FEB. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 299

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1882.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenders is published for general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

WAITAKI-BLUFF RAILWAY.—CATLIN'S RIVER
BRANCH.—PUERUA CONTRACT No. 1.

George Fraser, Berwick
Accepted.
... 5,230 3 2

Declined.
Isbester and Co., Invercargill ... 5,759 0 2
Davidson and Conyers, Dunedin ... 5,915 5 4
Richard Mackie, Balclutha ... 5,927 7 5
George Bain, Balclutha ... 6,167 13 0
H. Whitaker, Dunedin ... 6,253 8 6
Findlay and Co., Dunedin ... 6,715 16 7
M. Hislop, Dunedin ... 6,774 17 2
D. McIntyre, Dunedin ... 7,208 10 0
H. Shepherd, South Rakaia ... 7,315 9 6

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1882.

PATENT for Concrete Blocks for Sluicing Pur-
poses.

ALEXANDER HAY MILLER, of Kumara, Westland,
Miner, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday,
the 26th day of May next, at 10 o'clock in the fore-
noon, at this office, to hear the said application and
all objections thereto; and I require all persons
having an interest in opposing the grant of such
Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 22nd day of
May next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will
be precluded from urging the same.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

Officiating Ministers for 1882.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1882.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1880," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information :-

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend J. M. Fraser.
The Reverend H. Esson Michie.
The Reverend J. Niven.
The Reverend Donald Ross.
The Reverend J. Urwin Spence.

United Methodist Free Churches.
The Reverend Joseph White.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend William Barnett.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

N.B.—The names of the Reverend J. M. Fraser and the
Reverend J. Urwin Spence are in substitution of the names
"M. J. Fraser" and "Urwin J. Spencer" in the general
list of Officiating Ministers in the Supplement to the Gazette
of the 26th January.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

THREE scholarships, to be held at the Native
College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, are offered by
the Trustees of the fund instituted in memory of the
late Sir Donald McLean for promoting the higher
education of Maori youths.
Two of these scholarships are open to any Maori
or half-caste whose age on the 31st March, 1882,
shall not exceed fifteen years, and who shall have
attended a Native college or school for the preceding
twelve months. The remaining scholarship is open
to any Maori or half-caste whose age on the 31st
March, 1882, shall not exceed thirteen years, and
who shall have attended a Native village school for
the preceding twelve months.
The scholarships are of the annual value of £35,
and are tenable for a year and a half from the 1st
July, 1882.
The examination will be held at convenient centres
on the 27th and 28th April, 1882. Candidates
must, either directly or through their teachers, send
notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to pre-
sent themselves for examination. Such notice must
be posted not later than the 20th March.
Copies of the regulations and forms of notice will
shortly be distributed among the teachers of Native
schools and boarding institutions. Copies may also
be obtained from the Secretaries to Education Boards
or from the Secretary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Crown Lands Notices.

Otago Runs.—Leases which Expire March, 1883.

THE following Licenses of Runs, for terms of years
commencing the 1st March, 1883, will be offered
by auction in Watson's Long-room, High Street,
Dunedin, on Monday, the 27th February, 1882, at
11 o'clock a.m.

LITHOGRAPH SHEET No. 1.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.

Subdivision of No. 226, Lauder Station, Base of the
Dunstan Range.

Run No. 226, about 32,430 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, £300 per annum.
Run No. 226A, about 13,440 acres. License for
ten years. Upset rental, £336 per annum.
Run No. 226B, about 16,660 acres. License for
ten years. Upset rental, £416 per annum.
Run No. 226c, about 8,830 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, £221 per annum.
Run No. 226D, about 5,630 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, £141 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 228, between the Manu-
herikia River and Dunstan Creek, at the Base of
Mount St. Bathans.

Run No. 228, about 32,740 acres. License for
seven years. Upset rental, £400 per annum.
Run No. 228A, about 19,730 acres. License for
seven years. Upset rental, £200 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 224, known as Blackstone
Hill Run, Ida Valley.

Run No. 224, about 5,730 acres. License for four
years. Upset rental, £167 per annum.