730 [No. 32

Kauri and Totara Timder, Auckland, for Sale by Public Aucton.

Distrct Lands and Survery Office,
Auckand, 7th April, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead timder situatd
in the Puhupuhi State Fores, and dead and green
timder situatd in Blcks XV. and XVI., Hukerenui Survery
Distrct, will be offerd for sale by public aucton, at this
offce, on Tuesday, the 26th May, 1896:—

WITHIN PUHUPUHI STATE FOREST.

Kauri.

Totala.

|17 |52 |.. |52 |0 |0 |
|18 |60 |.. |60 |0 |0 |
|19 |71 |.. |71 |0 |0 |

DEAD KAURI ON SECTION 4, BLOCK XV., HUKERENUI SURVEY
DISTRICT (A RESERVE.)

|1 |165 |450,000 |168 |15 |0 |

GREEN KAURI ON SECTIONS 2 AND 3, BLOCK XV., HUKERENUI
SURVEY DISTRICT.

|2 |199 |618,400 |231 |18 |0 |

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-mony to be
paid on the fall of the hamer, the balance to be paid
within twelv months. Timder to be removed within three
year from date of sale. Plans can be seen at this offce, at
the County Offce, Whangarei, and post-offces, Whangarei,
Hikurang, and Kawakawa.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Comissioner of Cown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timder, Auckland, for Sale by Public Aucton.

Distrct Lands and Survery Office,
Auckand, 20th April, 1896.

NOTICE is herebby given that the under-mentioned
kauri and totara timder, situatd in Block XIV.,
Purua Survery Distrct, and Block V., Tangihua Survery Dis-
trict, will be offerd for sale by public aucton, at this offce,
on Friday, the 12th June, 1896:—

317 kauri-trees, containing 900,000ft. : Upset price, £350.
55 totara-trees, containing 62,000ft. : Upset price, £40.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Comissioner of Cown Lands.

Lease of Resere for Sale by Aucton.

Distrct Lands and Survery Office,
Blenhein, 23rd March, 1896.

IT is herebby notifed that a lese of the under-mentioned
land will be offerd for sale by aucton at the Lands
and Survery Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 20th day
of May, 1896:—

Reserve for leasng under "The Public Reserves Act,
1881,"—

Hundalee Survery Distrct, Section 31, Block XXT. ;
20 ares; term, one year, from 1st March, 1896; upset
annual rentl, £5.

Description of land: Good soi, about half in grass, re-
mainder covered with light bus and scrb (ngao, mohoe,
&c), well waterd, about 12 chins of wire and stke fenc
dividing section into two paddock; value, £8; distnt
seventeen miles and a half from Kikoura by track.

The teams of settlers travlling to and using the reser
asa landng-pace, and the hors of bonâ fide travllers, to be
accommmodated free of charge.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lese- fee must be paid on
the fall of the hamer.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Comissioner Cown Lands.

Education Resere, Oamaru Survery District, for Lese by
Public Aucton.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunnedin, 7th April, 1896.

THE lese of the under-mentioned section will be offerd
for sale by public aucton on Thursday, the 14th May,
1896, immediately after the ballt for sections in the Ardg-
gowen Estat is concludd, at the Weir Street Hall, Oamaru.

SCHEDULE.

EDUCATION RESERVE, OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT. — ARDGOWAN
ESTATE.

Section 134, Block II. : Area, 40 ares ; upst half-yearly
rental, £12 10s.

Tm, fourteen years from 1st July, 1896.

The purchasr must pay half-year's rent and the lese- fee
of £1 1s. upon the fall of the hamer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Comissioner of Cown Lands.

Civl Service Senor Examinatoin.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1895.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Cvl Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is herebby given that for the
Serior Examinatoin of January, 1897, the period of literatre
will be the reig of Elizabth, and the special books will be
George Eliot's "*Romola" and Shakespare's "Tempes*t.*"

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

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

THREE scholarships of the yearl value of £35, tenable
for two years, are offerd for competition. One of
thes scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is
open to all Maoris under sixteen years of age at the end of
the month preceding the date of the examinatoin ; the othr
two scholarships are jnior scholarships, and are open to all
Maois under fifteen years of age at the end of the month
preceeding the date of the examinatoin who have not been
pupils at Te Aute or St. Stephn's, and whose attendanc
at school during the previous year is considerd by the
Inspecor of Ntive School to have been satisfctory.
The senior scholarship is offerd for competition among
Maoi boys on the conditions layd down in the regulations
of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholaships Fund, as
printd in the Ntive School Code, 1893, and in the supple-
mentary regulations that have been sent out to all teachers.
Candidates for the jnior scholarships will be examind in
the subjects specifid for Standard IV. in the Ntive School
Code, 1893. The questions will, howevr, be more difficult
than thos set for the standard examinatons. The exami-
natoin will be held at convenint centres on the 21st and
22nd December, 1896.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
send notice to the Inspecor of Ntive School, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
selves for examinatoin. Such notice must be postd not
later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be
obtained from teachers of Ntive school and boardng insti-
tutions, the Secretaries to Education Board, or the Secre-
tary for Education.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspecor of Ntive School.

Wellington, 24th March, 1896.

Naitve Land Court Notices.

Application for Leters of Adminstration with Will annexed.

Naitve Land Court Office,
Auckand, 2nd May, 1896.

In the matter of the will of NEHE TEREKAUNUKU, late of
Wahi, Hntly, Wkato, decased.

APPLICATON having been mad by Himiona te Oke
that letters of adminstration with the aforesaid will
annexed be grantd:

It is herebby notifed that all persons opposng such applic-
ation must lodg a caveat, in manner prescribd, within
two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

JAMES W. BROWNE,
Registar.