Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1873

Notice to Mariners, No. 36 of 1899.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 1899.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—INVESTIGATOR STRAIT.—MARION REEF AND TROUBRIDGE LIGHTHOUSE.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1898, notice is hereby given that, weather permitting, on the 15th instant, a black can buoy, surmounted with staff and cylinder, in lieu of the black tripod beacon mentioned in the original notice, will be placed on the south edge of the Marion Reef, two and a half miles south of the Troubridge Lighthouse.

A red light, visible five miles, will, on the 15th instant, be exhibited from the lighthouse platform, showing over the Marion Reef between the bearings N. 45° E. and N. 45° W.

This refers to Admiralty Chart No. 2389A and 2152.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
2nd September, 1899.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, situated at Anatoke, containing 50 acres, more or less, being the northern moiety of Part 1 of Section No. 135 on the plan of the District of Massacre Bay, in the Provincial District of Nelson. The last registered owner is John Louis Richards, described as of Suburban North, farmer, who cannot be traced. The land is in the occupation of William Dodson, of Takaka. The land adjoins Mr. Dodson’s.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony :

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 2nd day of October, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1899.

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 deceased 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.

Francis Charles, late of Addington, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, machinist. Filed on the 13th day of September, 1899.

Charlton Rowell, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, carpenter. Filed on the 27th day of September, 1899.

Robert Todd, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 27th day of September, 1899.

Annie Bowler, late of Ponsonby, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed on the 28th day of September, 1899.

James Scott, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, cook. Filed on the 28th day of September, 1899.

George Burrows, late of Sunnyside Asylum, in the Provincial District of Canterbury. Filed on the 28th day of September, 1899.

John Mitchell, late of Te Mata, Raglan, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 28th day of September, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 31.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1899.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The Reverend John Richards.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1899.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 30th January, 1900, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, 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 30th December, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames, Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines, Westport and Dunedin.

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 Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than 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 other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to 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, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 18th and 19th December, 1899.

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 of 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, Wellington.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 5th September, 1899.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th July, 1899.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1901, the period of literature will be from 1800 to 1850, and the special books will be Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus” and Milton’s “Samson Agonistes.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.