Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1083

SCHEDULE.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships is open to all Maoris that have attended a Native school during the previous year, and are under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under thirteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, and that have attended a Native village school for the previous twelve months. These scholarships 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, 1886. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 19th and 20th December, 1887.

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, 9th August, 1887.

Goldfields Notice.

Gold-mining Lease Certificates declared forfeited.

IN conformity with the regulations for the granting and issue of gold-mining leases, it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned certificates of application have been declared forfeited for non-execution of lease, and that the ground is now open to persons holding miners' rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

1055c. Archibald McCallum and others; Section 8, Block I., Nokomai District, containing 10 acres, in the Switzers Mining District.

1056c. George Hunter and others; Section 10, Block I., Nokomai District; containing 9 acres 3 roods 34 perches, in the Switzers Mining District.

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

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Land District of Hawke's Bay.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 21st July, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be submitted to public auction for cash at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 18th August next, at noon:—

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at time of sale, and the balance within two months thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall thenceforward be null and void. Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of purchase.

Maps of the above lands may be seen and further particulars obtained on application at this office.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Notice of Intention to cancel the License of a Deferred-payment Selector in the Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Land Board has resolved to cancel the license to occupy the under-mentioned section unless the arrears of payments are paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington, on or before the 13th September next.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Pastoral Lands for Lease, Westland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 21st July, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned runs, which have been submitted to auction and not sold, will be open for sale on application at the upset annual rentals, on and after the 1st September, 1887.

SCHEDULE.

Plans and further particulars on application at Land Office, Hokitika.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Leaseholds, Grey Coal Reserve.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 25th July, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of the sections of land situated in the Grey Coal Reserve, No. 274, and described in the Schedules A, B, and C, given below, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Railway Goods-station, Brunnerton, on Tuesday, the 30th August, at 2 p.m., subject to the rents and conditions hereunder set out.

Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Land Office, Hokitika; the Public Works Office, Greymouth; and the Railway-station, Brunnerton.

Term of leaseholds enumerated on Schedules A, B, and C, fourteen years. Right of re-entry reserved to Government, for coal-mining purposes only, at any time during the currency of the lease, or at the termination thereof, by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200.

At the same time and place the leasehold for coal-mining purposes of Section No. 734 (see Schedule D), within Grey Coal Reserve, east of and adjoining the Wallsend Coal Company's lease, will be offered for sale at public auction, subject to rents and conditions as under:—

Term of leasehold, twenty-one years. First three years' rent, £20 per annum; next four years' rent, £100 per annum; next seven years' rent, £200 per annum; next seven years' rent, 250 per annum. Royalty, 6d. per ton on all coal raised; rent to merge in royalty.

Output for the first two years, nil; for the next five years, not less than 4,000 tons per annum; for the next seven years, not less than 8,000 tons per annum; and for the remainder of term, not less than 10,000 tons per annum.