Sept. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1037

Special Order made by Eketahuna Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1888.

THE following special order, made by the Eketahuna Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

Geo. FISHER,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT to provide for the payment of interest and other annual charges on a loan of £3,000 for bridges, road formation, metalling, culverts, and stumping and clearing in the Parkville Special-settlement Block, a special rate of sixpence and one-ninth of a penny in the pound be levied on all the rateable properties in the Parkville Special-settlement Block, including town, suburban, and rural lands; such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, payable in two instalments on the 1st day of August and the 1st day of February in each year.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Eketahuna Road Board.
W. BAYLISS,
Clerk to the Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1888.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Horowhenua County Council, is published in accordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

Geo. FISHER,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

RESULT OF POLL.

I HEREBY give notice that the result of the poll on the proposal to borrow £3,000 from the Colonial Treasurer for the purpose of constructing the main county road through the Otaki Riding of the above county is as follows:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 122; votes exercisable, 139. Ratepayers who voted, 81; votes exercised in favour of loan, 90; ratepayers who voted against, nil.
As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half the number of votes that can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

W. H. SIMCOX,
Chairman, Horowhenua County Council.
Horowhenua County Council Office,
Otaki, 24th September, 1888.

Notice under "The Justices of the Peace Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886."

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th September, 1888.

IT is hereby notified that
MARTIN LIGHTBAND, Esq.,
of Nelson, has, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of "The Justices of the Peace Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886," ceased to be a Justice of the Peace from this date.

Geo. FISHER,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Members of Town District Boards elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1888.

NOTICE has been received at this office that the under-mentioned persons have been elected Members of the Town Boards for the following districts:—

Inglewood Town District, County of Taranaki:
Thomas Drake, jun.
William Henry Franklyn.
George Sutton Kennedy.
Henry William Marsh.
Joseph Clark Peach.

Stratford Town District, County of Taranaki:
Thomas Penn.
George Curtis.
Charles Curtis.
William Tocker.
Joseph Mulree.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Reward of £10,000 offered for the Discovery of New Gold fields.—Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

REWARDS of £10,000 are offered for the discovery of new goldfields, upon the amended conditions set forth hereunder.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these conditions is £5,000 for the North Island, and £5,000 for the Middle Island.

2. The newly-discovered goldfield must be situated not less than forty miles from any existing goldfield or any existing workings.

3. No reward shall be payable until 50,000 ounces of gold have been produced from the newly-discovered goldfield within three years from the date of its being registered.

4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being desirous of obtaining the reward, shall immediately forward a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an application for reward.

5. No prospecting will be allowed upon Native land without a prospecting license authorising the person therein named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect, in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of "The Mining Act, 1886," inclusive.
   No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be made upon Native land without the consent of the Native owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

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.

Examinations for Teachers' Certificates and for the Civil Service.

Education Department,
Wellington, 5th September, 1888.

CANDIDATES are reminded that their notices are due on the 31st day of October. Forms of notice can be obtained on application to the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Education Board.

WM. JAS. HABENS,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships is open to all Maoris that have attended a Native school during the previous year, and are under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, and that have attended a Native village school for the previous twelve months. These scholarships 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, 1886, and in the supplementary regulations sent out to all teachers in May of the current year. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 17th and 18th December, 1888.

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, 15th August, 1888.