1862

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

This notice affects the following Admiralty charts:
Gulf of Martaban, No. 823; Bassein River to Pulo
Penang, No. 830; Bay of Bengal, No. 706; Indian
Ocean, No. 748b; and Indian Marine Survey Chart,
Martaban Gulf, No. 134; also Admiralty List of
Lights, East Indies, &c., No. 96, page 16; Marine
Survey of India Light List, No. 87; and Taylor's
Sailing Directory, Vol. i., page 498.
If this notice is received on board ship, the sub-
stance of it should be inserted on the charts affected
by it and introduced into the sailing directions to
which it relates.
Erratum.—In Notice No. 23, dated 15th October,
1878, fourth line from bottom, for Bassein River to
Pulo Penang, No. 830, read Cocanada to Bassein
River, No. 829.

Notice of Intention to Grant a Gold-Mining Lease.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations
made under that Act for the granting of leases for
gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is
intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for gold-
mining purposes to the applicant specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objec-
tions against such lease.
Objections to the granting of such lease, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Picton, on or before
the 10th day of January, 1879.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Offices, Picton or
Havelock.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: JAMES THOMAS. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Thomas's Gold-
Mining Company." 16 acres, in the Ravenscliff
Gold-Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.
J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Governors of Timaru High School appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th December, 1878.
PURSUANT to section 3 of "The Timaru High
School Act, 1878," His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to appoint
ROBERT ALEXANDER CHISHOLM, Esq., and
The Rev. WILLIAM GILLIES,
to be Members of the Board of Governors of the
Timaru High School.
J. BALLANCE.

Governors of Thames Boys' and Girls' High School
appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1878.
PURSUANT to section 3 of "The Thames Boys'
and Girls' High School Act, 1878," His Excel-
lency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Samuel John Bagnall, Esq.,
Alexander Brodie, Esq.,
John Brown, Esq.,
William Davies, Esq.,
James Kilgour, Esq.,

William McCullough, Esq.,
William Wilkinson, Esq.,
to be Members of the Board of Governors of the
Thames Boys' and Girls' High School.
J. BALLANCE.

Extension of Time for Application to be Examined
for Teachers' Certificates.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th December, 1878.
THE Hon. the Minister of Education directs it to
be notified that, for the year 1879, the time for
receiving applications from candidates who desire to
be examined for certificates is extended from the
first day of January to the fifteenth day of the same
month.
Forms of application may be obtained from the
Secretaries of Education Boards, or from the under-
signed.
JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1878.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
Money Order and Savings Bank Offices will be
opened at
CAVERSHAM (Chief Office, Dunedin),
TAKAPAU (Chief Office, Napier), and
WAKEFIELD (Chief Office, Nelson),
from and after the 1st January next.
By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Civil Service Examinations.

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board,
20th December, 1878.
THE following are the Latin authors and works
from which candidates for the Senior Examina-
tion can select for the June and December Examina-
tions, 1879:—
Sallust.—Catiline.
Cæsar.—De Bello Gallico, Books I. and II.
Cicero.—Orationes in Catilinam, I. and II.
Ovid.—Fasti.
Virgil.—Æneid, Books I. and II.
Horace.—Odes, Books I. and II.
N.B.—Each candidate must select one prose and
one verse author.
By order.
C. C. N. BARRON,
Secretary.

Crown Grants.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1878.
THE under-mentioned Deeds of Grant, having been
duly executed, are now ready for delivery at this
office, under the authority of "The Crown Grants
Act, 1866."
A fee of sixpence is chargeable on each Crown
Grant for every month during which it shall remain
in this office after the expiration of three months
from the date of this notice.
In cases where it is impossible for the party en-
titled to receive the Grant to attend in person, it
will be delivered to the bearer of an authority, accord-
ing to the subjoined form, certified by a Magistrate
or by a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.