Aug. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1377

the block called in such transfer Te Kowhai, which
block is a portion of the original Te Kowhai Block.
7. Memorandum of Transfer, dated the 20th day of
December, 1893, in pursuance of an alienation of
the share of Ropata Whakapuhia, for the sum of
£40 (which includes the purchase-money for other
lands), made on the 2nd August, 1892, by the Sheriff
of Poverty Bay, of all the estate and interest of the
said Ropata Whakapuhia in the Te Kowhai North
No. 1 Block, which is a portion of the original Te
Kowhai Block.

D. The estates and interests in the said block of land in-
tended to be alienated by the said conveyances and transfers
are the whole of the estates and interests of the Natives
before named. The title to the said Te Kowhai at the time
the conveyances numbered 1, 2, and 3 of paragraph c hereof
were executed was a memorial of ownership, dated the 29th
day of November, 1875, in favour of sixty-nine Natives.
Orders have been made by the Native Land Court in re-
spect of the said Te Kowhai Block as follows:—

1. Order of Partition, dated the 4th day of May, 1881,
   in favour of Paora Kate and thirty-four others, for
   a portion of the said Te Kowhai Block known as
   Kowhai No. 1, south portion.
2. Order of Partition, dated the 4th day of May, 1881,
   in favour of Hirini Tipara and forty-three others,
   for a portion of the said Te Kowhai Block known as
   Te Kowhai, north portion.
3. Order of Partition, dated the 14th day of September,
   1883, in favour of Thomas William Porter and
   Nikora Kiripaura, as trustees of Rapata Waka-
   puhia, for a portion of the said Te Kowhai Block
   known as Te Kowhai North No. 1.
4. Order of Partition, dated the 29th day of October,
   1883, in favour of Eruera Harete, for a portion of
   the said Te Kowhai Block known as Te Kowhai
   North No. 2.
   The above-mentioned orders have not been completed.
   The transfers numbered 4, 5, 6, and 7 in paragraph c hereof
   refer to such orders as the title to the land at the time the
   same were respectively executed.
   E. The estate or interest in the said Te Kowhai Block
   which the applicant seeks to obtain through the aid of the
   Court is an estate in fee-simple.
   F. The manner in which and the persons through whom the
   applicant came to be invested with the title or right he now
   holds, and the dates and particulars of each conveyance or
   transfer, are as follows:—
5. The conveyances and transfers numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
   6, and 7 in paragraph c hereof.
6. Conveyance, dated the 22nd day of March, 1883, from
   Charles Debenham Bennett, as creditors' trustee in

the estate of Duncan Fraser, a debtor, to John
Gibson Kinross and Andrew Graham.
3. Conveyance, dated the 24th day of November, 1885,
John Gibson Kinross and Andrew Graham to Allan
McLean.
4. Conveyance, dated the 25th day of August, 1886,
Charles Westrup to Allan McLean.
G. The address for service of the applicant is at the office
of Messrs. Nolan and Skeet, solicitors, off Gladstone Road,
in the Town of Gisborne.
H. The applicant desires the Natives whose names are set
forth in paragraph c hereof, and whose estates and in-
terests in the said Te Kowhai Block are claimed by the
applicant, bound by the decrees of the Court, and for that
purpose requires that copies of this application shall be
served on such Natives or their representatives.
Dated at Gisborne, this 1st day of August, 1894.
ALLAN McLEAN
(By his Solicitors and Agents, NOLAN and SKEET).
To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Gisborne. 452

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

TWO scholarships, of the yearly value of £35, tenable for
two years, are offered for competition. These two
scholarships are junior scholarships, and are open to all
Maoris under fifteen years of age at the end of the month
preceding the date of the examination who have not been
pupils at Te Aute or St. Stephen's, and whose attendance
at school during the previous year is considered by the
Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory.
Candidates for these scholarships will be examined in the
subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools
Code, 1893. The questions will, however, be more difficult
than those set for the standard examinations. The examina-
tion will be held at convenient centres on the 17th and 18th
December, 1894.
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
institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the
Secretary for Education.
JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools,
Wellington, 1st June, 1894.

Ironbark Timber Supplies, 1895.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 29th August, 1894.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply of ironbark timber for the New Zealand Govern-
ment Railways is published for general information.
By order of the Commissioners.
E. G. PILCHER,
Secretary.

Tenderers:

• ACCEPTED:
  • Murray, Arnold, and Co.
• DECLINED:
  • J. B. Macfarlane, for W. T. Pullen
  • Nat. Mort. and Agency Co.
  • William Flannery
  • James Fox

Delivery locations:

• Auckland (Hewn, Sawn)
• Napier (Hewn, Sawn)
• Wanganui (Hewn, Sawn)
• Wellington (Hewn, Sawn)
• Lyttelton (Hewn, Sawn)
• Port Chalmers (Hewn, Sawn)
• Bluff (Hewn)

Round Piles delivery locations:

• Napier
• Wanganui
• Wellington
• Lyttelton
• Port Chalmers
• Bluff