Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1073

Special Order made by Manganui Road Board, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER passed by the Manganui Road Board at a Special Meeting held for that purpose on the 15th September, 1891.

THAT, to secure the repayment of a loan of £1,200, raised under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of forming and metalling the Salisbury Road, a special rate of 2 5/16d. in the pound be struck over the Salisbury Road Special Rating District, to be composed of the following sections: Sections 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Block XIII.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, Block XIV.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, Block X.; Section 19, Block IX., Huiroa Survey District. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, or for as long as the loan shall remain unpaid, and will be payable in two half-yearly instalments on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each year.

I hereby certify that the above-mentioned special order was duly passed by the Manganui Road Board, at its meeting held on the 15th day of September, 1891, as required by section 75 of "The Road Boards Act, 1882," and now forward copy of the same, as required by section 76.

CHARLES V. STEAD,
Midhirst, 18th September, 1891. Clerk.

Special Order made by Norsewood Road Board, County of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT "The Local Bodies Loans Act, 1886," and "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and amendments thereto, be adopted within portion of the Norsewood Road Board District, namely, within Sections 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46, Block X., and Section I., Block V., Teohu, Norsewood Survey District.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made by the Norsewood Road Board, in conformity with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

O. O. NORDBYE,
19th September, 1891. Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Fitzherbert Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1891.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Fitzherbert Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

FITZHERBERT ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of a poll taken at Mr. Robert Southee's, on the 10th September, 1891, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £800, under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," to construct a road to be called the Kahuterawa Road, Fitzherbert—(1) from its junction with the present formed portion of the Kahuterawa Road at Section 318, £760; (2) from Section 327 on branch running south-east, £40.

Number of ratepayers on special roll 19, representing 19 votes; 14 ratepayers, representing 14 votes, voted in favour of, and 5 ratepayers, representing 5 votes, against, the proposal; I therefore declare the same to be carried.

J. RANDAL FORSTER-PRATT,
Chairman.

Palmerston North, 14th September, 1891.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macaulay's Essays on Bacon and Walpole.

W. P. REEVES.
Minister of Education.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come into force on and after the 5th day of October, 1891:—

PART VI.—WHARVES.

NELSON SECTION.

Nelson Wharf.—Rates, excluding Labour. s. d.
Bricks, per 1,000 .. .. .. .. .. 1 6

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, in the presence of

JAMES MCKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,

Railway Commissioners.

Officiating Ministers for 1891.—Notice No. 24.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1891.

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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Algernon Gifford.

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

"Friendly Societies Act, 1882."—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," by writing under his hand dated this 28th day of September, 1891, cancelled the registry of the Southern Star Lodge, Register No. 237(2), held at Wellington, and the Thorndon Lodge, Register No. 237(3), held at Wellington, branches of the Wellington District of the British United Order of Odd Fellows, on the ground that the said branches have ceased to exist.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maoris under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, and are open to all Maoris under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, who have not been pupils at Te Aute or St. Stephen's, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory. The senior scholarship is offered for competition among Maori boys, 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 that have been sent out to all teachers. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1886. The questions set will, however, be more difficult than those given at the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 21st and 22nd December, 1891.

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 for Education.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 17th August, 1891.