MAY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 771

RECEIPTS.
Cash in hand, 1st January, 1881 £ s. d. 7. Competitors are advised to keep copies of their
Amount lodged by depositors £7,011 6 4 19 1 7 essays, as those sent to the Board will not be re-
Interest added during the year 45 4 9 turned.
Interest added, Dec. 31, 1881 296 10 7

G. S. COOPER,
Chairman.

7,353 1 8
Interest on mortgages 535 14 8
Interest on deposits with National Bank 72 5 1
Mortgages repaid 2,250 0 0

£10,230 3 0

PAYMENTS. £ s. d
Repaid depositors £6,488 18 0
Interest credited depositors 341 15 4

Charges 6,830 13 4
Invested on mortgage 241 3 0
Invested on deposit with National Bank 2,750 0 0
Cash on hand 300 0 0
103 6 8

£10,230 3 0
W. P. GRIGOR, Vice-President.
THOMAS BRODRICK, Manager.

We, the undersigned Trustees and Auditors, have
counted the cash in hand, and have, to the best of
our belief, ascertained the correctness of the said
account or balance-sheet.

JOHN HARE, }
D. L. MATHESON, } Trustees.
JOHN MCARDELL, }
HENRY WILSON, } Auditors.

ASSETS. £ e. d.
To Amount invested on mortage 6,200 0 0
Deposits with National Bank 1,300 0 0
Cash in National Bank (Working Account) 108 6 8

£7,608 6 8

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
By Amount due 298 depositors 7,405 19 3
Balance 202 7 5

£7,608 6 8
To Balance £202 7 5

THOMAS BRODRICK, Manager.

Civil Service Literary Prize, 1882.

Office of Civil Service Examination Board,
Wellington, 15th May, 1882.

A PRIZE of the value of £15 will be given for the
best essay on

FREEDOM OF DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT.

Conditions.

1. Competition to be open to all persons under the
   age of twenty-five years at this date who have passed
   either the Junior or Senior Civil Service Examination,
   and who are in the service at the time of competition.

2. The prize to be in books or money, at the option
   of the prize-taker.

3. Essays to be legibly written, and on one side of
   the paper only.

4. Essays to be delivered to the Secretary of the
   Civil Service Examination Board, Wellington, by the
   31st December, 1882.

5. No competitor to allow his name to appear on
   his essay, but to adopt a motto or cypher, which is
   also to be written on a sealed envelope containing
   the author's name, and attached to the essay.

6. The prize will not be awarded unless there is an
   essay which, in the judgment of the examiners, is of
   sufficient merit to entitle the author to receive it.

Gold Fields Notices.

Nelson South-West Gold Fields.-Gold-Mining
Leases refused.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 17th May, 1882.

OTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
gold-mining leases have been refused, viz.:—

Folio 185, B2. Applicant: R. Duffy. Name of
company: "Happy-go-Lucky." Locality: Boat-
man's Creek, Inangahua.

Folio 54, B3. Applicant: W. Hindmarsh. Name
of company: "Globe." Locality: Devil's Creek,
Inangahua.

Folio 59, B3. Applicant: W. Hindmarsh. Name
of company: "Globe." Locality: Devil's Creek,
Inangahua.

Folio 198, B2. Applicant: William Keenan.
Name of company: "Mount Greenock." Locality:
Boatman's Creek, Inangahua.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Leases.-Notice of Withdrawal of
Applications.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 17th May, 1882.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned
applications for gold-mining leases have been
withdrawn:-

Folio 55, B2. Applicant: J. B. Beeche. Name
of company: "Try Again Tailing." Locality: Boat-
man's Creek, Inangahua

Folio 75, B2. Applicants: Breen and McHugh.
Name of company: "Age of Progress." Locality:
Boatman's Creek, Inangahua.

Folio 17, B3. Applicant: Thomas Lee. Name of
company: "Zulu." Locality: Boatman's Creek,
Inangahua.

Folio 56, B3. Applicant: W. Hindmarsh. Name
of company: "Globe." Locality: Devil's Creek,
Inangahua.

Folio 35, B3. Applicant: J. Stevenson. Name
of company: "Britannia." Locality: Boatman's
Creek, Inangahua.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Leases. Notice of Withdrawal of
Applications.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 16th May, 1882.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned
applications for gold-mining leases have been
withdrawn, and that the ground is now open for
application as if a lease of the same had never been
applied for :-

Folio 42, B2. Applicant: W. G. McColl. Name
of company: "Try Again." Locality: Antonio's,
Inangahua,