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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

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.

Property-tax.—“Property Assessment Act, 1885,” and its Amendments.

Wellington, 9th October, 1888.

IN accordance with the above Acts, public notice is hereby given that the thirtieth day of November next is the time, and my office, Government Buildings, Wellington, is the place, at which all persons in the colony are required to furnish statements of all real and personal property belonging to them in accordance with the said Acts.

J. SPERREY,
Property-tax Commissioner.

N.B.—Forms of statement will be delivered by Assessors as far as practicable, but, as the duty of procuring such forms is cast upon the public, no person is excused from neglecting to provide himself therewith. All persons, whether liable to taxation or not, are required to furnished statements.

Forms may be obtained from the Local Assessor, or at any Money Order Post Office.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1888.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend William Fairweather Findlay.

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

Native Land Court Notices.

Sitting of the Native Land Court.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 3rd October, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Waipawa, on Tuesday, the 6th day of November, 1888, for the purpose of ascertaining what amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native owners of the lands severally known as part of Tahoraite No. 2 Block, containing 28 acres 1 rood 21 perches, and part of Oringi Waiaruhe Block, containing 85 acres and 31 perches, with respect to the land taken under a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, on the 23rd day of March, 1888, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the Wellington-Napier Rail-

way; and also for the purpose of ascertaining who are the proper persons entitled to receive such compensation, and what land is affected by the said Proclamation.

In the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14879, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

Sitting of the Native Land Court.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 3rd October, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Waipawa, on Tuesday, the 6th day of November, 1888, for the purpose of ascertaining what amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native owners of the land known as part of Umutaoroa Native Reserve, containing 1 acre 1 rood 23 perches, with respect to the land taken under a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, on the 12th day of May, 1884, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway; and also for the purpose of ascertaining who are the proper persons entitled to receive such compensation, and what land is affected by the said Proclamation.

In the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 11364, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

“The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881,” and “The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1888.”

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at the Courthouse, Cambridge, on the 14th day of November, 1888, for investigating the several cases mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to any of the dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

Edw. HAMMOND,
Registrar, Native Land Court.

SCHEDULE.

1. A transfer, dated the 28th September, 1888, of land called Puahue No. 1G, situate at Maungatautari, Waikato, made to Thomas Grice by Hori te Waru.

2. A transfer, dated the 28th September, 1888, of land called Puahue No. 1H, situate at Maungatautari, Waikato, made to Thomas Grice by Aterea Motukoura.

3. A transfer, dated the 28th September, 1888, of land called Puahue No. 1F, situate at Maungatautari, Waikato, made to Thomas Grice by Penetana.

4. A transfer, dated the 29th September, 1888, of land called Puahue No. 1L, situate at Maungatautari, Waikato, made to Edwin Barnes Walker by Wini Kerei.

5. A transfer, dated the 29th September, 1888, of land called Puahue No. 1L, situate at Maungatautari, Waikato, made to Edwin Barnes Walker by Hoani Pakura.