quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair
average market price.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must
   be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than
   the 31st December, 1894.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the
   Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the
   recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality,
   and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer ap-
   pointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Bonus on Starch manufactured in New Zealand.—Amended
Notice.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.
NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds
(£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manu-
factured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years
1893 and 1894.

CONDITIONS.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in
   1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not
   later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to
   claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the
   same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.

2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st
   December, 1893 and 1894.

3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the
   Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be
   the recipient of the bonus.

4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable
   an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the
   above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made,
   sold, and delivered.

5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such
   officer.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

[Note.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October,
1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1893.
IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1895, the period of literature
will be the latter end of the eighteenth century, and the
special books will be Shakespeare's “Julius Cæsar” and
Thackeray's “Esmond.”

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1894.

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 inti-
tuled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an
Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act
is published for general information:—

Church of Christ.
Mr. Albert Milton Ludbrook.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice as to Payment of Land-Tax.

Land- and Income-tax Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1894.
BY Order in Council, made and issued by His Excellency
the Governor in Council on the 31st day of July
instant, under the authority of “The Land-tax Act, 1894,” it
was determined that the respective duties by way of land-tax,
and of further graduated land-tax, leviable under the said Act,
should be paid in one sum on Friday, the 17th day of August,
1894, at the Office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Govern-
ment Buildings, Wellington; and in accordance with such
Order in Council I hereby give notice that the said duties
will be payable accordingly.

JOHN McGOWAN,
Commissioner of Taxes.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-run open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th June, 1894.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands Office, Dunedin, on and after Wednesday,
the 8th August, 1894, at the half-yearly rental noted opposite
the run. In case of more than one application for the run
on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by
ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—WAIPORI
SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent per | Half-yearly
A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
6 and 7 | V. | 967 0 27 | 0 4½ | 9 1 4

High, ridgy country, fairly well grassed. Distance from
Outram, ten to twelve miles by formed road.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option
   of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, at a rent
   to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to
   lessee as provided by “The Land Act, 1892,” section 182.
   Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form
   printed below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory, and commences
   within three years in bush or swamp land, and within one
   year in open or partly open land, unless the lessee obtain
   the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in his
   occupation.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one
   year's rental by the end of the first year, two years' rental
   by the end of the second year, and four years' rental at the
   end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto,
   improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if
   first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lease must be
   paid immediately the application is declared successful;
   the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of
   the lease. The next payment of rent will become due on the
   1st March, 1895.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the
   land; but he can select 150 acres around the homestead
   through which no road can be taken or other public privilege
   exercised without compensation.

Note.—One-fourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen
years is returned to the local body, to be spent in improving
the access to the land.

DECLARATION.

I, , of* , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of
   “The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the pur-
   chaser of a lease of Run No.†

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use of any
   other person or persons whatever.

4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in
   any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such
   lease.

5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of
   the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.

6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by
   lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the
   colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person,
   which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease
   of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 18 , before
me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.