Aug. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 995

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.

TWO 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.

THE 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.

Money Order and Savings Bank Offices opened.

General Post Office,

Wellington, 12th August, 1886.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Money Order and Savings Bank Offices will be opened at

LICHFIELD (Chief Office, Auckland),

MATAKANA (Chief Office, Auckland),

SEACLIFF (Chief Office, Dunedin),

from the 24th instant.

W. GRAY,

Secretary.

Money Order Offices opened.

General Post Office,

Wellington, 12th August, 1886.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Money Order Offices will be opened at

NORSEWOOD (Chief Office, Napier),

TAPU (Chief Office, Thames),

from the 24th instant.

W. GRAY,

Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1886.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 17th August, 1886.

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

Lutheran Church.

The Reverend Hans Madsen Ries.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,

Registrar-General.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 11th August, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Chaff-cutters.

WILLIAM ANDREWS and ARTHUR WARD BEAVEN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 16th day of November 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 of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 1st day of November next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

No. 1951.

Patent Officer.