Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1735

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.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1898.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1900, the period of literature will be from 1744 to 1800, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” and Thackeray’s “Esmond.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Otago Land District declared forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the under-mentioned Crown lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

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.

Village - homestead Allotment, Kapara, Taranaki, open for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th September, 1898.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 16th November, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

PATEA COUNTY. — KAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT. — MATAPOURI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

This section comprises fair pastoral land, rising up from Waitotara Valley Road towards back. It is covered with light bush. The soil is good, on papa formation.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.