On completion of the tests the committee shall furnish a report to the Minister on all the machines or processes which they have examined or tested, and shall state,--

1.) The machine or process which they consider on the whole the most efficient and economic.

(2.) Whether they consider that any machine or process tested so materially reduces the cost of production, or improves the product, as to be worthy of the whole bonus or of a part only.

(3.) Whether, in the event of no one machine or process being entitled to the whole bonus, they deem any machine or process worthy of a part of the bonus, and, if so, how much.

BONUS No. 2.

A bonus of £250 is offered for a process of utilising the waste products of the hemp.

The first three conditions of Bonus No. 1 to apply to this also.

The committee shall supply a sufficient and equal quantity of the waste products to each process as a test.

On completion of the tests the committee shall report to the Minister, and shall give the following particulars of each process: (a.) The nature of the article made. (b.) The quantity produced, and the cost of production. (c.) The value of the product. (d.) Whether any of the processes are of sufficient importance to warrant the Minister in giving (1) the whole, or (2) any part, of the bonus; (3) if a part only, how much.

JOHN McKENZIE.

Minister of Agriculture.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,

Wellington, 21st September, 1893.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1895, the period of literature will be the latter end of the eighteenth century, and the special books will be Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar" and Thackeray's "Esmond."

W. P. REEVES,

Minister of Education.

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

TWO scholarships, of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. These 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. Candidates for these scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1893. The questions will, however, be more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 17th and 18th December, 1894.

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, 1st June, 1894.

Amended Notice of Road Board Election.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 3rd July, 1894.

THE following notice of election of members of a Road Board has been received at this office, and is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

HUGH POLLEN,

Under-Secretary.

East Tamaki Road Board, County of Manukau :

John Ferguson.

Richard Henry Hatley.

William Thomson.

John White.

[The above notice is in substitution of notice of election of members of Tamaki Road Board, County of Eden, published in Gazette of the 17th May, 1894.]

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Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,

Wellington, 4th July, 1894.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:--

NOTE.--"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other kinds" as o.k.; "articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony" as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

Articles, and how classed. Rate of Duty.

Bird-lime ; as n.o.e. Free.

Block-juice (liquorice) ; as liquorice 15 per cent.

Electric hand-lamps ; as lamps 15 per cent.

Frillings of silk, or containing silk ; as silk, &c. 25 per cent.

Gas incandescent burners, called gas-lamps ; as hardware 20 per cent.

Globes and chimneys for incandescent gas-lamps ; as globes and chimneys for lamps. 15 per cent.

Glass, for opticians' use, in strips, and not exceeding 1½in. in width ; as a. & m.s. Free.

Italian cloth, fancy check ; as textile piece-goods n.o.e 20 per cent.

Machine for liquefying carbonic-acid gas ; as machinery n.o.e. 20 per cent.

Osmephon, a deodoriser ; as n.o.e. Free.

Preservative liquid, Bush's ; as n.o.e. Free.

Preserving-liquid, for eggs ; as n.o.e. Free.

Test-glass, for milk-testing ; as glassware 15 per cent.

Royal Yeast in cakes ; as baking-powder 15 per cent.

W. T. GLASGOW,

Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner's Order No. 487.]

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government 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 Government Railways, to come into force on and after the 9th day of July, 1894:--

PART IV.--GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Coke, from Auckland to Onehunga, will be charged 3s. per ton.

WELLINGTON SECTION.

Class K.--Timber.

Timber, other than white pine, for export to places outside the Colony of New Zealand, and rimu for export, consigned direct to the ship, will be charged 2s. 4d. per 100 superficial feet, for distances over ninety miles and not over one hundred miles.

GREYMOUTH-HOKITIKA SECTION.

Hides, sheep-skins (in bundles not exceeding 1cwt.), and tallow, from Hokitika to Greymouth, will be charged 8s. 6d. per ton.

Timber, consigned to Greymouth from the Hokitika line, will be charged as follows, per 100 superficial feet:--

From one to seven miles 0 8

Over seven miles and not over eleven miles 0 10

Over eleven miles and not over fifteen miles 1 0

Over fifteen miles and not over eighteen miles 1 1

Over eighteen miles and not over twenty-two miles 1 3

These rates include all charges on timber for export. Where the classified rates for timber for local use at Greymouth are less than these rates, the classified rates will be charged.

PART V.--CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Semolina, packed. Owners' risk Class E.

Sheep-feeding boxes, minimum charge as for 10cwt. Owners' risk Class C.

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

JAMES McKERROW, T. RONAYNE, JOHN L. SCOTT, Railway Commissioners.