SEPT. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1229

Authorizing Survey through Tahoraiti and Oringi "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 4th day of
Waiaruhe Blocks. September, 1882.

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

B Y virtue of the powers conferred on the Minister
for Public Works under section 78 of "The
Public Works Act, 1876," I hereby authorize Friendly Society registered.

HARRY FANSHAWE MOODY, Esq., Registrar-General's Office,
of Kopua, Assistant-Surveyor, to enter upon the Wellington, 2nd September, 1882.
Native lands described in the Schedule hereto, for THE Waikiwi Lodge, No. 148, of the United
the purpose of making a survey for a railway. Ancient Order of Druids Society, situated at
Waikiwi, is registered as a friendly society, under
"The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 2nd day of
SCHEDULE. September, 1882.

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

Name of Block. No. of Block. Area.

A.

Tahoraiti I. 3,475
II. 5,924
Oringi Waiaruhe 12,008 Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
WALTER W. JOHNSTON, Wellington, 1st September, 1882.
Minister for Public Works. THE Excelsior Tent, No. 11, situated at Waipuku-
rau, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand
Public Works Office, Central District Independent Order of Rechabites
Wellington, 31st August, 1882. Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1877," this 1st day of September, 1882.

Authority to frank.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

H General Post Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1882. Post Office opened as a Government Life Insurance
IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern- Office.
ment has been pleased to authorize
Government Insurance Department,
The STOREKEEPER, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, Wellington, 30th August, 1882.
Wellington, NOTICE is hereby given that the Post Office at the
under-mentioned place has been opened as a
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, Government Life Insurance Office :-
letters and parcels posted on the public service. KAMO, Auckland.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON, D. M. LUCKIE,
Postmaster-General. Commissioner.

Designation of Post Office changed. Te Makarini Scholarships.

General Post Office, THREE scholarships, to be held at the Native
Wellington, 5th September, 1882. College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, are offered by
the Trustees of the fund instituted in memory of the
I-is hereby notified for general information that late Sir Donald McLean for promoting the higher
the designation of the Post Office in the education of Maori youths.
Hokitika Postal District, known as Upper Wood- Two of these scholarships are open to any Maori
stock, will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to or half-caste whose age on the 30th November, 1882,
shall not exceed fifteen years, and who shall have
RIMU. attended a Native college or school for the preceding
twelve months. The remaining scholarship is open
By order of the Postmaster-General. to any Maori or half-caste whose age on the 30th
November, 1882, shall not exceed thirteen years, and
W. GRAY, who shall have attended a Native village school for
Secretary. the preceding twelve months.

The scholarships are of the annual value of £35,
Oficiating Ministers for 1882.-Notice No. 20. and are tenable for two years from the 1st January,
1883.

Registrar-General's Office, The examination will be held at convenient centres
Wellington, 4th September, 1882. on the 18th and 19th December, 1882. Candidates
URSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the must, either directly or through their teachers, send
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Department, Wellington, of their intention to pre-
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act, sent themselves for examination. Such notice must
1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister be posted not later than the 31st October.
within the meaning of the said Act is published for Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may
general information :-
be obtained from teachers of Native schools and
boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education
Nonconformist. Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Depart-
Union Church of Dunedin. ment.

The Reverend Gordon Forlong. JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1882.
THE Loyal Waterton Lodge, situated at Waterton,
is registered as a branch of the North Canter-
bury District of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows (Manchester Unity) Friendly Society, under