is hereby notified that the said notice of adoption has been duly filed and registered.

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Small Grazing-run in Otago Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 14th May, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, for a term of twenty-one years with right of renewal, at this office, on Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1906, under the provisions of Part V of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TAIERI COUNTY.—MOUNT HYDE SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £35 10s. 6d., valuation for fencing. Open undulating pastoral country; soil light; carries good feed; well watered by four creeks passing through, and by Lee Stream and Fortification Creek on boundaries. Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 1,500 ft. Access by good road from northern boundary. This run is distant about seven miles and a half from Lee Stream Post-office, and sixteen miles from Outram Railway-station.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 5th day of June, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FEATHERSTON COUNTY.—HUANGARUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—HIKAWERA SETTLEMENT.

Group A.—Ordinary Farms.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Manunui Village Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th day of May, 1906, under the provisions of Part IV of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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.—WEST TAUPŌ COUNTY.—HUNUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—MANUNUI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Village-homestead Allotment.

Weighted with £86 10s., valuation for improvements.

Manunui Village Settlement is situated on the North Island Main Trunk Railway about 180 miles from Auckland, five miles from Taumarunui, and three miles north of Piriaka Township.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Westport, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 9th April, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease for a term of forty-two years by public auction, at the Courthouse, Westport, on Friday, the 8th day of June, 1906, at noon, under the provisions of “The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877,” and its amendments, and “The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1901.”

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WESTPORT.

The improvements on the above sections (if any) consist of cottages, outbuildings, gardens, and fencing.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,