Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1821

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 other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s 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 17th and 18th December, 1900.

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, 1900.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases of Subdivisions of Railway Reserve, Opunake, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 2nd October, 1900.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 28th November, 1900, for the leases of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on the 28th November they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—OPUNAKE RAILWAY RESERVE.

This reserve is contiguous to the Town of Opunake, between the Otahi and Waiaua Streams.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 ls. lease-fee.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 2nd October, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, 28th November, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

ELDERSLIE SETTLEMENT.

Waitaki County.—Kauroo Survey District, Block XI.; Awamoko Survey District, Block X.

13A | .. | 822 0 0 | 0 6 6·3 | 134 1 9

Mixed agricultural and pastoral country, consisting of open, undulating, and rising land, from 340 ft. to about 700 ft. above sea-level, broken and rough in places, especially on the faces lying into the main intersecting stream (Belmont Stream), in which, however, there is always permanent water. The waste and grazing land amounts to about 106 acres. The soil on the northern portion and central spur is very good, and the section generally has been very lightly cropped, having been down in grass for nine years. When cropped, very good results have been obtained in grain, roots, and rape. Distant two miles and a quarter from Windsor Railway-station. With the exception of about 50 chains, the allotment is ring-fenced with gorse hedges, and is subdivided into two main paddocks, the smaller being about 235 acres in extent. Value of improvements, £167 4s. 6d.

MAEREWHENUA ESTATE.

Waitaki County.—Maruwenua Survey District.

3 | III. | 23 2 12 | 0 8 0 | 4 14 4
24A | " | 0 2 16 | 0 8 0 | 0 2 6

Level and gently rising ground; soil good, on old alluvial and limestone formations. No water on allotment, but good water, to which there is access, within 20 chains. Accessible by formed road, and situated a mile and a quarter from Duntron Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £55.

Waitaki County.—Awamoko Survey District.

55 | III. | 3 3 12 | 0 1 3 | 0 2 4

Shingly, flat land; adjacent to Borton’s railway-siding. Oamaru water-race reserve on southern boundary; four miles and a quarter from Duntron Railway-station.

MAKAREA ESTATE.

Waihemo County.—Moeraki Survey District.

{70 | VIII. | 7 1 38 | 0 7 7·5 | 1 8 7}
{71 | " | 8 0 7 | 0 7 10·5 | 1 11 8}
{72 | " | 4 1 28 | 0 7 10·5 | 0 17 6}
{73 | " | 5 2 20 | 0 7 10·5 | 1 2 2}

Open for selection as one allotment. Open, river-terrace, agricultural land; soil rather shingly. Accessible to Shag River, and is distant one mile from Dunback Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £188 2s.

{80 | VIII. | 58 3 7 | 4 0 7 | 5 19 3}
{82 | " | 57 3 15 | 4 0 7 | 5 19 6}