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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

Reward of £10,000 offered for the Discovery of New Gold fields.—Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

REWARDS of £10,000 are offered for the discovery of new goldfields, upon the amended conditions set forth hereunder.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these conditions is £5,000 for the North Island, and £5,000 for the Middle Island.

2. The newly-discovered goldfield must be situated not less than forty miles from any existing goldfield or any existing workings.

3. No reward shall be payable until 50,000 ounces of gold have been produced from the newly-discovered goldfield within three years from the date of its being registered.

4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being desirous of obtaining the reward, shall immediately forward a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an application for reward.

5. No prospecting will be allowed upon Native land without a prospecting license authorising the person therein named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect, in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of “The Mining Act, 1886,” inclusive.

No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be made upon Native land without the consent of the Native owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

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 sixteen 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 fifteen 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, and in the supplementary regulations sent out to all teachers in May of the current year. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 17th and 18th December, 1888.

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, 15th August, 1888.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1888.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1889, the period of literature will be the age of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Henry IV. and Henry V., and Lamb’s Essays of Elia.

GEO. FISHER.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Rural Lands, Auckland District.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 31st July, 1888.

IT is hereby notified that the rural sections enumerated in the accompanying Schedule will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Auckland, on Monday, the 24th September, 1888, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Plans and further particulars may be obtained on application at this office.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.

WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

II. | 11 | A. R. P. 10 0 0 | £ s. d. 10 0 0
Description of Land: Mixed bush, undulating.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.

PARISH OF KAIWAKA.

| N.E.M. pt. 82 | 40 0 0 | 120 0 0
Description of Land: Kauri land and mixed forest.

RODNEY COUNTY.

PARISH OF MANGAWAI.

| N.W. pt. 35 | 19 1 30 | 4 17 6
| S.W. pt. 91 | 25 1 24 | 6 7 6
| 100 | '61 0 0 | 15 5 0
Description of Land: N.W. pt. Lot 35, open land; S.W. pt. 91, a few kauri rickers, rest open land, poor soil; 100, about two acres bush, rest open land. All these lands are accessible by road.

PARISH OF ARAI.

| S.W. pt. 17 | 32 0 0 | 8 0 0
Description of Land: Half bush, remainder fern land.

THAMES COUNTY.

OHINEMURI SURVEY DISTRICT.

I. | 3 | 10 0 0 | 5 0 0
£8 10s. is added to the upset price for improvements.
Description of Land: Light mixed bush, broken land. (Part of Onetai No. 2 Block.)

WHANGAROA COUNTY.

WHANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

VII. | 13 | 9 0 0 | 18 0 0
| 14* | 8 0 0 | 24 0 0

• Subject to £517 for improvements.
  Description of Land: Partially-improved lands, fronting Whangaroa Harbour, rather broken.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.

PARISH OF MANAIA.

| S.E. pt. 78 | 24 0 0 | 6 0 0
Description of Land: Mixed bush, very broken land.

PARISH OF WAIPU.

286 | 31 3 0 | 12 0 0
287 | 51 1 0 | 19 5 0
288 | 37 0 0 | 9 5 0
289 | 33 0 0 | 8 5 0
290 | 29 2 0 | 7 7 6
291 | 30 0 0 | 7 10 0
292 | 59 2 0 | 22 7 6
294 | 33 1 0 | 8 7 6
295 | 144 2 27 | 36 5 0
392 | 36 3 0 | 13 17 6
393 | 22 1 0 | 8 7 6
394 | 16 1 0 | 6 2 6
395 | 40 2 0 | 15 5 0
396 | 150 2 0 | 56 10 0
397 | 107 0 0 | 40 2 6
398 | 92 1 0 | 34 12 6
399 | 76 2 0 | 28 15 0

Description of Land: Sections 286 to 291 inclusive, tea-tree land, poor soil; 292, undulating forest land, partially limestone land; 294, broken tea-tree land; 295, about 40 acres bush, rest broken tea-tree land; 392 to 399 inclusive, broken forest lands, no kauri.