Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1257

Kauri Timber, Auckland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th July, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber upon Section 94, Parish of Pakiri, and upon the Crown land adjoining, about three miles from Pakiri, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 18th September, 1896, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Lot 1.—209 scorched kauri-trees, upon Section 94, containing about 412,000ft.; upset price, £103.

Lot 2.—40 scorched kauri-trees, upon Crown land adjoining Section 94, containing about 113,000ft.; upset price, £28 5s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid by cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Marlborough for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 4th June, 1896.

THE under-mentioned section, known as portion of Warwick Run, will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1896, at noon.

ORIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.—WARWICK RUN.

Section 3, Block IX.: Area, 474 acres; upset price, £296 5s. Weighted with £39 10s. cost of survey, and £700 value of improvements.

Broken pastoral country; fairly good soil; moderately well watered; 225 acres open and grassed, 65 acres bush, felled; 42 chains fencing, and cottage; accessible by 4ft. track from Torea Neck, about twenty miles.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Hawke’s Bay, opened for Selection on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 22nd June, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be open for selection for lease on and after Wednesday, the 12th August, 1896, at this office.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Runs.

The land is broken and of poor quality, carrying fern, with bush in gullies; well watered, and fit for grazing purposes, though the carrying-capacity of the land is light. The runs are accessible from Wairoa, distant about twenty-three miles.

Run No. 9 has some land which would carry good grass, but it exists in patches.

Run No. 10 contains about 6,000 acres of pumice land, with clay subsoil, and little or no vegetation upon it.

Conditions.

The term of license is twenty-one years, and commences upon the day of selection. Half-year’s rent, and license-fee of £1 1s., to be paid at time of application. A declaration in accordance with Schedule E of “The Land Act, 1892,” is required from intending purchasers.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Kauri Timber by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th June, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead and scorched kauri timber in the Aponga State Forest, within Blocks IV. and VIII., Mangakahia Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 4th September, 1896, at 11 o’clock a.m.

No. 1 Clump.—30 old dead kauri-trees, containing about 30,000ft.; upset price, £7 10s. 24 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 83,678ft.; upset price, £27 18s.

No. 2 Clump.—4 old dead kauri-trees, containing about 4,320ft.; upset price, £1 1s. 6d. 19 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 96,376ft.; upset price, £32 2s. 6d.

No. 3 Clump.—81 old dead kauri-trees, containing about 101,793ft.; upset price, £25 9s. 269 scorched kauri-trees, containing about 1,178,449ft.; upset price, £392 16s.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid by cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within twelve months. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

Plans can be seen at this office and at the Post-office at Whangarei.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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, 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 examination; the other 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. The senior scholarship is offered for competition among Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1893, and in the supplementary regulations that have been sent out to all teachers. Candidates for the junior 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 examination will be held at convenient centres on the 21st and 22nd December, 1896.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves 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, 24th March, 1896.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application to the Validation Court under “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893.”

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
GISBORNE.

In the application of Thomas William Porter, of Gisborne, licensed interpreter, for the validation of purchases in the Hangaroa-Matawai No. 2 Block, situate in the County of Cook.

a. I, THOMAS WILLIAM PORTER, of Gisborne, licensed interpreter, apply under the provisions of “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893,” for the validation of six contracts for sale in the Hangaroa-Matawai No. 2 Block aforesaid, which said block contains 891 acres, more or less.

b. I desire to appear before the Validation Court, at Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 26th day of August, 1896, at the hour of 10 o’clock in the forenoon, or the first day thereafter that counsel can be heard.