MAR. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 699

The Kawakawa Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 31, situated at Kawakawa.

The Westport Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 33, situated at Westport.

The Timaru Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 34, situated at Timaru.

The Dannevirke Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 42, situated at Dannevirke.

The Midland Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 43, situated at Greymouth.

The Oamaru Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 46, situated at Oamaru.

The New Plymouth Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 47, situated at New Plymouth.

The Dargaville Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 614, situated at Dargaville.

The Palmerston North Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 616, situated at Palmerston North.

The Upper Hutt Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 619, situated at Upper Hutt.

The Paeroa Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 621, situated at Paeroa.

The Taihape Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 625, situated at Taihape.

The Masterton Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 626, situated at Masterton.

The Woodville Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 633, situated at Woodville.

The Rotorua Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 648, situated at Rotorua.

The Waipukurau Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 658, situated at Waipukurau.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Runs in Auckland Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,

Auckland, 2nd March, 1909.

NOTICE is being given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Friday, the 30th day of April, 1909, at 10 a.m., under the provisions of 'The Land Act, 1908.'

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 54 (Class I), Whakatane County, Ruawahia, Kaingaroa, and Galatea Survey Districts: 18,735 acres; upset annual rental, £40. Undulating land, easy hills, and a few wide valleys, covered with fern, manuka, tutu, and tussock, with indifferent growth of dandelion in places. Surface soil is sandy, with scoria through it, and lies loose on top to a depth of several inches; watered by Mangaharakeke and Ngata-mawhine Streams. Situated on Galatea - Te Teko Road, about three miles from Galatea.

Run No. 55 (Class I), National Endowment, Rotorua and Whakatane Counties, Ruawahia and Kaingaroa Survey Districts: 19,460 acres; upset annual rental, £40. Open land, covered with fern, manuka, tutu, and rough tussock. Fronts old Rotorua-Galatea Road, about nine miles from Galatea. Fairly watered by Ngatamawahine and Mangaharakeke Streams.

Run No. 57 (Class I), Rotorua and East Taupo Counties, Kaingaroa, Galatea, and Weao Survey Districts: 34,255 acres; upset annual rental, £50. Open land, covered with fern, manuka, and rough tussock. Fronts Rangitaiki River; intersected by new road from Rotorua to Galatea. Distant from five to sixteen miles from Galatea.

Run No. 59 (Class I), National Endowment, East Taupo County, Takapau and Weao Survey Districts: 56,556 acres; upset annual rental, £56. Open land, covered with fern, manuka, tutu, and rough tussock. Situated on the Rangi-taiki River, about seventeen miles south of Galatea. About five miles of this distance is by Rotorua-Galatea Road; no formed road for balance of distance.

Run No. 90 (Class I), National Endowment, East Taupo County, Tauhara and Waitahanui Survey Districts: 20,000 acres; upset annual rental, £20.

Run No. 91 (Class I), National Endowment, East Taupo County, Tauhara, Waitahanui, Otukutara, and Maruanui Survey Districts: 20,000 acres; upset annual rental, £20.

Both runs are open land; fern, manuka, and tussock, with small patches of mixed forest in each. Light pumice soil of inferior quality. Access by Taupo-Napier Road, from eleven to eighteen miles from Taupo.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

JOHN STRAUCHON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,

Auckland, 1st March, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Friday, the 16th day of April, 1909, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve under the provisions of "The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-WHAKATANE TOWNSHIP.

LOT 41, containing 1 rood.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

Term of lease: Seven years, without right of renewal.

No compensation shall be payable for improvements at any time, but the lessee may remove all fences and buildings prior to expiration of lease.

Rental payable half-yearly in advance; the first half-year's rent at the rate tendered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, to be deposited with the tender.

No right to underlet or part with possession of the land, or any part thereof, without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

The Crown reserves to itself the right to determine the lease upon giving six months' notice in writing of intention so to do, and no compensation shall be claimed by reason of such resumption.

Rental-payments thirty days in arrear shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, and indorsed "Tender for leasing."

JOHN STRAUCHON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,

Wellington, 1st March, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of April, 1909, for leases of the undermentioned reserves under the provisions of "The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.-PAHIATUA COUNTY.

Makuri Survey District.

Puketoi Survey District.