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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Class II.
Any two subjects may be taken up.

Higher Mathematics.—In all the following subjects great importance will be attached to accuracy in numerical results.
Further questions and problems on the subjects of the examination in Mathematics, Class I.
And, in addition:—
Statics: The equilibrium of forces acting in one plane and of parallel forces, the centre of gravity, the mechanical powers, and friction. (The graphical or geometrical method of treating such problems should be studied, as well as the analytical. No application of the differential calculus to statics will be required.)
Dynamics: Uniform, uniformly accelerated, and uniform circular motion, falling bodies and projectiles in vacuo, collisions, and work. (Analytical methods of solution, but not the use of the differential calculus, will be involved.)
Analytical geometry: Problems on straight line and circle.
Conic sections: Elementary properties, with easy problems both on the analytical and geometrical methods.

French.—The passages for translation will be taken mainly from standard authors, and in other respects the examination will proceed on the same lines as in German.

Latin.—Passages selected from the authors usually read in schools will be set for translation into English. Passages from English authors will be given for translation into Latin prose and verse, but candidates will be allowed, in the place of verse composition, to answer questions of a simple character, which will test whether they possess a fundamental knowledge of the grammar of the language, and such an elementary acquaintance with Roman history as is required for the intelligent study of the books they have read.

Greek.—Passages will be set for translation into English from the authors usually read in schools, and in other respects the examination will proceed on the same lines as in Latin.

English History.—The general paper in this subject will test whether the candidates are accurately acquainted with the facts of English history, and also possess an intelligent knowledge of the meaning of the facts. The paper on the fixed period will, of course, require from the candidates more minute knowledge than the general paper.

Botany, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Geography, and Geology.—The standard of examination in these subjects will be such as may be reasonably expected from the education given at schools possessing appliances for practical instruction, such as a laboratory, &c. A considerable portion of the marks will be allotted for the proficiency shown in the practical part of the examination.
Chemistry will be limited to elements of inorganic chemistry.
Physics will include elementary properties of electricity, magnetism, heat, light, and sound.
Geology, chiefly economic, including the recognition of the more familiar minerals and rocks, and their properties and uses.

Class III.
Both subjects may be taken up.

Drawing, freehand; Drawing, geometrical.

General.

Handwriting.—In estimating the papers of candidates, a limited number of marks—namely, 100 out of the maximum allotted to each subject—is assigned for handwriting.
[Defence, 96/2242.]

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

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, Richard John Seddon, acting for the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 11th day of January, 1897:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

APPRENTICES’ AND PUPIL-TEACHERS’ SEASON TICKETS.
24. Season tickets at half the rate of ordinary season tickets will be issued to apprentices and pupil-teachers whose age does not exceed twenty-one years upon production of certificates in the following form from their masters or employers that the applicants are actually serving as apprentices or pupil-teachers, and that their age is within the prescribed limit:—

“I hereby certify that A B is a bonâ fide apprentice [or pupil-teacher] employed in __, and that __ present age is __ years __ months.”

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.
(5.) Class F.—Hay, Turnips, Firewood, etc.
Broken glass, loose, will be charged as Class Q if cheaper than Class F. The minimum quantity of such goods to be charged as Class Q will be 4 tons; any less quantity will be charged as such minimum.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.
WELLINGTON SECTION.
Coal hauled from the Railway Wharf at Wellington to the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company’s station at Wellington in the company’s own wagons will be charged 8d. per ton.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
Class H.—Wool, &c.
When goods of Class H are consigned to Dunedin the classified or local rates will be increased by 5½d. per bale. Such increase will not be made when goods are consigned to private sidings, or to the Railway Wharf for shipment.
Class H, undumped, consigned direct to Port Chalmers or Dunedin, will be charged at the following through rates per bale for conveyance by steamer and rail from the places named—steamer to place in trucks at Balclutha Jetty:—

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVESTOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.
Glass, broken, loose, in truck loads. Owners’ risk. Class F.

As witness my hand, this sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

R. J. SEDDON,
Acting for Minister for Railways.

Bonus for Production of Mineral Manure.—Notice No. 454.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th July, 1896.

A BONUS of £200 is hereby offered for the discovery and working within the colony of a deposit or deposits of marketable mineral manure.

The following are the conditions under which the bonus is offered and will be paid:—

1. That the raw material be easily accessible, and within reasonable distance of a road or railway.
2. That the person appointed by the Minister for Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is sufficient to meet all ordinary demands for five years.
3. That at least 200 tons of such manure have been disposed of at a price which will allow of its being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes, and that a further supply can be placed on the market at the same price.
4. That, if the deposit be mineral coprolites, it shall contain by analysis at least 20 per cent. of phosphoric acid.
5. That, if the deposit be mineral apatites, it shall contain by analysis at least 25 per cent. of phosphoric acid.

Applications addressed to “The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington,” will be received up to and including the 1st day of August, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phormium tenax) Industry.—Notice No. 430.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st November, 1895.

Bonus No. 1.

A BONUS of £1,750 is offered for a machine or process for dressing New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax) which shall be an improvement on the machines or processes now in use, and which shall, after trial, be found to materially reduce the cost of production, improve the product, or increase the quantity of dressed fibre.