JULY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2993

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 2614; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 209.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th July, 1917.

THE Hastings United Friendly Societies’ Medical Association, situated at Hastings, is registered as a Friendly Society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 17th day of July, 1917.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Stores.

Wellington, 18th July, 1917.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Chairman, General Post Office, Wellington, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 5th September, 1917, for the supply and delivery of 32,500 rata (Metrosideros robusta) or tallow-wood telegraph arms.

Particulars and conditions of tendering may be obtained at the office of the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington; the District Storekeeper, Post and Telegraph Department, Christchurch; or at the offices of the Telegraph Engineers at Auckland and Dunedin.

J. ORCHISTON,
Chairman.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 18th July, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 9th June, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 6th August, 1917.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 8th August, 1917, at 10 o’clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—MID. WANAKA AND MID. HAWEA SURVEY DISTRICTS.

RUN 579: Area, 7,080 acres; half-yearly rental, £25. Weighted with £308 15s., valuation for fencing.

The run comprises steep broken faces and spurs, ranging from 1,050 ft. to 4,700 ft. above sea-level. Above about 2,500 ft. there is good tussock feed, but below that height the faces are mostly covered with bracken, fern, and tussock. There are a few hundred acres of low-lying land on the north and east of the run, and this land is mostly covered with manuka scrub, but has good grass feed amongst the scrub. Well watered. Distant about twelve miles and a half from Hawea Flat Post-office. Access is by formed road for four miles and a half to Hawea Bridge, thence by bridle-track for eight miles along Lake Hawea.

Run 580: Area, 6,760 acres; half-yearly rental, £20. Weighted with £291 5s., valuation for fencing.

Similar to Run 579. Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 4,500 ft. above sea-level. In the gullies there are patches of birch bush. Situated about nine miles and a half from Hawea Flat Post-office, four miles and a half being by good formed road and five miles by bridle-track along Lake Hawea.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.