944

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 47

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1885.

THE Orient Lodge, No. 42, situated at Palmerston North, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 29th day of July, 1885.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Specially-authorized Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1885.

THE Addington Workshops Band, situated at Christchurch, is registered as a specially-authorized society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 31st day of July, 1885.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

TWO Scholarships of the yearly value of £35 each, to be held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1884. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 14th and 15th December, 1885.

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

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.
Wellington, 29th July, 1885.

Notice relating to Maori Lexicon.

Native Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.

THE Hon. the Native Minister desires that officers of the Native Department, and all others interested in the matter, will be good enough to assist the Rev. W. Colenso, of Napier, who is engaged in preparing for publication a Maori-English Lexicon, by furnishing him with the use of any peculiar tribal word or phrase pertaining to their particular districts, and also with any new or strange words they may know or may have noted down.

Mr. Colenso purposes, when the lexicon is published, to give due individual acknowledgment to all who shall have assisted in its preparation.

T. W. LEWIS,
Under Secretary.

Native Land Court Notices.

Notice under "Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883," give notice that on the 10th day of July, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 19th day of August, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

Name by which Land is known.

Native Land Court District wherein situate.

Area.

A. R. P.

Waikura .. .. .. Bay of Plenty .. 14,507 0 0
Whangaparaoa No. 2 .. .. 34,412 0 0

Dated this 30th day of July, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under "Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883," give notice that on the 8th day of July, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 17th day of August, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

Name by which Land is known.

Native Land Court District wherein situate.

Area.

A. R. P.

Te Kapua .. .. .. Whanganui .. 21,878 0 0
Te Kapua A .. .. ..
Te Kapua B .. .. ..

Dated this 30th day of July, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Gold Fields Notices.

Waimea-Kumara and Kaiwhaka Water-races, &c.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1885.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by "The Public Works Act, 1882," His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES DAND

to be the person to apply for, receive, and hold, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, any license or other authority required to be held or exercised in respect of the water-races known as the Waimea-Kumara and Kaiwhaka Water-races and Kumara Sludge-channel, in the County of Westland, under "The Mines Act, 1877," as from the 1st day of July, 1885.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Nelson Creek Water-race, &c.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1885.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by "The Public Works Act, 1882," His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GOW

to be the person to apply for, receive, and hold, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, any license or other authority required to be held or exercised in respect of the water-races known as the Nelson Creek Water-race, Magee Water-race, and Allan and party's Water-race, in the County of Grey, under "The Mines Act, 1877," as from the 1st day of July, 1885.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 4th August, 1885.

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:-

Peter Sorrensen; Section 54, Block VIII., 1 acre 3 roods 17 perches, Kawatiri, Westport, Nelson South-West District. No. 975.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Leases 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 leases of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Collingwood on or before the 9th day of September, 1885.