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part of the said cost of survey so made for them as the
Court may deem fit.
EDW. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and
"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amend-
ment Act, 1888."

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1889.

N OTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will,
under the authority and for the purposes of the said
Acts, hold a Court at Te Paeroa, Ohinemuri, on the 8th day
of August, 1889, for investigating the case mentioned in
the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons
interested in the said case, and having any objections to
the dealing, are hereby notified to attend.
EDW. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

A LEASE of land called Paeroa, situate at Ohinemuri,
made by Riki Paka te Amo, Te Rahoroi Hikairo, Hirawa te
Moananui, Hirama te Moananui, and Moengarua Tamati to
Samuel Jackson and James Russell.

Partition of Land.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 10th July, 1889.

N OTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court,
to be held at Kapanga, in the District of Coroman-
del, on the 25th day of August, 1889, will be heard the
applications of the persons whose names appear in the first
column for the partition of the lands the names of which
appear in the second column, and which are situate in the
respective districts named in the third column.
EDW. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

Goldfields Notices.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

R EWARDS 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

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 45

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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Notice to prove Land Claim.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 29th June, 1889.

TO HENRY COPELY, formerly of H.M. 40th Regiment of
Foot, or his Representatives.

Y OU are hereby required, within six months from this
date, to prove, to the satisfaction of the Land Board of
the Hawke's Bay District, that you have complied with the
conditions required to entitle you to 60 acres of land in
the Wakarara District, selected under a naval and military
settlers' land order; and, if you fail to prove your claim
within the specified time, your title to the land will be for-
feited, and the land will thereupon be dealt with as the said
Board may direct.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land to be sold at Auction, Wellington Land District.

N OTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act,
1885," that the under-mentioned land will be offered
at auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th August,
1889, at 2.30 p.m., at the prices and rental specified in the
Schedule. Full particulars obtainable on application.
J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

• Weighted with £55 5s. for improvements. † Weighted with
  £16 10s. for improvements. ‡ Weighted with £33 5s. for improve-
  ments.

Description of Land: These sections are situated in the
South-west Waitapu Block, on the Rangitikei River, at Te
Rewa, near the Onepuhi Native Reserve. The area includes
river-flats and terrace-land, portions being cleared, and the
rest covered with mixed bush. The soil varies from good to
first-class. The only means of access is by the Rangitikei
River-bed, from the Onepuhi Bridge—distance six miles—or
by the road laid off through Williamson's, and the cut lines
in continuation of this road. There are some Maori whares
and fences on Section 1.

252 | XI. | Wairoa | .. | 7 0 0 | 4 0 0

This section is situated in the Okotuku District, and com-
prises flat or undulating land, covered with grass or flax.
Subsoil sandy. There is a good waterfall on the Wairoa
Stream (east boundary of the section), well adapted for a
water-mill. Distance south from Waverley, four miles, three
of which are on a dray-road.

32 | XII. | Mangahao | .. | 7 2 27 | 3 0 0*

• Weighted with £6, cost of survey.

Description of Land: This section is situated on the banks
of the Tiraumea River, on Whitcombe's property, near the
end of Tiraumea Road, about four miles from Pahiatua. The
land is of good quality; the access is by the river-bank
reserve and the roads in the Kaitawa Township.

FORFEITED SMALL RUNS.

2 | VIII. | Waipakura | .. | 412 2 0 | 0 0 6
3 | " | " | .. | 418 0 22 | 0 0 6

Description of Land: Undulating and high black-birch
hills, rather steep and precipitous, soil on tops of ridges
poor, richer in gullies and hollows; timber mostly black
birch or tawa; water abundant.

FORFEITED DEFERRED-PAYMENT SECTION.

15 | VII. | Mangaone | .. | 108 0 0 | 1 2 6