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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50.

divided, but in no case shall more than £250 be paid for salt
manufactured in the North Island and £250 for salt manu-
factured in the South Island.

5. The salt in respect of which any bonus is claimed and
   the material used in its manufacture will be examined by
   the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that the salt is of
   genuine New Zealand production, and that sales have been
   made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Pig-iron from Ironsand
or Iron-ore.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will
be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of pig-
iron of marketable quality manufactured in the colony
after this date from magnetic or titaniferous ironsand or
iron-ore, all material, fuel, and fluxes being the produce
of New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to
say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March,

3. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as
   each lot of 50 tons of iron is manufactured, on the certifi-
   cate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the
   iron is of good marketable quality.

4. In the event of more than one person manufacturing
   the required quality of pig-iron before the date named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when,
   if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a
   bonus, the amount will be divided; but in no case shall the
   total amount of money paid by way of bonus exceed £500.

5. The iron in respect of which any bonus is claimed and
   the ironsand or ore from which it is manufactured will be
   examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof
   that not only the ore, but that the lime, coal, and any other
   material used in the manufacture, is of genuine New Zealand
   production, and that sales of pig-iron have been made at
   fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

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 litera-
ture 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.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1892.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road
Boards have been received at this office, and are
published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road
Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Otonga Road District, County of Whangarei :
Alexander G. McKenzie.
Alexander McKenzie.
John McInnes.
James Walter Kerr, jun.
Morgan Yorath Morgan.

Maungakaramea Road District, County of Whangarei :
L. P. Adams.
James Walker.

Waitotara-Momohaki Road District, County of Patea :
James Kennedy.

No. 9 (Omata) Road District, County of Taranaki :
William Bishop.
Alfred George.
Thomas Hart.
William Loveridge.

Waitara West Road District, County of Taranaki :
Charles T. Hall.
A. V. Harrison.
Thomas Langman.
James Lindsay.
Thomas Western.

Pelorus Road District, County of Marlborough :
Thomas Cawte.
James Davies.
John Kearns Hart.
James Hughes, sen.
Joseph Levien.
Henry Marsh Reader.

Examination of Mine Managers and Engine-drivers.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th May, 1892.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First-
and Second-class Mine Managers and Engine-drivers
under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and “The Coal-mines Act,
1891,” will be held on the 9th August, 1892, and three fol-
lowing days, at places to be hereafter named. All applica-
tions, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be
addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners
under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and
must be received before the 8th July, or they will not be
dealt with until the February examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

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 regu-
lations 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, how-
ever, be more difficult than those given at the standard
examinations. The examination will be held at convenient
centres on the 19th and 20th December, 1892.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
selves 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 insti-
tutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secre-
tary for Education.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 31st May, 1892.

Tenders for Sawn Birch-planking for New Zealand
Government Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 20th June, 1892.

THE following tender for the supply and delivery of sawn
birch-planking has been accepted, and is published
for general information.

By order of the Commissioners.

E. G. PILCHER,
Secretary.