Oct. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2597

Tenders for Castor-oil for New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 1st October, 1908.

THE undermentioned successful and unsuccessful tender-rates for the supply of 30,000 gallons of castor-oil are published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—GEORGE FREDERICK CLARK, Esq., of 35 Bucklersbury, City of London, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 1908.

A. STUBBS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JAMES BISHOP HARTLEY, Esq., of 112 Old Broad Street, London, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of October, 1908.

A. STUBBS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

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 not over 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 under the control of the Education Department, 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 on similar conditions to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been satisfactory. The scholarships are 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 Appendix to the Native Schools Code, 1908. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 7th and 8th of December, 1908.

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 26th of October, 1908.

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.

W. W. BIRD,
Inspector of Native Schools,
Education Department,
Wellington, 1st September, 1908.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 7th October, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up till 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 25th day of January, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOBSON COUNTY.—MANGAKAHIA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.