MAY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 729

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macaulay’s Essays on Bacon and Walpole.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Salt.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of salt, exclusively either by evaporation of salt-water or from rock mined in the colony, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.
2. Not more than £250 will be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island, and not more than £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.
3. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of salt is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the salt is of good marketable quality.
4. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the stated quantity of salt in the North or South Islands respectively before the 31st March, 1893, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus in either the North Island or the South Island, the amount will be divided, but in no case shall more than £250 be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island and £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.
5. The salt in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the material used in its manufacture will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that the salt is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Pig-iron from Ironsand or Iron-ore.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of pig-iron of marketable quality manufactured in the colony after this date from magnetic or titaniferous ironsand or iron-ore, all material, fuel, and fluxes being the produce of New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.
2. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of iron is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the iron is of good marketable quality.
3. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the required quality of pig-iron before the date named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided; but in no case shall the total amount of money paid by way of bonus exceed £500.
4. The iron in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the ironsand or ore from which it is manufactured will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that not only the ore, but that the lime, coal, and any other material used in the manufacture, is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales of pig-iron have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Native Land Court Notices.

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

I, HUGH GARDEN SETH-SMITH, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1888,” give notice that on the 1st day of April, 1892, the land mentioned in the Schedule herein became owned by not more than twenty Natives; and, further, that dealings with the said land will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on or before the 10th day of May, 1892.

Dated this 4th day of May, 1892.

H. G. SETH-SMITH,
Chief Judge.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Waiparaheka. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Islands. Area: 86 acres 2 roods. Survey number: 3680.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 12th May, 1892.

In the matter of the will of PIRIHIRA TE RANGIWHAKAMAPUNA, a Native, of Raglan, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Richard Philip that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:

It is hereby notified that any person opposing this application must lodge caveat at the office of the Registrar of the Native Land Court, at Auckland, in manner provided, within two months from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1892.

In the matter of the will of HOROMONA IWIKAU, of Rapaki, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Paora Taki that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:

It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such application must lodge a caveat in manner prescribed within two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1892.

In the matter of the will of MIKAERA TURANGATAHI TE HORO, of Tuahiwi, Canterbury, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Henare Whakatau Uru and another that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:

It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such application must lodge a caveat in manner prescribed within two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

“The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881,” and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1892.

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 Resident Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, on the 26th day of May, 1892, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for investigating the cases mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to the said dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

OHAIU No. 3, SECTION 26, No. 2.
92–206. LEASE dated the 15th day of February, 1892, from Mohi Heremia and others to William Gillett.