Oct. 10.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1047

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1889.

I is hereby notified for general information that a Money
Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at
BALFOUR (Chief Office, Invercargill),
from the 24th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1889.

In the matter of the will of Alexander Davidson, late of
Brighton, deceased.

I is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee
is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1889.

In the matter of the will of James Heatley Thomas, late of
Moutere, Nelson, deceased.

I is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee
is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1889.

In the matter of the will of John Auld, late of Waitahuna,
deceased.

I is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee
is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke's
Bay.

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 regularly
and continuously attended a Native school during the pre-
vious 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 regularly and continuously during the previous
twelve months. These scholarships are offered for competi-
tion 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 16th and 17th December, 1889.

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, 26th August, 1889.

Native Land Court Notices.

In the matter of "The Poututu Jurisdiction Act, 1889."

T O all persons having or claiming any right, title, or
interest whatsoever in any part of the blocks in the
Gisborne District, known as Poututu A, B, and C; and to

all persons claiming any right, title, or interest in the share
or shares in the Makaari, Taruheru, and Tahoka Blocks,
described in or referred to in a certain deed, dated the 23rd
June, 1885, made between Wiremu Paraone and Percival
Barker, and purporting to be pledged by that deed as a
security for the performance of the contract therein de-
scribed; and to all persons having claims to or upon all or
any of the several blocks of land described in the said deed,
or having accounts, claims, or other matters in dispute
arising out of the transactions recorded in the said deed.

Notice is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land
Court will be held at Gisborne, at ten o'clock in the morn-
ing, on Monday, the eleventh day of November, 1889, and
on such other days as the presiding Judge of the said Court
shall direct, for the purpose of holding the inquiry directed
by the said "Poututu Jurisdiction Act, 1889," for settling
and adjusting all the claims, and making all the orders and
decrees directed by the said Act to be made.

As witness my hand, this twenty-seventh day of September,
1889.

H. G. SETH SMITH,
Chief Judge.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1889.

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 Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, on Saturday, the 12th day of October, 1889,
at 12 o'clock noon, for investigating the cases men-
tioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place
all persons interested in the said cases, and having objec-
tions to any of the dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

HUTT, SUBDIVISION 2 OF SECTION 2.
89-170. MORTGAGE dated the 19th day of September, 1889,
Atanatiu te Puni to George Fyffe McLean.

Applications for Rehearing.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 25th September, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Chief Judge of the
Native Land Court will, with an Assessor, attend at
the Courthouse, Gisborne, on Monday, the 16th day of De-
cember, 1889, and then and there inquire into and determine
upon all applications for rehearing theretofore made upon
the several decisions of the Native Land Court mentioned in
the Schedule hereto; and all persons interested in the said
applications are requested to attend at the time and place
aforesaid.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

DECISION made on the 25th day of February, 1889, declaring
the Native owners of Te Whakaangiangi No. 3.
Decision made on the 11th day of April, 1889, declaring
the Native owners of Te Tahora No. 2.
Decision made on the 16th day of April, 1889, declaring
the Native owners of Waipaoa and Matukuhia.
Decision made on the 16th day of April, 1889, declaring
the Native owners of Waipaoa No. 5.
Decision made on the 16th day of April, 1889, declaring
the Native owners of Waipaoa No. 1.
Decision made on the 16th day of April, 1889, declaring
the Native owners of Waipaoa No. 2.
Decision made on the 20th day of February, 1889, making
division of Matarau No. 2.
Decision made on the 25th day of February, 1889, making
division of Paeroa No. 1.
Decision made on the 22nd day of February, 1889, making
division of Te Putere.
Decision made on the 11th day of February, 1889, making
division of Hereheretau.
Decision made on the 5th day of February, 1889, making
division of Aranui.
Decision made on the 14th day of March, 1889, making
division of Orangitirohia.
Decision made on the 18th day of March, 1889, making
division of Te Mahanga No. 1.
Decision made on the 16th day of February, 1889, making
division of Te Wharepu.
Decision made on the 27th day of February, 1889, making
division of Rahokapua.