Aug. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 949

(3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be respectively ½d. and ⅓d. a pound under similar conditions, as far as the same are applicable to those contained in the two last subsections.

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000 tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus, and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark; and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and canned for export by any such person shall, before exportation, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him, and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Pupil-teacher for Deaf-mute Institution, Sumner.

Education Department,
Wellington, 4th August, 1886.

A PPLICATIONS will be received up to the 15th of September from youths desirous of appointment to the position of pupil-teacher in this institution, where the deaf are taught to speak and to understand the speech of others.

Qualifications: A good education, an earnest spirit, a cheerful and amiable disposition, good character, and a sound constitution.

Age: Between seventeen and twenty-one.

Period of service: Five years from the 1st October next, including a probationary term of six months.

Salary, in addition to board in the institution: £50 for the first year, with an annual increase of £10.

A certificate will be given at the end of the five years to testify that the teacher has received complete training in the “articulation method” of instruction for the deaf.

Applications must be addressed to “The Secretary for Education, Wellington,” from whom and from the “Director, Deaf-mute Institution, Sumner, Christchurch,” further information may be obtained.

WM. JAS. HABENS.

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 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 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.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

T WO Scholarships of the yearly value of £35 each, to be held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke’s Bay, are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1884. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 20th and 21st December, 1886.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st October next.

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 Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 19th July, 1886.

New Zealand Postal Telegraphs.—Tenders for 100,000 Insulators.

Head Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1886.

T HE Commissioner of Telegraphs is prepared to receive tenders for the supply and delivery of 100,000 insulators.

Specifications and conditions as to supply and manufacture can be obtained at any of the under-mentioned telegraph offices, namely, Auckland, Cambridge, Tauranga, Napier, New Plymouth, Wellington, Greymouth, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Milton, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

Tenders must not be in later than the 30th August, 1886, and must be addressed to the Superintendent of New Zealand Telegraphs, Wellington, and marked on cover, “Tender for Insulators.”

By order.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1886.

I T is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post Office in the Auckland Postal District, known as Oruawharo North, will, from the 16th instant, be changed to

NORTH ALBERTLAND.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1886.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1886.

P URSUANT 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend James Porter Dixon.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

“Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1886.

N OTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of “The Friendly