Aug. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1001

Pall Mall, 12th June, 1885.

SIR,—With reference to previous correspondence relative to a proposal to offer for the present year a limited number of commissions in the Imperial army to members of the colonial military forces, I have now the honour, by direction of the Secretary of State for War, to request you will lay before the Secretary of State for the Colonies the following conditions under which the arrangements in question will be carried out, and to request that the same may be notified to the Governors of the following respective colonies: (1) New Zealand, (2) New South Wales, (3) South Australia, (4) Victoria, (5) Queensland, (6) Cape of Good Hope.

(a.) Two commissions to be offered to each of the colonies referred to.

(b.) Candidates to be nominated by the respective Governors.

(c.) Each candidate to have served at least two years in the local military force.

(d.) The limits of age to be nineteen and twenty-two, to be ruled by the 1st January, 1885.

(e.) Each nominated candidate previous to appointment to the army will be required to pass a qualifying professional examination; such examination to be held in the colonies, in accordance with papers which will be sent out by the Director-General of Military Education for that purpose.

The scope and subjects of the examination will be seen on reference to paragraphs 21, 22, and 23 of the accompanying regulations, and are the same as those required of officers of the United Kingdom.

I have, &c.,
RALPH THOMPSON.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

REGULATIONS.

21. The subjects of the competitive examination and the maximum marks obtainable in each subject will be as follows:—

22. The elements of field fortification .. 600 marks.

23. Military topography .. .. 600

24. The elements of tactics .. .. 600

25. Military law .. .. .. 600

26. In addition to obtaining a sufficiently high place in the order of merit, a candidate will be required to obtain in any case 25 of the marks in each subject, and 5 of the aggregate.

27. The scope will be that embraced by the synopsis of the course of instruction (in the subjects specified in paragraph 21) at the Royal Military College. There will, however, be no practical out-of-door examination in any subject. The text-books will be those in use at the time at the Royal Military College, which for the present are as follows:—

28. The elements of field fortifications: Phillips’s Course of Artillery and Fortification:

29. Military topography: Official Text-book of Military Topography:

30. The elements of tactics: Field Exercises, Clery’s Minor Tactics:

31. Military law: Army Act, Queen’s Regulations, Elements of Military Administration and Law (Boughey).

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in force on New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after the 31st day of August, 1885:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
WANGANUI SECTION.

Native coals between Waitara and New Plymouth will be charged 3s. per ton.

As witness my hand this twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road through Section 51, Block V., Kopuaranga Survey District, from the main North Road to Section 90 of the said block, situate in the County of Wairarapa East, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plans of the said road, and of the land so required to be taken, are deposited in the Public Works Office at Wellington, and the County Council Office at Masterton, and are there open for inspection: And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13381, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand this twentieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1885.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

UPPER WAIAU ROAD-BRIDGE AND APPROACHES CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
J. Anderson, Christchurch .. .. 13,482 15 0

Declined.
Stocks and Wallace, Christchurch .. 13,498 0 0
M. Danaher, Wellington .. .. 15,500 0 0
Black and Allison, Dunedin .. .. 15,507 0 8
H. McKenzie, Woodville .. .. 15,967 12 0
J. J. O’Brien, Auckland .. .. 20,145 0 0

Tenders for Stationery.

Property-Tax Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1885.

THE following tenders have been received for the supply of stationery for the use of the Property-Tax Department.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

ACCEPTED.
Cowan and Co.—For buff paper, 10s. per ream.
Cowan and Co.—For envelopes, 8¾ x 3¾, 8s. 3d. per thousand.
Cowan and Co.—For envelopes, 5¾ x 3¼, 5s. per thousand.

DECLINED.
Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited), Christchurch.—For buff paper, 14s. 6d. per ream.
Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited), Christchurch.—For envelopes, 8¾ x 3¾, 15s. 6d. per thousand.
Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited), Christchurch.—For envelopes, 5¾ x 3¼, 8s. 6d. per thousand.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The Acting Inspector of Native Schools
to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.