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has or hereafter may have power by law to grant such degrees shall be examined in law only.

15. The examination in general knowledge for candidates for admission as solicitors shall be the matriculation examination of the New Zealand University, Latin being a compulsory subject.

NOTE.—The fee payable under this regulation is two guineas.

16. The examination in law for candidates for admission as solicitors shall be the law subjects prescribed for the degree of Bachelor of Laws of the New Zealand University, omitting jurisprudence, constitutional history, Roman law, international law, and conflict of laws.

17. The age of all candidates for admission must appear on affidavit.

18. A barrister or advocate previously admitted elsewhere must produce to the Judge of the district to whom he applies for admission, his admission, or some certificate or other document, duly verified, proving his admission, and make an affidavit that he is the person named therein, and was admitted as therein stated.

19. Every candidate for admission as a barrister or solicitor who claims to be entitled, as a graduate of some university, to be admitted after an examination in law only, shall produce his diploma, or some duly authenticated certificate or other documentary evidence of his having taken a degree, with an affidavit verifying the same, and proving his identity with the person mentioned in such document.

20. Every candidate for admission as a solicitor who claims to be entitled to be admitted on the ground of some previous admission elsewhere must produce documentary evidence of such admission purporting to emanate from proper authority, and an affidavit verifying the same, and proving his identity with the person named therein.

21. Every candidate, before being admitted, shall produce evidence of his good character, to the satisfaction of the Judge to whom he applies for admission.

22. No fee paid for any examination or section thereof which the candidate may fail to pass shall be available for any subsequent examination or section thereof, excepting as provided under Section II. of the University Statute of Fees.

23. Candidates for admission as barristers or solicitors who may have taken the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the University of New Zealand since 1st June, 1890, shall not be required to pass any further examination.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.—Extension of Time.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1900.

THE time for notifying intention to claim the under-mentioned bonus, and for making such claim, has been extended as follows:—

Notice of intention to claim the bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1900.

The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1901.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Colony of New Zealand, the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a price not exceeding 1s. a gallon at any port of shipment in the colony.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1899.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1900.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions—as to quantity, priority, quality, and value—to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

J. CARROLL.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds-weight (100,000 lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1904.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates 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 in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb. of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

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.

SEED WHEATS.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1900.

THE following Seed Wheats from recently imported seed are available for sale to farmers at 4s. per bushel (bags extra 6d.), f.o.b. train, Waihao Downs, South Island, or Waverley, North Island.

Orders will be received by the Inspector of Stock, Auckland, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, or the Department of Agriculture, Wellington.

The following classification is according to South Island results:—

AUTUMN WHEAT.

Allora Spring, Bearded Herrison, Fultz, Improved Fyfe, Sicilian Square Head, Blountz Lambrig, White Velvet, Pearl Velvet, Tardent’s Blue, Darblay’s Hungarian, Hedgerow, Rattling Jack, Australian Talavera.

WINTER OR EARLY SPRING.

Talavera de Bellevue, Medeah, Marshall’s White Chaff, Anglo-Australian, Red Clawson, White Essex, Hudson’s Early Purple Straw, Algerian, Red Straw, Marshall’s No. 3.

SPRING WHEAT.

Zealand or Berthoud, Marshall’s No. 8, White Tuscan, Beardless Quartzlee, Bearded Quartzlee, Early Baart, Early Para, Budd’s Early, Golden Drop, Poland, Tall Neapolitan, Steer’s Early Purple Straw, Steinwedel, White Lammas, White Naples, Farmer’s Friend, King’s Jubilee.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary.

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. van Asch.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The best age for entrance is between six and seven.

The full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

Parents having dumb children between the ages of four and seven, and other persons desiring information with regard to the school, are invited to apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.