THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 579

For the Franklin District.
School House, Wairoa.

For the Town of Onehunga District.
The Court House, Onehunga.

For the Pensioner Settlements District.
The Police Station, Panmure.

For the Thames Gold Fields District.
The Court House, Shortland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued at
Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of
October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful
for the Governor, by warrant under his hand, from
time to time to appoint polling places for each
Electoral District, within or without the limits
thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be
the principal polling place for the district, and all or
any of such polling places at any time to abolish and
to appoint other polling places in lieu thereof: And
whereas, by warrant under the hand of the Governor,
bearing date the thirtieth day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the Court
House, Clyde, was appointed a principal polling
place for the District of Manuherikia, for the elec-
tion of Superintendent and Members of the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Otago: And
whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:

Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Act,
do hereby abolish the above-named principal polling
place for the District of Manuherikia, for the
election of Superintendent and Members of the Pro-
vincial Council of Otago, and do appoint in lieu
thereof-

The Court House, Naseby.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, and issued at
Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of
October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

WILLIAM Fox
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1869.

THE following Despatch, with an Enclosure, from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, is published for general information.

W. GISBORNE.

CIRCULAR.

Downing Street, 30th May, 1868.

SIR,—At the request of the Lords of the Committee
of Council on Education, I have the honor to inform
you of the endowment by Mr. Whitworth of certain
Scholarships for Mechanical Science. As will be
seen from Mr. Whitworth's Memorandum, he pro-
poses that "thirty Scholarships of £100 each should
be open to all of Her Majesty's subjects, whether of
the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, who do
not exceed the age of twenty-six years, and be held
either for two or three years, as experience may
prove to be desirable."

I have, &c.,
BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.

Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G.

SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE
OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, SOUTH KENSINGTON.

Mr. Whitworth's Scholarships for Mechanical Science.

At Whitehall the 5th day of May, 1868.

By the Right Honourable the Lords of the Com-
mittee of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy
Council on Education.

My Lords read Mr. Whitworth's letter of 4th May,
1868, transmitting a Memorandum on his Scholar-
ships, and on the establishment of sixty exhibitions
of £25 for the present year, preparatory to the
competition for his Scholarships, and requesting that
the Science and Art Department may conduct the
necessary examinations and correspondence.

Their Lordships have great pleasure in acceding
to Mr Whitworth's request, and giving every
assistance in their power in carrying out his patriotic
munificence.

Manchester, 4th May, 1868.

SIR,—Referring to your letter of 28th March, by
which you transmit to me a copy of the Minute
which the Lords of the Committee of Council on
Education had passed in acknowledgment of my
endowment of Scholarships for promoting Mechanical
Science, and to the concluding sentence of the
Minute which invites further suggestions and offers
to render assistance in carrying out the intentions
of the endowment, —

1. I beg leave to enclose for the information of the
   Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, a
   memorandum on the subject of the Endowment which
   I trust will meet with the approval of their Lord-
   ships, and that they will cause it to be circulated,
   and the necessary correspondence arising out of it to
   be conducted by the Science and Art Department.

2. I would beg leave to ask the Lords of the
   Committee of Council on Education to undertake the
   examinations for these Scholarships.

3. As respects the preparation of the necessary
   details for the examination in the use of tools, I am
   willing to be responsible myself with the aid of
   friends, and I propose to obtain the consent of a few
   gentlemen to advise with me from time to time, in
   whatever may arise in the future for my consideration.

4. In reply to the invitation of their Lordships
   to submit any suggestions, I venture to submit for
   consideration, whether honours in the nature of
   Degrees might not be conferred by some competent
   authority on successful students each year, thus
   creating a Faculty of Industry analogous to the
   existing Faculties of Divinity, Law, and Medicine.
   I am of opinion that such honours would be a great
   incentive to exertion, and would tend greatly to
   promote the object in view.