Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2193

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 1st October, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

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.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 695.]

Notice under “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the Regulations made by virtue thereof.

Wellington, 29th September, 1902.

I HEREBY notify that, a vacancy having occurred on the Victoria College Council by the absence from the colony for more than six months of Mr. J. P. Firth, a Graduates’ Representative, an election by the electors on the Graduates’ Roll has been held, and Mr. Alfred Richardson Meek, M.A., LL.B., of Wellington, has been duly elected to fill such vacancy.

CHAS. P. POWLES,
Returning Officer.

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 other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s 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 15th and 16th of December, 1902.

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 so as to reach the Department not later than the 17th of November, 1902.

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, 26th September, 1902.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th September, 1902.

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 27th January, 1903, 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 16th 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, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Canterbury Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st October, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, surrenders of the leases of the undermentioned Crown lands having been accepted by the Canterbury Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run, Marlborough Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 30th September, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at this office, on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1902, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”