writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1514.

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.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of July, 1885. Altitude above the sea, 140 feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means. † Means same month previous years.

REMARKS.—Very showery weather almost throughout, and cold, with frequent fogs; some bright, pleasant mornings, but wet mostly during nights; prevailing S.E. and E. winds, and usually light or calm. The maximum rainfall recorded on 15th, ·720in.; hail on 13th, and sleet and hail on 14th. Fog on 7 days. Some very cold nights; maximum temperature in shade, 57·5; minimum, 33·0; average dew-point, 42·6; average humidity, 86. Earthquake on 18th, at 9.43 p.m., N. and S., slight, and on 26th, at 7.50 p.m., slight rotary motion.

R. B. GORE,
Observer.

Gold Fields Notices.

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 Queenstown on or before the 14th day of September, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Frederiek Evans. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Extended Company.” 16 acres, at Skipper's Creek, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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

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 Cromwell on or before the 20th day of August, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: The New Cromwell Mining Company (Limited). Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The New Cromwell Mining Company (Limited).” 16 acres, at Bendigo, in the Dunstan Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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

Native Land Court Notices.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, 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 25th day of July, 1885, the title to the land mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said land will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 2nd day of September, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

Name by which Land is known

Native Land Court District wherein situate.

Area.

Hautonoa

Gisborne

A. R. P.

100 0 3

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of August, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, 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