Sept. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1329

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, 1893.

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

3. 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.

4. 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, 15th September, 1892.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1894, the period of literature will be the reign of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Henry V. and Lamb’s Essays of Elia.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—DAVID E. DAVIS, Esquire, of Melbourne Chambers, Chancery Lane, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the Colony of Victoria, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of September, 1892.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—RICHARD ROBINSON, Esquire, of Geelong, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been appointed this day, by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the Colony of Victoria, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of September, 1892.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar.

Money-order and Savings-bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money-order and Savings-bank Office will be opened at Oxford North (Chief Office), Auckland, from the 8th proximo.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1892.

THE Star of Featherston Tent, No. 53, situated at Featherston, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 27th day of September, 1892.

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 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 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, 31st May, 1892.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Castlepoint Harbour Reserve and Landing-shed thereon.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that tenders will be received at this office for the lease of the under-mentioned section, together with the landing-shed thereon.

Tenders will close at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, the 17th October, 1892.

The term of the lease will be five years. No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessee.

A plan and conditions of lease can be seen at the Post-office, Castlepoint, and also at this office, where full particulars can be obtained.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION No. 852, Block X., Castlepoint District; area, 68 acres.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Land at Pungarehu.

District Land and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd August, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land at Pungarehu will be offered for sale, by public auction, for cash, at this office, at noon, on Saturday, the 15th October, 1892:—

CAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block XII., Section No. 112, containing 1 acre 3 roods; upset price, £25. Weighted with improvements, value £1,000.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained on inquiry at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.