1166 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 81

Te Makarini Scholarships.

THREE Scholarships of the annual value of £35 each, to
be held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay,
are offered for competition to Maori or half-caste youths, on
the conditions laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees
of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund. The examination
will be held at convenient centres on the 17th and 18th of
December, 1883.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not
later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be ob-
tained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institu-
tions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary
to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1883.

PATENT for an Invention for Protecting Pastures, Grow-
ing Crops, Gardens, Orchards, &c., by the use
of Barbed Bands of Iron or other Metal or Material.

JOHN SPINK HUDSON, Of Warkworth, in the County of
Rodney, and Colony of New Zealand, has deposited at this
office a specification of the said invention; and I have ap-
pointed Thursday, the 20th day of December next, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said appli-
cation 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 5th day of December next,
at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the
said application, otherwise they will be precluded from
urging the same.

No. 785. C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Napier Savings-Bank Account for 1882.

BALANCE-SHEET of the Napier Savings-Bank, from
January to 31st December, 1882.

1881. RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Dec. 31. To cash balance at Union
      Bank of Australia 2,625 7 10

1882. Dec. 31. To cash deposited 5,047 12 11
      To cash, refund mortgages 720 0 0
      To cash, interest 379 15 4
      To cash, interest, Union
      Bank on balances 59 11 6
      6,206 19 9
      £8,832 7 7

EXPENDITURE.
Dec. 31. By cash deposits with-
drawn 4,049 13 10
By cash deposits with-
drawn 84 14 4
4,134 8 2
By cash, cheques out-
standing 17 11 4
4,116 16 10
By cash advances on mort-
gage 4,600 0 0
By Charges-
Stationery, Printing,
&c., 35 10 9
Salary, manager 80 0 0
115 10 9
Dec. 31. To amount on mortgage 7,630 0 0
To interest due on same 208 0 0
7,838 0 0
To estimated value of land
and buildings 1,000 0 0
£8,838 0 0
1882.
Dec. 31. Amount due depositors 7,749 17 1
Sundries 10 0 0
7,759 17 1
Balance to credit of the
Napier Savings-Bank 1,078 2 11
£8,838 0 0
EDWARD LYNDON,
Manager.
Audited, 2nd February, 1883.
T. K. NEWTON, Auditors.
A. KENNEDY, J

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. EDWARD CASTRES GWYNNE, of Adelaide, South
Australia, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South
Australia, has been appointed this day, by His Honor the
Chief Justice, to be a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand in South Australia aforesaid, under "The
Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the
purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits,
and affirmations as in the said Act mentioned.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1883.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. EDWARD TAHOURDIN, of 1, Victoria Street,
Westminster, London, S.W., a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of Judicature in England, has been ap-
pointed this day, by His Honor the Chief Justice, a Commis-
sioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in London
aforesaid, under "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court
Act, 1875," for the purpose of taking acknowledgments of
married women, under any Act or law in force in the Colony
of New Zealand requiring such acknowledgments to be made
or taken.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1883.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. EDWARD TAHOURDIN, of 1, Victoria Street,
Westminster, London, S.W., a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of Judicature in England, has been ap-
pointed this day, by His Honor the Chief Justice, a Commis-
sioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in London
aforesaid, under "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court
Act, 1875," for the purpose of administering and taking all
such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said Act
mentioned.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1883.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th August, 1883.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for
application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been
applied for :-

Frederick William Lahmann: 16 acres 2 roods, Section 14,
Block V., Mawheranui, No. 1108, Nelson South-west Mining
District.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Agricultural Lease Certificate declared void.

IN conformity with clause fourteen of the Agricultural
Leases Regulations, it is hereby notified that the under-
mentioned agricultural lease certificate has been declared
void :-

1707c. William Cumming. Section 17, Block XVII.,
Crookston Survey District, containing 260 acres 1 rood and
20 perches, in the Tuapeka Mining District.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)