JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1277

**RESERVE FOR LEASING UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT, 1881."

Puhupuhi Survey District: Reserve (A), Woodbank: 300 acres; term, 14 years; upset annual rent, £25.

In the event of the reserve being again offered for lease at the end of the fourteen years, it will be weighted with the value of improvements to an amount not exceeding five years' rent. Conditions will be inserted in the lease as to travelling stock.

Description of Land.—Light sandy soil, with patches of good land covered with fern and grass. About twenty-five miles from Kaikoura, on main road to Blenheim.

Particulars may be obtained on application at this office. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Tiniroto Village for Lease by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 10th May, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections in the Village of Tiniroto will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of seven years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday, the 9th July, 1897.

VILLAGE OF TINIROTO.

Description of Land.—The sections are situated in the middle of the Tiniroto Village, which is close to the main road from Gisborne to Wairoa, about forty-two miles south-west from the former place. The land is undulating fern country, with fair soil.

Conditions of Lease.—The lease shall be for a term of seven years. The successful bidder at the auction shall pay one year's rent on the fall of the hammer, and, in addition, £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease. No compensation shall be allowed, nor shall any be claimed, at the termination of the lease for any improvements effected on the land during the term of lease.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
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 Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than 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 other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school during the previous year has been similarly 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, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 20th and 21st December, 1897.

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, 15th March, 1897.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that ALEXANDER McINTOSH STRACHAN, of Taradale, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the Courthouse, Napier, on Friday, the 9th day of July, 1897, at 11.30 o'clock.

M. W. P. LASCELLES,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Napier, 29th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Wanganui.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN LEE, of Marton, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the County Council Chambers, Marton, on Wednesday, the 7th day of July, 1897, at 3.15 o'clock p.m.

JOHN NOTMAN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Wanganui, 29th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.

DIVIDENDS on all proved accepted claims have been declared in the following estates, viz.:—

Alfred Richards, of Pohangina, Labourer, first and final, of 3s. 10d. in the pound.

E. T. Geange, of Pohangina, first and final, of 2s. 3d. in the pound.

Patrick McIlroy, of Rangiwahia, first and final, of 1s. 8½d. in the pound.

J. L. Kimbell, of Palmerston North, Hotelkeeper, second and final, of 5d. in the pound.

J. G. Campbell, of Marton, Hotelkeeper, first and final, of 1s. 1¼d. in the pound.

Whiley Bros., of Ohau, sawmillers, first, of 4s. in the pound.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 24th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS CORLET, of Johnsonville, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Friday, the 2nd day of July, 1897, at 11 o'clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 26th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Blenheim.

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER HOULDSWORTH and FREDERICK HOULDSWORTH, of Blenheim, trading under the name of "Houldsworth Bros.," Grocers, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the Courthouse, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 7th day of July, 1897, at 3 o'clock.

R. W. H. D. DUNN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

24th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Blenheim.

NOTICE is hereby given that DUGALD MacLEAY, of Blind River, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the Courthouse, Blenheim, on Thursday, the 17th day of June, 1897, at 11 o'clock.

R. W. H. D. DUNN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Dated at Blenheim, this 9th day of June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, holden at Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES FREDERICK NAPPER, of Christchurch, Civil Engineer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on the 6th day of July, 1897, at 2 o'clock.

G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

Christchurch, 29th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM FIELD, of Invercargill, Butcher, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on the 2nd day of July, 1897, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.

CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 25th June, 1897.