Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1629

As this mail-route may be shortened by railway extension, the Postmaster-General may terminate the contract on giving one month’s previous notice in writing, or may reduce the subsidy in proportion to the number of miles the service may be shortened by the length of railway opened or extended.

The successful tenderer shall take over the working plant and horses used in the performance of the contract by the outgoing contractor at valuation, one valuer each to be appointed by the outgoing and incoming contractors. The valuers shall together appoint an umpire, whose decision shall be binding on all parties.

Tenders should be indorsed “Tender for mail-service, Springfield to Kumara.”

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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 open to 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 somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 19th and 20th December, 1898.

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 of 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, Wellington.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 13th September, 1898.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Forfeiture of Leases in the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th October, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned leases were forfeited by the Hawke’s Bay Land Board at the meetings the dates of which are given:—

Occupation-with-Right-of-Purchase License No. 69, Section 41, Whetukura Village: Held by John Peters; forfeited 20th May, 1898.

Lease-in-Perpetuity No. 172, Section 46, Whetukura Village: Held by William Siegert; forfeited 20th May, 1898.

Occupation-with-Right-of-Purchase License No. 38, Section 29, Block V., Weber Survey District: Held by W. H. Smart; forfeited 19th August, 1898.

Lease in Perpetuity No. 107, Section 6, Block XV., Motu Survey District: Held by Patrick Claffy; forfeited 19th August, 1898.

Land-for-Settlements Lease No. 50, Section 12, Elsthorpe Village: Held by Frederick Henry Stevens; forfeited 19th August, 1898.

Lease in Perpetuity No. 142, Section 45, Whetukura Village: Held by Abraham Barrell; forfeited 16th September, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lease for Grazing Purposes of Land in Mareretu Parish, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned forest reserve within the Mareretu Parish will be offered for lease for grazing purposes by public auction for a term of ten years, at this office, on Friday, the 16th day of December, 1898, at 11 a.m.

OTAMATEA COUNTY, PARISH MARERETU.

Pukekohe Forest Reserve, containing 382 acres 2 roods. Upset annual rental, £6. Situated about six miles from Paparoa, and comprises open land and burnt forest.

Term of Lease.—Ten years, for grazing purposes only. The lease conveys no right to fell or remove any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground. No compensation for improvements at any time, but the lessee may remove fencing and buildings erected during the tenancy.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber on Crown Forest Lands, Mangahao, Wellington, for Sale.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the right to cut the timber on the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale at public auction at 3 o’clock on Friday, the 21st day of October, 1898, at the Olympic Theatre, Pahiatua.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MANGAHAO SURVEY DISTRICT.

The section is situated about two miles and a half from the Tutaekara Railway-station, by the Tutaekara Road.

The timber, which comprises totara, is offered subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and the Forest Regulations, which will be rigidly enforced.

The purchaser, who will be required to execute an agreement of sale, must deposit the sum of £10 as a guarantee of good faith, and pay a license-fee of £1 1s., and will obtain a license authorising him to occupy the land for twelve months, in which to cut the timber, paying therefor monthly royalty, as determined at auction, on the output of the mill.

Conditions of sale and full particulars may be obtained on application to the Crown Lands Ranger, Pahiatua, and the undersigned.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.