JAN. 12.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Notice to Mariners.—No. 1 of 1882.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th January, 1882.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the President, Marine Board, Port Adelaide, is
published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

CORNY POINT LIGHTHOUSE, SPENCER GULF.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 2, of 1881,
masters of vessels and others are hereby informed
that, owing to unforeseen circumstances, the light on
Corny Point, Spencer Gulf, will not be exhibited
until the 1st March, 1882.

The light, a fixed white one of the third order, in
lat. 34° 54′ S., and long. 137° 1′ E. (approximately),
having the focal plane 98 feet above ordinary sea-
level, will be visible from a vessel's deck, in clear
weather, at a distance of fourteen miles, and illumi-
nate an arc of the sea-horizon of 200° from S. 45°
W. round by the W. and N. to N. 65° E.

These bearings (magnetic) are from the lighthouse.
The light-tower, keepers' cottages, and store-room
are painted white.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 12th December, 1881.

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1882.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to
the writ issued by him on the 9th day of No-
vember last for the election of a Member to serve
in the House of Representatives for the electoral
district hereinafter specified, and by the indorse-
ment on such writ it appears that the under-men-
tioned gentleman has been duly elected Member for
such district, viz. :-

Hokitika—
Gerard George FitzGerald.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Judges appointed to try certain Election Petitions.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.—In the
matter of "The Election Petitions Act, 1880."

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The
Election Petitions Act, 1880," I hereby appoint

ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON, Esq., and
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS, Esq.,

being respectively Judges of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand, to be the Judges before whom shall
take place the trials of the several election petitions
following, that is to say,---

The petition of Robert Rutherford against the
return of James Hutchinson Sutter for Glad-
stone.

The petition of William Hollis against the return
of Harry Allwright for Lyttelton.

The petition of William Patten Cowlishaw against
the return of Walter Hippolite Pilliet for Stan-
more.

Given under my hand this 11th day of January,
1882.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

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 ex-
amination 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 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, 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 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 six-
teen 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 June, 1882.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1882.

THE Athelstan Lodge, No. 112, of the United
Ancient Order of Druids Society, at Christ-
church, is registered as a friendly society, under
"The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 5th day of
January, 1882.

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