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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

Karori-Makara Road District, County of Hutt :
Frederick William Mead Dowsett.
Allan Lewer.
James McMenamen.
Peter Trotter.
Henry Cook.

Spring Creek Road District, County of Marlborough :
Isaac Gifford.
William Murray.
John Mills.
Con O'Dargel.
Rowden Soper.
Joseph Henry Redwood.

Little River Road District, County of Akaroa :
William Birdling.
Hugh D. Buchanan.
William Coop.
George Edmonds.
John Gebbie.

Tai Tapu Road District, County of Selwyn :
John George Murray.
William Gilmour.
Thomas Leatham.
Robert A. Forbes.
Johanna Mangles.

Wyndham Road District, County of Southland :
Oware Subdivision—
Andrew Noble.
John Woods.
Redan Subdivision—
William Carpenter.
Donald Stalker.
James Scott.
William Blackley.

Steam Service between Hokianga and Manukau.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1886.

SEALED Tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Monday, the 28th June, for the performance of the following alternative steam service :—

1. Between Hokianga and Manukau, weekly, for one or two years ; or
2. Between Hokianga and Manukau, fortnightly, for one or two years.

The service to be performed in accordance with a timetable to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and to commence about the 1st August next.

Tenderers to state the name, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessel to be employed in the service.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed “Tender for Hokianga and Manukau Steam Service.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Tenders for Savings Bank Envelopes.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1886.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon on Monday, the 12th July next, for the supply and delivery to the Storekeeper, Post and Telegraphs, Wellington, of 100,000 Savings Bank envelopes, of the patterns to be seen at the several Chief Post Offices throughout the colony.

The last supply of these articles having been badly cut and gummed, and without clear folding marks, it is specially notified that the pattern must be strictly followed.

Tenders must be indorsed “Tender for Savings Bank Envelopes,” and be addressed to the Superintendent, Post and Telegraphs, General Post Office, Wellington.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Tenders for Native Schoolhouse and Teacher’s Residence.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th May, 1886.

TENDERS will be received at this office up to noon of the 17th July next for the erection of a Native Schoolhouse and Teacher’s Residence at Raukokore, near Cape Runaway, Bay of Plenty.

Plans, &c., may be seen and forms of tender obtained on application to the Native Agent, Auckland, or the Resident Magistrate at Tauranga, Opotiki, or Gisborne.

Telegraphic tenders will be accepted provided the original tender and deposit are lodged at the same time with one of the officers above mentioned.

Wm. Jas. HABENS,
Secretary for Education.

The Gilchrist Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th April, 1886.

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 January 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 January examination for New Zealand will be held some time in the month of January, 1887, 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 subject, 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 January, 1887, are Cicero, De Senectute and Pro Lege Manilia ; and Homer, Iliad, Book XVI.

The scholarship will be considered as commencing from the 1st July, 1887, but the first quarterly instalment will be paid to the successful candidate in the first week of October, 1887, 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 January, 1887.

By order.

Wm. Jas. HABENS,
Secretary for Education.

Post Office Pillar-boxes.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1886.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at this office until noon of Tuesday, the 29th June, 1886, for the above contract. They are to be marked on the outside “Tender for Post Office Pillar-boxes Contract,” and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington. Telegraphic tenders, similarly marked and addressed, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided that written tenders are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer’s Office by the same hour. Drawings, specifications, and general conditions may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

By command.

JOHN BLACKETT,
Engineer-in-Chief.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvement in Manufacture of Electric Belts, to be called “The Favorite.”

THOMAS GAGER, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Tailor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 24th day of August next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant