trict of Otaki, Province of Wellington, on the
twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, the claim of Meeri Kaumatua,
aboriginal native of New Zealand, residing at Otaki,
to a piece of land called Whakarangirangi, situate at
Otaki, in the district aforesaid, was heard, and a
certain order was thereupon made by the Court
aforesaid: And whereas it is enacted by "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867," and "The Native Lands Act, 1870,"
that the Governor in Council may order a rehearing
of any matter judicially heard, before the Court
aforesaid, and before one or more Judges of the
Court, and one or more Assessors, as may be specified
in the Order in Council ordering such rehearing, and
within such period of time as may be limited in such
Order, provided that no such order for rehearing
shall be made after six months shall have elapsed
from the date of the original decision: And whereas
it is expedient that the said claim shall be reheard
before the said Court:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the above-
recited power and authority, doth hereby order that
the aforesaid claim of Meeri Kaumatua to the afore-
said piece of land shall be reheard before one Judge
of the said Court and two Assessors thereof.

And doth order that such rehearing shall take
place before the thirtieth day of September next.

DONALD MCLEAN,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is provided that there shall be within the
Colony Courts of Record, to be called District
Courts, and the Governor is empowered, from time
to time, by notification in the New Zealand Gazette,
to fix the times and places within the district at
which every such Court shall be held: And whereas
by "The District Courts Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
it is provided that as to the times of the holding of
such Courts it shall be sufficient for the Governor, if
he shall so think fit, to fix the interval only within
which such Courts shall be held at each place; and
it shall in such case be lawful for the Judge of such
Court to fix the particular times and days for the
holding of such Courts in the manner and subject to
the provisions therein contained:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
in pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority, fix that Sessions of the District Court of
Hawke's Bay for civil and criminal business shall be
held in the Provincial Government Buildings at
Napier, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, in every
year, at intervals of not less than six nor more
than sixty-three days between the first day of each sitting:
And at the Court House at Waipawa, in the said
Province, at intervals of not less than fifty-six nor
more than sixty-three days between the first day of
each sitting: And at the Court House at Gisborne,
in the said District, at intervals of not less than
ninety-one nor more than one hundred and five days
between the first day of each sitting.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this thirty-first day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. GISBORNE.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 569

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1870.
THE following Despatches, with Enclosures, from
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are
published for general information.

W. GISBORNE.

CIRCULAR.

Downing Street, 9th August, 1870.
SIR,—I transmit to you, at the request of the Civil
Service Commissioners, the enclosed Regulations for
an Examination of Candidates for the Civil Service
of India, which is to be held in March, 1871.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF 1871.

N.B.—The Regulations are liable to be altered in
future years.

1. On Tuesday, March 28, 1871, and following
   days, an Examination of Candidates will be held in
   London. At this Examination not fewer than
   Candidates will be selected, if so many shall be
   found duly qualified. Of these, will be
   selected for the Presidency of Bengal, [ for
   the Upper Provinces, and for the Lower
   Provinces,] for that of Madras, and
   for that of Bombay.*—Notice will hereafter be given
   of the days and place of Examination.

2. Any person desirous of competing at this Exami-
   nation, must produce to the Civil Service Commis-
   sioners, before the 1st of February, 1871, evidence
   showing—

(a.) That he is a natural-born subject of Her
Majesty.

(b.) That his age, on the 1st March, 1871, will
be above seventeen years and under twenty-
one years. [N.B.—In the case of Natives of
India this must be certified by the Govern-
ment of India, or of the Presidency or Pro-
vince in which the Candidate may have
resided.]

(c.) That he has no disease, constitutional affec-
tion, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely
to unfit him, for the Civil Service of India.†

(d.) That he is of good moral character;
and must also, before the 1st February, 1871, pay to
the said Commissioners such fee as the Secretary of
State for India may prescribe.‡

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be
   prima facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Com-
   missioners, the candidate will, upon payment of the
   prescribed fee, be admitted to the Examination. The
   Commissioners may however, in their discretion, at
   any time prior to the grant of the certificate of
   qualification hereinafter referred to, institute such
   further inquiries as they may deem necessary; and if
   the result of such inquiries, in the case of any can-
   didate, should be unsatisfactory to them in any of the
   above respects, he will be ineligible for admission to
   the Civil Service of India, and, if already selected, will
   be removed from the position of a probationer.

4. The Examination will take place only in the
   following branches of knowledge :—

English Composition ... ... Marks.
500

• The number of appointments to be made, and the number in
  each Presidency, &c., will be announced hereafter.

• Evidence of health and character must bear date not earlier
  than the 1st January, 1871.
  ‡ The fee for this Examination will be £5.