SEPT. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1133

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 per-
sonal 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 January, 1887.
By order.
WM. JAS. HABENS,
Secretary for Education.

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 Maka-
rini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools
Code, 1884. The examination will be held at convenient
centres on the 20th and 21st December, 1886.
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
obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding insti-
tutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secre-
tary to the Education Department.
JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.
Wellington, 19th July, 1886.

Goldfields 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 Arrowtown on or before the 12th day
of October, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plans annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Arrowtown.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: David Wilcox. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: Wilcox and Company, No. 1. 6
acres, at Arrow River, in the Wakatipu Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this seventh day
of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six.
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 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 9th day of
October, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Queenstown.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Frederick Evans. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: The Catherine Company.
16 acres, at Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this eighth day
of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six.
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 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 Westport on or before the 18th day of
October, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Westport.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Zoffany Claude Horne. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: The Great Republic Gold
Mining Company (Limited). 16 acres 2 roods, being Section
No. 9, Block X., Ngakawau, Nelson South-west Mining Dis-
trict.
Given under my hand, at Nelson, this thirteenth day
of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing Runs, Cash and Deferred-payment Sections,
in the Wairarapa and East Coast Districts, Wellington
Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1886.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act,
1885," Parts II., III., and VII., that the sections of
land enumerated below will be open for application, under
the various systems noted in the Schedule, at the Crown
Lands Office, Wellington, on and after Monday, the 25th
October, 1886, at the upset price or rental per acre stated
opposite each section.
J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Block. District. Area. Upset Price or Rental per Acre. Total Price.

SMALL RUNS.

Pt. 1 of VIII. Waiohine.. 349 0 32 /6
531,532,
534
537,538
543 VII. 520 1 17 /6
544 519 0 24 /6
546 V. 446 1 4 /6
547 1,720 1 38 /6
548 VI.

CASH.

379 XIV. Mikimiki.. 268 0 0 20/ 268 0 0

Road-lines have been laid off to give access to these lands,
but have not been cleared or formed. The country varies
from undulating to mountainous, the soil from poor to good;
the forest consists generally of birch with mixed bush in
places.