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Whangarei Rifle Volunteers.

Captain George Edwin Alderton. Date of resignation, 2nd January, 1882.

JOHN BRYCE.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1882.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister acting for the Minister for Public Works.

RIVERTON-OREPUKA RAILWAY.—ROUNDHILL CONTRACT.

FORMATION, PERMANENT-WAYS, AND STATIONS.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
M. H. L. Bennett, Winton ... ... 2,226 13 8

Declined.
Wilkie and Crawford, Wanganui ... ... 2,234 8 4
H. Whitaker, Dunedin ... ... 2,923 8 5
J. Isbister and Co., Invercargill ... ... 3,032 5 0

The University of London and the Gilchrist Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 31st December, 1881.

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 examination for New Zealand will be held some time in the month of June, 1882, or as soon after as the examination papers arrive in the colony, and at such place or places as may be hereafter fixed, having regard to the candidates’ places of abode.

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 examination will be found in the Calendar of the University of London, under the head of “Regulations—Matriculation.” The special Latin and Greek subjects for June, 1882, are Livy, Book II.; and Homer, Iliad, Book XVIII.

The scholarship will be considered as commencing from the 1st July, 1883, but the first quarterly instalment will be paid to the successful candidate in the first week of October, 1883, at which time he will be expected to present himself to the Secretary of the Gilchrist Trust in London. Subsequent payments 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 examination 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 satisfactory 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 Education, Wellington, so as to reach his office not later than the 1st June, 1882.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—His Honor Mr. Joshua Strange Williams, Judge, at Dunedin, of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, has appointed FREDERICK GEORGE REDDY BRANSON, Esq., of Madras, in India, solicitor, to be a Commissioner in India, under “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for taking acknowledgments of married women.

Dated this 27th day of January, 1882.

COLIN McK. GORDON,
Registrar of the Supreme Court, Dunedin.

Crown Lands Notices.

Otago Runs.—Leases which Expire March, 1883.

THE following Licenses of Runs, for terms of years commencing the 1st March, 1883, will be offered by auction in Watson’s Long-room, High Street, Dunedin, on Monday, the 27th February, 1882, at 11 o’clock a.m.

LITHOGRAPH SHEET No. 1.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.

Subdivision of No. 226, Lauder Station, Base of the Dunstan Range.

Run No. 226, about 32,430 acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, £300 per annum.
Run No. 226A, about 13,440 acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, £336 per annum.
Run No. 226B, about 16,660 acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, £416 per annum.
Run No. 226C, about 8,830 acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, £221 per annum.
Run No. 226D, about 5,630 acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, £141 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 228, between the Manuherikia River and Dunstan Creek, at the Base of Mount St. Bathans.

Run No. 228, about 32,740 acres. License for seven years. Upset rental, £400 per annum.
Run No. 228A, about 19,730 acres. License for seven years. Upset rental, £200 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 224, known as Blackstone Hill Run, Ida Valley.

Run No. 224, about 5,730 acres. License for four years. Upset rental, £167 per annum.
Run No. 224A, about 5,850 acres. License for four years. Upset rental, £171 per annum.
Run No. 224B, about 5,610 acres. License for four years. Upset rental, £164 per annum.
Run No. 224C, about 4,230 acres. License for four years. Upset rental, £123 per annum.
Run No. 224D, about 5,020 acres. License for four years. Upset rental, £146 per annum.

Subdivision of Run No. 227, from the Main Road, Hill’s Creek, back to the Hawkdun Mountains.

Run No. 227, about 39,680 acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, £440 per annum.