Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 887

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Bay of Islands.

IN compliance with the provisions of section 99 of the Legislature Act, 1908, I, Frederick William Lang, Speaker of the House of Representatives, hereby notify that William Stewart has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Bay of Islands, and that the said seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.
Dated at Auckland the 2nd day of March, 1917.

F. W. LANG,
Speaker.

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

Wellington, 23rd February, 1917.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Chairman, General Post Office, Wellington, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th March, 1917, for the supply and delivery, C.I.F. and E., Wellington, of 2,000 yards proofed duck.
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.

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned unclaimed property in the hands of the police at the stations named will, if not claimed before the 31st March, 1917, be sold thereafter by public auction. Particulars as to the time and place of sale may be obtained from the officer of police in charge of the station :—
Auckland.—Bicycle, watches, umbrellas, purses, articles of jewellery, clothing, &c.
Hamilton.—Bicycles, purses, articles of jewellery, &c.
Napier.—Bicycles, purses, articles of jewellery, &c.
Wanganui.—Bicycles, purses, watches, rug, articles of clothing, &c.
Wellington.—Bicycles, purses, umbrellas, watches, revolver, articles of jewellery and clothing, &c.
Greymouth.—Bicycle, watch, gloves, brooch.
Christchurch.—Bicycles, watches, revolvers, purses, articles of jewellery and clothing, &c.
Dunedin.—Bicycles, watch, purses, articles of jewellery, &c.
Invercargill.—Bicycles, purses, watch, articles of jewellery, &c.

J. O’DONOVAN,
Commissioner of Police.

Wellington, 7th March, 1917.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1917.

THE Wellington United Friendly Societies’ Medical Institute, situated at Wellington, is registered as a Friendly Society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 23rd day of February, 1917.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1917.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Allotment 2a, Waitahuna No. 1 Settlement.
Tenure: Renewable lease. Lease No. 215. Formerly held by J. F. Smith. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

Allotment 1a, Waitahuna No. 2 Settlement.
Tenure: Renewable lease. Lease No. 223. Formerly held by James Farquharson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

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

License of Pastoral Run in Southland Land District liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th March, 1917.

PURSUANT to section 251 of the Land Act, 1908, notice is hereby given to the licensee of the undermentioned pastoral run that the license thereof is liable to forfeiture; and that if the rent overdue on the said run, together with the penalty for non-payment at due date, be not paid within three months from the date hereof the license will be forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 539, Lord’s River Survey District. License No. 322. Licensee: Henry John Roderique.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Mount Burke Runs, Otago Land District, open for Lease and License.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 5th March, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the small grazing-runs mentioned in the First Schedule hereto are open for lease under Part V of the Land Act, 1908, and section 3 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915; and that the pastoral run mentioned in the Second Schedule is open for license by general application under Part VI of the Land Act, 1908.
Applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 16th April, 1917.
Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 18th day of April, 1917, at 10 o’clock a.m., to answer any questions the Land Board may ask.
The ballot will be held at the same place at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.
The small grazing-runs will be open for application by discharged soldiers only, and preference for the pastoral run will be given to soldiers either discharged or on active service, and to landless applicants who have children dependent on them or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SMALL GRAZING-RUNS.

Subdivisions of Mount Burke Run.—Vincent County.—Mid Wanaka and Mid Hawea Survey Districts.—For Lease to Discharged Soldiers only.—13,840 Acres.

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.
Immediate possession will be given to the successful applicants.