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block of land comprised in the certificate
by the Commissioner of Crown or Waste
Lands of the Province in which the land
is situate.

It will be the duty of the applicant for
a Crown Grant to ascertain that such
number is affixed as aforesaid, before
applying for a grant.

Alfred Domett,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Dissolution of Partnership.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the
partnership hitherto existing be-
tween the undersigned as merchants has
been this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent.

The business will hereafter be continued
by John Matthew Taylor, who will re-
ceive all debts due to, and pay all liabilities of the late firm.

Dated this 18th day of November,

G. H. Luxford,
J. M. Taylor.

Witness—George Clarke,
Clerk to Messrs. Brandon & Moore,
Solicitors.

Tenders.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, December 7, 1865.

THE following tenders for forming a
bridle track 59 chains in length,
and putting in culverts, are published for
general information:—

£ s. d.

J. F. Lyden & Co. . . . 43 15 9 Accepted.
Ross & McKenzie . . . 50 3 0 Declined.
Joseph Kerr & Co. . . . 53 2 0 "
J. M. Liston . . . . 83 0 0 "

A. Follett Halcombe,
Provincial Secretary.

Samuel Woolcombe,
Chairman of Board.

Entitled to Crown Grants.

DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance, No.
15, Session XI., of the Legislative Council of the Islands of New Zealand, to
hear and decide Claims to Land, by persons claiming title thereto, from, through, or
under the New Zealand Company, report that the claims of the undermentioned persons
having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide that the said per-
sons are respectively entitled to Crown Grants of land set against their names in the
annexed schedule.

DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.

New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants’ Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1865.

SCHEDULE.

| No. of
| Report. | No. of
| | Claim. | Name of Claimant. | Commissioner’s Decision. |
|---------|--------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1387 | 1563 | Edward Daniell | Entitled to a grant of part of Section No.
| 208 on the plan of the City of Wel-
| lington; also to a grant of 3,000 acres
| (more or less) of rural land in the
| Rangitikei District. |
| 1388 | 1653 | Thos. Robertshaw | Entitled to a grant of section
| No. 749 on the plan of the City of Wel-
| lington; also to a grant of the Section
| No. 342 in the block laid out by the
| New Zealand Company at Manawatu,
| subject to the conditions of Clause VI,
| “Land Orders and Scrip Act, 1858.” |
| 1389 | 1636 | Representatives of Jas.
| | | Clarkson, deceased | Entitled to a grant of Section No. 390 on
| the plan of the City of Wellington. |
| 1390 | 1515 | Executors and trustees
| | | of Robert Jillet, de-
| | | ceased | Entitled to a grant of 75 acres, part of
| rural section No. 7, Pahautanui Dis-
| trict. |