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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, for the Civil Service Senior Examination of January, 1902, candidates may read “The Tempest” as an alternative to “King Lear,” one of the special books already prescribed for the examination. The examination papers will contain alternative questions on these two plays, in addition to questions on the other work set.

W. C. WALKER.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

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 (100,000 lb.) 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, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1904.
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.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

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 16th and 17th of December, 1901.

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 so as to reach the department not later than the 15th of November, 1901.

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, 15th October, 1901.

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Land in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 15th October, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 18th December, 1901.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

CHRISTCHURCH BLOCK.

Masterton | I’uketoi .. | 7 | III. | 200 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 6 17 6 | 1 1·2 | 5 10 0

This section is situated in the Christchurch Block, on the Kuware Road, about one mile from its junction with the Eutiwai Road. The access is from Alfredton, Rakaunui, or Waterfalls; the latter is about six miles distant by dray-road, with the exception of the last mile, which is cleared only. The section comprises hilly land covered with mixed bush; the soil is from fair to good, resting on papa formation; the forest is mixed, comprising rata, rimu, maire, birch, tawa, rewarewa, with a thick undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, whitewood, matipo, and konini. The section is watered by a small creek. The elevation ranges from 1,200 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level.

WAIMARINO BLOCK.

Wanganui | Manganui .. | 6 | XV. | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 250 0 0 | 1 3 | 6 5 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0

Weighted with £102 for improvements.

This section is situated in the Waimarino Block, the access being from Raetihi, which is about six miles distant via the Raetihi-Ohura and Middle Roads. The section comprises flat and undulating land, with good milling timber. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa-and-grit formation. The forest is heavy throughout, comprising chiefly rimu, matai, miro, tawhero, tawa, &c., with a thick undergrowth of the usual kind. The section is well watered by Orautoha and smaller streams. The elevation ranges from about 2,200 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise about 45 acres felled and grassed, at 40s.—£90; and 40 chains of wire fencing at 6s.—£12: total, £102.

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