Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2205

"The Companies Act, 1882," and re the Otara Dairy Factory Company (Limited).

THIRD SCHEDULE.

I, JAMES ROLAND COLYER, Registrar of the Supreme Court for the District of Otago and Southland at Invercargill, do hereby notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder given, by William Benjamin Scandrett, Secretary of the Otara Dairy Factory Company (Limited), has been lodged in the Magistrate’s Court at Invercargill and forwarded to me, and that unless notice of objection be lodged with me within sixty days of this date I shall proceed to declare the company to be dissolved, in manner provided by “The Companies Act, 1882.”

J. R. COLYER,
Registrar.

Signed this 23rd day of September, 1903.

[Copy of Affidavit.]

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and its amendments; and in the matter of the Otara Dairy Factory Company (Limited).

I, WILLIAM BENJAMIN SCANDRETT, of Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand, Land and Commission Agent, and Secretary of the Otara Dairy Factory Company (Limited), incorporated under “The Companies Act, 1882,” do hereby make oath and say,—

1. That the nominal capital of the said company is £1,600, in 1,600 shares of £1 each, of which 909 have been issued.
2. That the shares issued have been fully paid up.
3. That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry on its operations.

And I do hereby apply for declaration of dissolution of such company.

W. B. SCANDRETT.

Sworn before me, this 21st day of September, 1903—
S. Ernest McCarthy, Stipendiary Magistrate.

Notice under “The Companies Act, 1882.”

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the affidavit and application of Norman Gordon Whichcote Hanmer, Chairman of the Straits Settlements Dredging and Prospecting Company (Limited).

I HEREBY notify that, no objection to such application having been made and lodged with me, as by the said Act required, I do now declare such company to be dissolved.

Dated at Christchurch, this 2nd day of October, 1903.

A. R. BLOXAM,
Registrar.

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 14th and 15th of December, 1903.

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 9th of November, 1903.

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, 10th August, 1903.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Bickerstaffe Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th October, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Public Hall, Pahi, on Monday, the 7th day of December, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—MATAKOHE, HUKATERE, AND WAIPU SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Bickerstaffe Settlement.

| Section. | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 5 per Cent. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | | | Rent per Acre per Annum. | Half-yearly Rent. |

GROUP A.—DAIRY FARMS.

Subdivision 1.

Matakohe Survey District.

16 | XVI. | 98 2 0 | 4 9·6 | 11 16 5
17 | " | 136 0 0 | 4 9 | 16 3 0

Subdivision 2.

Matakohe Survey District.

3 | XV. | 181 2 0 | 5 10·5 | 26 13 2
4 | " | 163 0 0 | 6 4·5 | 25 19 7
5 | " | 99 0 0 | 6 10·5 | 17 0 4

Subdivision 3.

Matakohe Survey District.

25 | XVI. | 311 0 0 | 3 10·2 | 29 18 8

Subdivision 4.

Matakohe Survey District.

1 | XVI. | 102 2 0 | 4 3 | 10 17 10
2 | " | 162 2 0 | 3 9·3 | 15 6 9
3 | " | 159 0 0 | 2 10·8 | {11 10 6
| | | | | {*9 7 10

Subdivision 5.

Matakohe Survey District.

5 | XVI. | 101 0 0 | 5 1·2 | {12 17 7
6 | " | 102 0 0 | 6 3 | {+3 11 3.
| | | | | 15 18 9

Subdivision 6.

Matakohe Survey District.

9 | XVI. | 98 2 0 | 6 9 | { 16 12 6
14 | " | 101 0 0 | 5 10·5 | {+14 12 11
15 | " | 100 2 0 | 6 9 | 14 16 8
| | | | | 16 19 2

Subdivision 7.

Matakohe Survey District.

13 | XVI. | 143 0 0 | 3 10·8 | 13 18 10
18 | " | 137 2 0 | 4 3 | 14 12 3
19 | " | 136 0 0 | 4 0 | 13 12 0
21 | " | 170 0 0 | 4 6 | 19 2 6
22 | " | 167 2 0 | 4 3 | 17 16 0

Subdivision 8.

Matakohe Survey District.

11 | XVI. | 163 1 0 | 1 9 | 7 2 10
12 | " | 215 0 0 | 1 9 | 9 8 2

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £145, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £9 7s. 10d. Total half-yearly, £20 18s. 4d.

†Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £55, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £3 11s. 3d. Total half-yearly, £16 8s. 10d.

‡Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £290, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £14 12s. 11d. Total half-yearly, £31 5s. 5d.

NOTE.—There is a stable on Section 6, Block XVI. valued at £8* which sum must be paid within thirty days after the application has been approved.