980 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 condi-
   tions 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 with-
   out 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 supple-
mentary 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 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, 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 litera-
ture 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.

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 applica-
tion at this office.
S. PERCY SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.