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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

RETURN of the Estimated Population (inclusive and exclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th June, 1887.

• No more recent information is obtainable, as births and deaths of Maoris are not recorded.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1887.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

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.

Native Land Court Notice.

Partition of Land under “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 8th September, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, to be held at Ohinemuri, in the District of Thames, on the 27th day of September instant, will be heard the application of the persons whose names appear in the first column for the partition of the land the name of which appears in the second column, situate in the district named in the third column.

Edw. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land Sale at Gisborne.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th August, 1887.

THE following lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 6th October, 1887, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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, and at the Land Office, Gisborne.

Sale of Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands, Land District of Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th August, 1887.

I HEREBY notify that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Thursday the 6th October next, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

• Subject to £40 for improvements.