AUGUST 30.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1213

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1883.
THE Loyal Mansion of Peace Lodge, No. 4850, situated at
Wakefield, is registered as a branch of the Nelson
District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly
Society, Manchester Unity, under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1882," this 25th day of August, 1883.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations made under
that Act for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes,
it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease of
Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicant
specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged
with the Warden at Arrow, on or before the 12th day of
September, 1883.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Arrow.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: James Frederick Healey. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business; "The Lucknow Gold-
Mining Company." 7 acres, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-third
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands for Sale on immediate Payment for Cash, Land
District of Canterbury.

Land Office, Christchurch, 14th June, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be open for application on immediate payment for
cash, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 18th
day of September next, as Village Allotments :-

Reserve 1824, Springfield, Malvern: Lots 1 to 11 inclusive,
27 to 33 inclusive, and 35 to 45 inclusive, about 1 acre each;
price, £5 per allotment. Lots 53 to 56 inclusive; in areas of
from 3 to 8 acres each; price, £5 per acre.

No one person is allowed to purchase more than one of the
above sections. In case of more than one application being
received for the same section on the same day, the right to
acquire the same will be decided by auction amongst the
applicants.

Plans may be seen at the Land Offices, Christchurch and
Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Waimate Plains, West Coast Settlement Reserves.

SALE OF LEASES FOR A TERM OF TWENTY-ONE
YEARS.
Compensation for Improvements up to £5 per Acre will be
allowed at End of Term of Lease.

West Coast Settlement Reserves Office,
Hawera, 19th July, 1883.
WRITTEN tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the
under-mentioned sections, in accordance with the

provisions of "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act
1881," and the regulations issued thereunder.

The tenders, accompanied by the statutory declaration and
deposit of six months' rent at the rate tendered, in accordance
with the regulations, must be lodged with the Reserves
Trustee, at the Courthouse, Hawera, not later than 4 o'clock
p.m., on Monday, the 3rd day of September, to be opened by
the Reserves Trustee, at Hawera, on Tuesday, the 4th day
of September, at 11 o'clock a.m., when the highest tenderer
for each lease (if the tenders shall equal or exceed the upset
fixed annual rental per acre) will be declared the lessee.

Plans and schedules of the sections, and copies of the
regulations under which leases will be sold and issued, also
forms of tender and declaration respectively, can be obtained
at the District Land Offices, New Plymouth, Patea, and
Hawera, or at any of the other land offices in the colony;
also at the Office of the Collector of Customs, Wanganui, and
at the Post Offices, Thames, Wanganui, Reefton, Westport,
Greymouth, Ashburton, and Oamaru, on and after the 31st
July instant.

SCHEDULE.

The above land, designated the Kapuni Block, is situated
near Okaiawa Township, and consists of open as well as
fairly level bush-country. It is well opened up with roads.
The soil is good and well watered.

The above land, designated the Kaupokonui Block, is
situated near Manaia Township on the one side and Otakeho
Township on the other. It is well opened up with roads.
The soil is of nearly similar quality to that of the Kapuni
Block above mentioned.