APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 663

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of
"The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894."

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken
out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in
the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to
administer the several intestate estates of the persons de-
ceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as
known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross
properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

John Teward, late of Brunnerton, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Westland, miner. Filed on the 16th day of April,
1896.

Isabella Cowan, late of Reefton, in the Provincial District
of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 18th day of April, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th April, 1896.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon.
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has directed
that the following corrections and alterations are to be made
in the list of decisions under the Tariff Acts, 1888 and 1895,
published in Gazette No. 23, of the 2nd April, 1896:—

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.

Artificial eyes, as n.o.e, free: Read “as surgical appliances,
free.”

Bookbinders’ laying-press, as woodenware: For “15 per
cent.” read “20 per cent.”

Brackets, &c., fittings for electric light: For “as electric
appliances, 10 per cent.,” read “as hardware, 20 per cent.”

Cocaine tabloids: For “Burroughes and Welcome’s” read
“Burroughes and Welcome.”

Cyanide priming, as chemicals n.o.e.: For “free,” read
“20 per cent.”

Drapery n.o.e. (Note.—Table-covers, toilet-covers, toilet-
sets, tea-sets, table napkins and cloths to be 20 per cent.
only if unhemmed.)

*Driving-gear for sheep-shearing machinery: As machinery
n.o.e., 20 per cent.

*Electrical apparatus for surgeons’ use: As surgical instru-
ments and appliances, free.

*Electric batteries and magneto-electric machines n.o.e.: As
druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.

Glass stoppers: Insert words “for sauce bottles” after the
word “rings.”

“Goodall’s quinine wine, as wine o.k., 6s. per gallon,” to be
deleted.

Handles, china, free: Insert words “for perambulators, free,
as a. & m.s.”

*Indiarubber tubing of all kinds: As n.o.e., free.

“Lathes for metalwork” should read, “Lathes for metal-
work other than engineers’ machine-lathes with automatic
feed, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.”

Metallic tape-lines: Insert words “other than surveyors’.”

Photo-grained cards, &c.: Delete word “not.”

Planet, jun., implements on wheels: Insert “n.o.e.” after
“wheels.”

*Ruling-machine: As machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.

*Saw mandrel: As machinery for saw-milling, 5 per cent.

*Seed-germinators: As n.o.e., free.

Soap (Brooke’s), as plate-polish: For “15 per cent.” read
“20 per cent.”

*Syringes, hypodermic: As surgical instruments, free.

Twine-balling machine: As machinery for twine-making,
5 per cent.

Uniforms for fire brigades: Insert “if factory-made.”

*Vanilline crystals: As a. & m.s., free.

*Waterproof dressing: As paint mixed ready for use, 5s.
per cwt.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 542.]

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, 1893, and in the supple-
mentary 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, 1893. The questions will, however, be more difficult
than those set for the standard examinations. The exami-
ation will be held at convenient centres on the 21st and
22nd December, 1896.

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, 24th March, 1896.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of March, 1896. Altitude above the sea,
140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Generally fine up to 13th, with occasional showers
and fresh N.W. wind; from 12th to 20th showers and strong
N.W. winds; from 23rd to 27th heavy rain, wind S.E., the
maximum rainfall recorded on 25th, 2·90in.; thunder on
26th and 31st; fog on 26th, 27th, and 31st; altogether an
unpleasant month. Maximum temperature in shade, 75°;
minimum, 42°. Mean temperature of dew-point, 52°·2.
Mean humidity, 74.

R. B. GORE, Observer.