SEPT. 28.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1355

other than members' subscriptions, pounds
shillings and pence; and that by the rules of the insti-
tution admission to the reading-room is open to the public free
of charge.
And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing
the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace
Act, 1882."

[Here affix and can-
cel a stamp at
2s. 6d.]

Declared at
day of
me-
, this
, 188
, before

Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[NOTE. The words relating to free admission may
be struck out if the library is not in a borough. The
words in brackets are not part of the form, but indi-
cate matter to be inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of statutory declaration may be
obtained on application to the Secretary for Educa-
tion, Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Educa-
tion Board.

THOMAS DICK.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1882.

PATENT for a Circular Revolving Skim Coulter.
ROBERT WALKER, of Pukerimu, Auckland, has
deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 22nd
day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
at this office, to hear the said application and all objec-
tions thereto; and I require all persons having an
interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent
to leave, on or before the 7th day of December next,
at this office, particulars in writing of their objections
to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
eluded from urging the same.

No. 700. W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

Officiating Ministers for 1882.-Notice No. 21.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1882.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1880," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information :-

Wesleyan Methodist Society.
The Reverend McKenzie Gibson.
The Reverend Thomas Nicholas Griffin.
The Reverend Charles H. Garland.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1882.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the
Christchurch Postal District, known as Cheddar, will,
from and after the 1st October, be changed to

DOYLESTON.

By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. -ROBERT KER MACNISH, of Bundaberg,
in the Colony of Queensland, a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of the said colony, has been appointed
this day, by his Honor the Chief Justice, a Commis-
sioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the
said colony, under "The Commissioners of the
Supreme Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of
administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits,
and affirmations as in the said Act mentioned.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Wellington, 20th September, 1882.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. -ALEXANDER GERARD RALSTON, of Syd-
ney, in the Colony of New South Wales,
Judge's Associate, has been appointed this day, by
his Honor the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand in the said colony,
under "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court
Act, 1875," for the purpose of administering and
taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as
in the said Act mentioned.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Wellington, 26th September, 1882.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

THREE scholarships, to be held at the Native
College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, are offered by
the Trustees of the fund instituted in memory of the
late Sir Donald McLean for promoting the higher
education of Maori youths.

Two of these scholarships are open to any Maori
or half-caste whose age on the 30th November, 1882,
shall not exceed fifteen years, and who shall have
attended a Native college or school for the preceding
twelve months. The remaining scholarship is open
to any Maori or half-caste whose age on the 30th
November, 1882, shall not exceed thirteen years, and
who shall have attended a Native village school for
the preceding twelve months.

The scholarships are of the annual value of £35,
and are tenable for two years from the 1st January,
1883.

The examination will be held at convenient centres
on the 18th and 19th December, 1882. Candidates
must, either directly or through their teachers, send
notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to pre-
sent themselves for examination. Such notice must
be posted not later than the 31st October.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may
be obtained from teachers of Native schools and
boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education
Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Depart-
ment.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Crown Lands Notices.

Further Sale of Sections in the West Coast (North
Island) Land District.

Land Office,
Patea, 27th September, 1882.

THE Crown lands as under will be open for appli-
cation, for cash, on Monday, the 6th November
next, and every lawful day thereafter until sold, at
the Land Offices at Patea and Hawera.