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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Nelson, for the year 1907:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1904,” will be held at the Courthouse, NELSON, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:—

Monday, 18th March.
Monday, 24th June.
Wednesday, 11th December.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1904,” will be held at the Courthouse, BLENHEIM, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:—

Thursday, 7th March.
Wednesday, 12th June.
Wednesday, 4th December.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ROBERT STOUT.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
THEO. COOPER.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Westland Judicial District.

WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Westland, for the year 1907:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1904,” will be held at the Supreme Court House, HOKITIKA, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Thursday, 7th March.
Thursday, 19th September.

Business in Chambers may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, on such days and at such hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ROBERT STOUT.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
THEO. COOPER.
FREDK. CHAPMAN.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Rural Land in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 5th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 19th day of December, 1906, under the provisions of section 118 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Situated about two miles and a half from the Village of Takaka, and about three miles from the Port of Waitapu, Golden Bay. Flat and undulating land, covered with manuka scrub. About 35 acres of the southern portion is land of fair quality, the remainder medium.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Spotswood Settlement, Taranaki Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 5th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 12th day of December, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT. — TARANAKI COUNTY. — PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT. — SPOTSWOOD SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farm.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £40, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £1 11s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £20 10s. 10d.

Weighted with £95, the amount of an existing mortgage to the Superintendent, Government Advances to Settlers Office.

NOTE.—The successful applicant will be required to take a temporary license, under section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892,” of Section 58, Block IV, Paritutu Survey District, at an annual rental of £1 9s. 4d.

Section 60 is situated with a frontage to the Ngamotu Road, and is accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South, Breakwater, and Ngamotu Roads, 2 miles 76 chains; and from the Breakwater, 1 mile 9 chains. The section consists chiefly of hilly and somewhat broken land, nearly all in fair old pasture, with a strip of bare sand and clay along the northern boundary. The portion of section eastward of intersecting fence, about 4 acres in extent, is nearly flat or easy undulating land. The general quality of the soil is good, being a deep sandy loam on a sandy clay subsoil; well watered by the Herekawe and branch creek.

The improvements which are included in the price of the land consist of 12 chains of fencing, valued at £3; well, £10. The improvements not included in the price of the land consist of an old five-roomed cottage, valued at £40, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £1 11s. 2d.; also fencing, £10; poultry buildings and yards, £10.

Section 58 is situated on the Paritutu Road. It is accessible from New Plymouth, which is distant by the Main South, Ngamotu, and Paritutu Roads, 2 miles 78 chains; and from the Breakwater by the Ngamotu and Breakwater Roads, 1 mile 18 chains. The section is hilly and broken and falling to the coast-line, and the general quality of the soil is inferior, being chiefly drifting sand or bare clay. The eastern end is growing lupins.

The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 16 chains of boundary and subdivisional fences, valued at £10.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 5th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at the Lands Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 19th day of