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Late Advertisements. Te Makarini Scholarships. mHREE SCHOLARSHIPS of the Yearly JL Value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these Scholar- | ships is open to all Maoris that have attended a Native school during the previous year, and are under 15 years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two Scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under 13 years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, and that have attended a Native village school for the previous 12 months. These Scholarships are offered for competition ,to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarship Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 19fch and 20th December 1887. 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 not later than the 31st October next. Copies of the Regulations and Forms of ! Notice may be obtained from teachers of Native : schools aud boarding institutions, the Secre- | taries to Education Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Department. ' JAMES H. POPE, ' Inspector of Native Schools. Wellington, 9th August 1887. , 2s To Farmers and Graziers. THE Corporation of Port .Chalmers invite TENDERS for the LEASE for 14 Years of a valuable FARM of 3000 Acres, being Section 2, Block VII, Dunback District. Conditions to be had on application at the Office of this paper; Messrs Adams Brothers, solicitors ; or the Town Olerk, Port Chalmers, on and after Friday, the 2nd prox. I The Improvements thereon consist of a substantial ring fence and division fences, Dwelling House, Shearing Shed, and other buildings. ' The_ property is well watered aad sheltered, and within two miles of the Dunback Railway Station, with a good road leading to the homestead. Tenders, addressed to the Town Clerk, will be received up to the 19th September. To persons with a small capital this property offers great advantages. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. A. LECK, Town Clerk. Borough Council Chambers, Port Chalmers, 29th August 18,37. 2s. Otago Education Board. APPLICATIONS, accompanied by Certifi- i cates, will be. received up to TUESDAY, I the 13th September, from TEACHERS 'competent to fill the following VACANCIES :— Oarnaru Middle School— Head Master Salary, £265. Oamaru Middle School— Third Assistant (female). Salary, £95. Oamaru North — Third Assistant (female). Salary, £95. I Kakanui— Mistress. Salary, £105. Bendigo— Teacher (female). Salary, £70. P. G. PRYDE, 2s Secretary. JOHN KEII> and SON, LAND AGENTS, MONEY and SHAREBROKERS, AUTHORISED SURVEYORS and CIVIL ENGINEERS, LAND BOARD BUSINESS ATTENDED TO, HIGH STREET, DUNEDIN, HAVE FOR SALE : NUMEROUS Estates, Farms, House and Cottage Properties in Dunedin, Suburbs, aud Elsewhere, suitable for all classes. TO LET: MORNINGTON— House lately occupied by ' Thos. Bracken, Esq. MORNINGTON— Good 0-roomed house (close to trams), two bay windows, Venetian - blinds, &c, fruit, and flower garden. DUNEDIN — Convenient bay window house, . Grant street. - „ • DUNEDIN— 3-roomed detached .cottage, Rus- ' sell street. • Furnished Cottage with good garden to let in Suburbs. 2s FOR SALE OR LEASE. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Subdivision of the well-known Horseshoe Bush Estate* J Near Milburu, ' 1 • Into Small AGRICULTURAL and DAIRY FARMS. THE UNDERSIGNED have received instructions fruni Mr Henry Driver to offer for sale or lease. The whole of the oelebrated HORSESHOE BUSH ESTATE, Subdivided into 9 COMPACT AGRICULTURAL and DAIRY FARMS, Containing from 150 to 500 Acres each. I The character of the above Estate is so \v.elft ' known that it is scarcely necessary to iv^fer to the advantages it possesses for mJH e< ! farming. The soil, for the most part being uppn limestone formation, has been highly improved, tapr.ougljjiy, fenced into 40 small paddooks., with live hedges and Tasmanian posjts. and rails; thojjsfloids of tons of lime and manures ihav.e pgeapat'into the land without anything be&g taken out of it, and every pa.dd<ock v ifl supplied with, a running stream, 9J water throughout the year. Several of the farms have comfortable homesteads and other buildings, requiring no outlay of capital whatever. SITUATION— 30 miles from Dunedin, on main line of railway, and no farm is more than a wife distant from a railway station. [ to any e^ent will be supplied to pnrohasera or i \easees a,i actual cost of production* GRAIN and OTHER CROPS can be produced in quantity and quality un- : equalled elsewhere in New 2lealand, specially for wheat growing yield being large and sample first-class. TE.RJSS v- CONDITIONS, together with plans of the Farms, may be , obtained upon application to the Undersigned, who are authorised to state that the Farms are for bona fide SALE or LEASE with right of purchase. For further information apply to MURRAY, ROBERTS, & CO., Dunedin ; Or at the Homestead, on the Estate,