May 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1071

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”
I, Richard Clement Kirk, Mayor of the Borough of Petone, solemnly and sincerely declare—
That all proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers to the proposal of the Petone Borough Council to raise a special loan of £2,000 for the purpose of making extensions to the borough gasworks have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”
R. CLEMENT KIRK.
Declared at Petone, this 3rd day of May, 1901, before me—R. Mothes, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Remuera Road Board, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Remuera Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”
C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

REMUERA ROAD DISTRICT.

PROPOSAL to raise a Loan of £15,000, upon which a Poll was taken on the 2nd day of May, 1901.

THE result of the poll of ratepayers, held on the 2nd day of May instant, on the proposal to raise the sum of £15,000 by way of loan for a water-supply in the above district having been ascertained, I hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for and against the proposal was as follows:—
For the proposal, 274; against the proposal, 83; informal, 14.
And I hereby declare that the resolution in favour of such proposal was carried.
W. J. PARKER,
Chairman, Remuera Road Board.
Dated at Remuera, this 3rd day of May, 1901.

Arbor Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1901.

WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of July next, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout New Zealand for the celebration of Arbor Day.
In order that the movement may be made as successful as possible, the Government hopes that the Mayors of the various municipalities, and Chairmen of local bodies, will place the matter prominently before the people of the colony, and do all they can to encourage the planting of public reserves and other available lands, both public and private, with trees suited to the locality.
J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Regulations for Admission to Forest Service Branch of the Royal Indian Engineering College.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1901.

THE following regulations of the Forest Service Branch of the Royal Indian Engineering College are published for general information.
W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

[Revised copy, to be substituted for that issued in September, 1900. (Special attention is invited to the changes in para. 4, para. 5(note), and paras. 6 to 8.)]

REGULATIONS FOR THE FOREST SERVICE BRANCH OF THE ROYAL INDIAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE, COOPER’S HILL, FOR 1901.

[The arrangements hereinafter described are subject to revision under the orders of the Secretary of State for India.]

1. The Royal Indian Engineering College is primarily maintained, under the orders of the Secretary of State for India in Council, in view to the education of candidates from this country for the service of Government in the Indian Public Works and Telegraph Departments, the Accounts Branch of the Public Works Department, the Traffic Branch of the Indian State Railways, and the Forest Department; but it is open, to the extent of the accommodation available, to other persons, being British subjects, desirous of following the course of study pursued in it.

2. Admission to the College is under the orders of the President, who will allot accommodation as may best secure the object for which the College is primarily maintained—namely, the training and recruitment of the European element in the departments mentioned in clause 1.

INDIA FOREST DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS.

3. The examination, which will be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners, will be simultaneous with, and (except that German must be taken as an obligatory subject, and that botany is added) in the same subjects and papers as, the examination for the Indian Police Department,* which is usually held in June.

Candidates may undergo the written part of their examination in London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, or at any of the provincial centres at which the simultaneous examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, is to be held. A list of the probable centres may be obtained from the Civil Service Commissioners at any time after January, 1901. The oral and practical parts of the examination will be held in London only.

A fee of £2 is required from candidates examined in London, but when the written examination is conducted elsewhere than in London the fee is £3. Candidates examined at a college or school will probably be required to pay a local fee in addition to the fee of £3 (in order to defray the expenses of superintendence), as to which they should obtain early information from the college or school authorities. The fee payable to the Civil Service Commissioners must be paid by means of stamps of the specified amount. Instructions on this point will be issued to candidates about ten days before the examination.

4. The number of candidates to be selected annually varies according to the requirements of the Forest Service in India; the figures as regards each particular year will be advertised from time to time. In 1901 there will be ten appointments offered for competition.

5. Candidates for the Indian Forest Department are selected under the following arrangements:—

(1.) An applicant must be a natural-born British subject, and must be above seventeen and under twenty years of age on the 1st June of the year in which he competes for an appointment. He must be unmarried, and if he marries before reaching India he will forfeit his appointment.

(2.) An applicant must send† to the Revenue Department of the India Office, on or before the 1st day of May of the year in which he proposes to compete,—

(a.) His name, parentage, and home address, a certificate or other satisfactory evidence of the date of his birth, and the written consent of parent or guardian that his name should be recorded as a candidate.

(b.) A statement of the places of education at which he may have been, accompanied by testimonials of good conduct, during the last four years.

(3.) Applicants will have to appear before a Medical Board‡ at the India Office, particular stress being laid upon good vision§ and hearing. A physical test will also be imposed, so as to insure the selection of persons of active habits and powers of endurance.

• Candidates may, if qualified, enter for both the Police and the Forest Department. They will, in such case, have to pay the fee due in respect of each examination.

† There is no form of application; the documents specified in paragraph 5, (2), clauses (a) and (b), should be enclosed in a covering letter addressed to the Secretary, Revenue Department, India Office, London.

‡ It is suggested that a candidate, before commencing any special course of study, should undergo a thorough medical examination. By such an examination any serious physical disqualification would probably be revealed, and the candidate might thus be spared the expense and waste of time involved in a course of preparation for a service for which he is physically unfit.

Candidates for the Forest Service may, if they wish it, undergo a preliminary examination by the Medical Board at the India Office, not more than two years before they are qualified to compete, under the following conditions:—

(a.) Applications must be addressed to the Under-Secretary of State, India Office, Whitehall, London, accompanied by a fee of two guineas and by a statement of the candidate’s age.

(b.) Candidates must pay their travelling expenses.

(c.) Candidates considered to be unfit by the Medical Board at this preliminary examination are not bound to accept its opinion, but may, at their own risk, continue their studies, with the knowledge that they will have to submit themselves for a final medical examination by the Medical Board, shortly before the literary examination at which they wish to compete.

(d.) On the other hand, it must be distinctly understood that the preliminary examination by the Medical Board is held solely for the candidate’s information, and that, if after that examination he is reported to be apparently fit, he has not on that account any claim to be accepted as physically fit when he presents himself for the final medical examination, upon which alone his acceptance or rejection will depend. Candidates may be considered fit for the Service at the preliminary examination, but may be found at the final examination to be unfit, either on account of some physical defect which did not exist or passed undetected at the preliminary examination, or for other reasons.

§ On the subject of the standard of eyesight required for the Indian services, a pamphlet can be obtained on application to the Secretary, Revenue and Statistics Department, India Office.