1648
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Village-settlement Lease-in-perpetuity Lands, Wellington District, forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th September, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned leases have been forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Sale of Totara Timber, Wellington Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the totara timber on the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the Public Hall, Eketahuna, on Wednesday, 25th November, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money in four equal instalments, one-fourth, and £1 1s. license-fee, being deposited on the fall of the hammer; one-fourth on the 1st January, 1898; one-fourth on the 1st January, 1899; and the remaining one-fourth on the 1st January, 1900.

The first payment shall be made by cash or marked cheque. Approved promissory notes payable on demand to be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase-money, when the license to enter upon the land will be issued. They will be presented for payment on the dates stated above, but the Commissioner reserves the right of presenting them at an earlier date if at any time the Crown Lands Ranger reports that more than one-fourth, one-half, or three-fourths of timber respectively has been cut out previous to the dates mentioned.

The purchaser of each lot shall have the sole use of the land contained therein, and the right to cut and remove all timber thereon during a period of five years from the date of sale. Should one person purchase more than one lot, this time will be extended to such time as may be mutually agreed between the purchaser and the Commissioner.

Plans containing full particulars may be obtained at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands, Wellington, open for Selection on Perpetual Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands, having been surrendered in terms of section 156 of “The Land Act, 1885,” will be open for selection on perpetual lease on and after Wednesday, the 18th November, 1896. If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 10 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

This section is situated in the Makuri District, about a mile and a quarter from the Makuri Township, and is approached by the Aohanga Road leading into that township. The land is suitable for sheep-farming, containing fair soil on papa or limestone formation. Large improvements have been made on the land, the value of which amounts to £1,000 13s. 7d., which must be paid for in cash on the day on which the application is approved.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on and after Wednesday, the 4th November, 1896.

In the case of more than one application on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Weighted with £125 as value of improvements.

Description of Land.—Broken country; moderate soil, with mixed bush on lower slopes; well watered; 50 acres felled and grassed. About thirteen miles from Blenheim, partly by main road to Picton and partly by unformed road.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.