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Amicitia, with Oration I. against Catiline; and Xenophon, Cyropædia, Book V.

The scholarship will be considered as commencing from the 1st July, 1885, but the first quarterly instalment will be paid to the successful candidate in the first week of October, 1885, at which time he will be expected to present himself to the Secretary of the Gilchrist Trust in London. Subsequent payments will depend on attendance at three courses of lectures in every session, and on good conduct; and the scholar must present himself for the first examination in one of the Faculties of the University of London before the end of the second year of the currency of his scholarship.

Every candidate will be required to give satisfactory evidence that he is between the ages of sixteen and twenty-two years, and either that he is a native of New Zealand, or that he has resided in New Zealand for the last five years. Notice of entry, with satisfactory testimonials as to personal character, and the London matriculation fee of £2, must be sent to the Secretary for Education, Wellington, so as to reach his office not later than the 1st June, 1884.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

The Ravenscliff Gold-Mining Company (Limited); 7 acres, Wairau and Pelorus Mining District.

The Ravenscliff Gold-Mining Company (Limited); 16 acres 2 roods 5 perches, Wairau and Pelorus Mining District.

The Ravenscliff Gold-Mining Company (Limited); 16 acres 2 roods, Wairau and Pelorus Mining District.

The Ravenscliff Gold-Mining Company (Limited); 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Wairau and Pelorus Mining District.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Special Claim and Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned special claim and 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:—

SPECIAL CLAIM.

Maritana and Company, now occupied by Miro Oriola and Company, situate at Italian Gully, Waimea District. No. 5.

GOLD-MINING LEASE.

Philip Williams and James Evans; 10 acres, Waimea District. No. D14.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

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 applicants 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 Collingwood on or before the 12th day of March, 1884.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James Malcolm, jun., and party. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The Hustler Extended Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres, at Gridiron Creek, Mount Arthur, in the Collingwood Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Deferred-payment Licenses cancelled.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 12th February, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Land Board has cancelled the licenses to hold the under-mentioned sections for breach of the conditions, and has ordered that the allotments be opened for reselection on Wednesday, the 26th March next.

W. H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land Sale, Auckland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th January, 1884.

I HEREBY notify that the town, suburban, and rural lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public auction at this office, on Friday, the 29th February next, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

WAIPA COUNTY.

TOWN OF KIHIKIHI.

| 7 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 25 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 31 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 33 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 59 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 60 | 1 1 3 | 38 1 3 |
| 61 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 64 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 93 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 163 | 0 3 0 | 22 10 0 |
| 206 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 208 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 275 | 0 2 4 | 15 15 0 |
| 282 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 322 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 323 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 324 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 325 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 381 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 393 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 394 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 395 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 |