2750 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 83

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of
causes under "The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act,
1908," will be held at the Courthouse, BLENHEIM, to com-
mence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:—
Thursday, 4th March.
Wednesday, 9th June.
Wednesday, 1st 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 twenty-
eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred
and eight.
ROBERT STOUT.
JOSHUA S. WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
THEO. COOPER.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN.

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

WE, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zea-
land, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by
"The Judicature Act, 1908," 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 1909:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of
causes under "The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act,
1908," will be held at the Supreme Court House, HOKITIKA,
to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—
Thursday, 11th March.
Thursday, 16th 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 twenty-
eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred
and eight.
ROBERT STOUT.
JOSHUA S. WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
THEO. COOPER.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN.

Examination for Dredgemasters' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.
AN examination of candidates for certificates as
dredgemasters, under "The Mining Act, 1908," will
be held on Tuesday, the 13th April, 1909, at Greymouth
and Clyde. All applications, with necessary certificates,
and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to
"The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining
Act, Wellington," and must be received on or before the
8th March, 1909. Forms of application may be obtained
from Inspectors of Mines, Westport, Reefton, Clyde, and
Dunedin.
H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to 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 certificates of service have been accepted by the
Board.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or
Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 7th October, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
"The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned
lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be
received at this office up till 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the
25th day of January, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOBSON COUNTY.—MANGA-
KAHIA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 19th October, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
"The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned
land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be
received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the
25th day of January, 1909, under the provisions of "The
Land Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANGONUI COUNTY.—TAKAHUE
SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. About 60
acres flat, balance broken; 60 acres scrub land, balance
fern, with small clumps of bush in gullies. Soil of fair
second-class quality, on sandstone formation; well watered
by stream and springs. Distant about nine miles from
Kaitaia by fair road.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Ninia, Wellington Land District, for
Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at
the Town Hall, Ohakune, at noon on Saturday, the 5th day
of December, 1908, under the provisions of "The Land Act,
1908."

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF NINIA.
Suburban Land.