Aug. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1225

Offer of Pardon to Accomplice in case of Murder.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th August, 1880.

NOTICE.—Whereas a widow-woman of the name
of Mary Young, of Kyeburn, in the Provincial
District of Otago, was on the 4th instant found in
a dying state, and did subsequently die from injuries
inflicted on her by some person or persons unknown:
Notice is hereby given that His Excellency the
Governor will grant a pardon to any accomplice in
such crime who shall give such information as shall
lead to the conviction of the principal offender, or
of any one of such offenders if more than one.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 34 of 1880.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th August, 1880.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Newcastle, New South
Wales, is published for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON.

RED LIGHT, NEWCASTLE BREAKWATER.

ON and after the night of Monday, the 2nd
August, 1880, a Red Harbour Light will be exhibited
from sunset to sunrise on the Southern Breakwater
at the entrance to Newcastle Harbour. It will be
34 feet above low-water mark, situated 261 feet from
the extreme end of the breakwater, and be visible
between the bearings of N.W. by W. and E. by N.
(magnetic). The former bearing will clear the Big
Ben Rock, the latter bearing will clear the reef
inside the breakwater.
D. T. ALLAN, Chairman.

Office of the Local Marine Board,
Newcastle, 15th July, 1880.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1880.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will
be opened at

SHEFFIELD (Chief Office, Christchurch,)
from and after the 1st September proximo; also that
the Money Order and Savings Bank Office open at
Malvern, Christchurch, will be closed on the 31st
instant.
W. GRAY, Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1880.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1880.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information:—

Church of Christ.
The Reverend Aaron Burr Maston.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1880.

THE Otago Railway Employés Benefit Society,
situated at Dunedin, is registered as a friendly
society under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877,"
this 18th day of August, 1880.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

The University of London and the Gilchrist

Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 9th August, 1880.

A SCHOLARSHIP of the value of £100 per
annum, and tenable for three years, is biennially
awarded to the highest among those candidates at the
London University June Matriculation Examination
held in New Zealand, who pass either in the Honours
or in the First Division, are not less than sixteen nor
more than twenty-two years of age, and are desirous
of prosecuting their studies either at the University
of Edinburgh, or at the University College, London,
with a view to graduation in one of the Faculties of
the University of London.

If any candidates offer themselves, the "June ex-
amination" for New Zealand will be held at Christ-
church, on Monday, the 6th September, and four
following days.

Candidates will not be approved by the Examiners
unless they have shown a competent knowledge in
each of the following subjects, according to the details
specified under the several heads :—

1. Latin.
2. Any two of the following languages:-(a) Greek,
   (b) French, and (c) German.
3. The English Language, English History, and
   Modern Geography.
4. Mathematics.
5. Natural Philosophy.
6. Chemistry.

Particulars of the foregoing subjects of examina-
tion will be found in the Calendar of the University
of London, under the head of "Regulations—Matri-
culation." The special Latin and Greek subjects for
June, 1880, are Sallust, De Bello Jugurthino; and,
Homer, Odyssey, Book XI.

The Calendar may be seen on personal application
to the Secretary for Education, Wellington, or to
either of the under-named gentlemen:—Professor
Shand, University of Otago, Dunedin; Professor
Brown, Canterbury College, Christchurch; Rev. J.
C. Andrew, Nelson College, Nelson; and Farquhar
Macrae, Esq., Auckland College.

The Scholarship will be considered as commencing
from the 1st July, 1881, but the first quarterly
instalment will be paid to the successful candidate in
the first week of October, 1881, at which time he
will be expected to present himself to the Secretary
of the Gilchrist Trust, in London. Subsequent pay-
ments will depend on attendance at three courses of
lectures in every session, and on good conduct; and
the scholar must present himself for the first ex-
amination in one of the Faculties of the University
of London before the end of the second year of the
currency of his scholarship.

Every candidate will be required to give satis-
factory evidence that he is between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-two years, and either that he is a
native of New Zealand, or that he has resided in
New Zealand for the last five years.

Notice of entry, with satisfactory testimonials as
to personal character, and the London matriculation
fee of £2, must be sent to the Secretary for Educa-
tion, Wellington, so as to reach his office not later
than the 1st September. Candidates are recom-
mended to give still earlier notice by telegraph.
JOHN HISLOP.