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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

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 15th and 16th of December, 1902.

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 17th of November, 1902.

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, 26th September, 1902.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th September, 1902.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents, under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 27th January, 1903, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 16th December, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames, Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 28th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 30th day of December, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.
Pastoral Runs under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

The above runs form part of what is known as the Cromwell Commonage, from which town they are distant about three miles on a good road. The country is ridgy, broken, and somewhat dry, though there is permanent water in the various creeks. It is good winter country, rising gradually from the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, and has a good aspect.

Conditions.—The purchaser of each run shall, immediately on fall of the hammer, pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, a deposit of the first half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee, and shall deposit the statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, the 18th December, 1902, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve.

If the section is not applied for on the date mentioned, it will remain open for selection at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—POHANGINA COUNTY.—APITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Term of lease, seven years.

This section is situated in the Feilding Special Settlement Block, on the right bank of the Oroua River. The access is from Apiti Township, which is about 60 chains distant by unformed road. The section comprises about 30 acres of river-flats and about 36 acres of cliff and steep hills; the soil is of rather light quality, resting on clay formation; the forest comprises rimu, kahikatea, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth. The section is well watered by the Oroua River, and the improvements on it comprise 50 acres felled and grassed.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.
2. No declaration is required. Residence and improvements are 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 lease 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 lessee shall prevent the spread and growth 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.
8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.