Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3629

Tenders for Linseed-oil for New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 28th September, 1910.

THE undermentioned successful and unsuccessful tender-rates for the supply of boiled and raw linseed-oils for the New Zealand railways are published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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 fourteen 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, and in amended regulations thereto, as contained in the Department's circular memorandum of 25th April, 1910. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 5th and 6th of December, 1910.

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, 1910.

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, 15th September, 1910.

Results of the Land Surveyors' Examination, Australia and New Zealand, September, 1910.-New Zealand Candidates.

Surveyors' Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 30th September, 1910.

IT is hereby notified for general information that at the September examination twenty-one candidates presented themselves, of whom Mr. Geoffrey St. Vincent Keddell, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, passed the examination; while Mr. R. S. Thompson, Dunedin, Mr. W. M. Gray, Lands and Survey Department, Christchurch, and Mr. R. T. Goulding completed their examinations.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors' Board.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 3rd October, 1910

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 23rd day of January, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.- HOKIANGA COUNTY.- WHANGAREI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 24th day of October, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.- MANGONUI COUNTY.- MAUNGATANIWHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.