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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1888.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1889, the period of literature will be the age of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Henry IV. and Henry V., and Lamb’s Essays of Elia.

Geo. FISHER.

Senior Civil Service Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1888.

THE following list of the successful candidates at the Senior Civil Service Examination, held last month, is published in accordance with section 11 of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886.”

Geo. FISHER.

SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

Adams, Charles Edward, Dunedin.
Bull, Stanley Arthur, Auckland.
Fache, George Cox, Clyde.
Gilfillan, Edward Birtchnell, Auckland.
Hansen, John Ernest, Thames.
La Trobe, William Sanderson, Auckland.
Laurie, Isabella Hardie, Thames.
Morrison, Alexander Findlay, Christchurch.
Murray, Annie, Thames.
Robertson, Arthur Ben, Auckland.
Robinson, George William Lawson, Auckland.
Rudman, Robert Edgar, Napier.
Schnackenberg, Edward Henry, Auckland.
Wernham, William John, Auckland.
Withy, Arthur, Auckland.

SENIOR EXAMINATION IN SHORTHAND.

Stringer, William Joseph, Christchurch.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1888.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful tenders are published for general information.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

AUCKLAND DEPARTMENTAL BUILDINGS CONTRACT.

Accepted.

C. M. Newson, Auckland .. .. 14,624 15 0
(Subject to reduction to £13,670 on account of alteration in design.)

Declined.

J. Heron, Auckland .. .. 14,771 4 8
A. Nelson and Co., Auckland .. .. 14,964 18 6
W. Blewden, Auckland .. .. 15,020 0 0
A. Todd, Auckland .. .. 15,131 13 3
Cleghorn and Ross, Auckland .. .. 15,152 14 10
A. Maguire, Auckland .. .. 15,173 2 11
Jeffrey Ellingham, Auckland .. .. 15,303 11 1½
H. J. Matthews, Auckland .. .. 15,484 0 0
T. Kay, Auckland .. .. 15,938 0 0
R. Farrell, Auckland .. .. 15,984 16 0
W. Philcox and Son, Auckland .. .. 16,246 0 0
C. Rhodes, Auckland .. .. 16,686 13 10
G. Heron and G. Rhodes, Auckland .. .. 16,727 0 0

REBUILDING GENERAL POST OFFICE, WELLINGTON.

Accepted.

R. H. Carmichael, Wellington .. .. 13,766 0 0

Declined.

Barry and McDowall, Wellington .. .. 14,110 5 0
M. Murdoch, Wellington .. .. 14,197 0 0
W. Stephens and Co., Christchurch .. .. 14,274 0 1
J. Goodfellow, Wellington .. .. 14,850 9 0
R. Meikle, Dunedin .. .. 15,310 0 0
Scoullar and Archibald, Wellington .. .. 15,761 9 0
R. Hyndman, Christchurch .. .. 16,466 0 0
J. Wilson, Wellington .. .. 16,706 0 0
J. Rose, Wellington .. .. 17,444 6 0
Thomson and McLean, Wellington .. .. 17,966 0 0
Peter Dey, Dunedin .. .. 18,600 0 0

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under “The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885,” as set forth in the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next seven years after the passing of this Act, without further appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,—

(1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be respectively ¼d. and ⅛d. 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.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and cured fish for export under regulations published on the same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from which the fish was exported.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Notice of hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1888.

NO. 2783.—JOSIAH MANN, of Wellington, New Zealand, Bricklayer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved chimney-pot, to be called “Mann’s Patent Chimney-pot A,” the invention being also applicable to ventilators.

No. 2784.—RALPH SNEYD SMITH, of Leinster Road, St. Albans, Canterbury, New Zealand, Mechanic, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for transmitting a telephonic message to a longer distance than has up to the present time been possible, to be called “Sneyd Smith’s Telephone Relay.”

No. 2785.—HENRY CHARLES YOUNG, of Wellington, New Zealand, Commission Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in self-feeding brands.

No. 2786.—THOMAS HAYCOCK, of Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand, Soap-boiler, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a foot- and pipe-protector for pipe-driven wells, to be called “Haycock’s Abyssinian Well Pipe-protector,”