1796
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Insert—

Bluff and Invercargill.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from s. d.
Bluff to Invercargill, not to private sidings .. .. .. 7 8 per ton.
Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Bluff to Invercargill, to private sidings 6 6 "
Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Invercargill to Bluff .. .. 6 6 "

Ships’ goods will be charged according to bill of lading, or by weight or measurement, at option of Department, provided that the charges shall not be computed on more than twice the actual weight of any package. Other goods by weight or measurement, as the Department directs.

As witness my hand, this twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Examination in Drawing.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that any pupil-teacher, or any student of a technical school, or any other person, may be examined in drawing only either at the Civil Service Junior Examination or at the Teachers’ Certificate Examination. Candidates may offer for examination any one or more of the six branches of drawing prescribed for the Civil Service Junior Examination or for the Teachers’ Certificate Examination. The fee for examination is 2s. 6d. for each branch of drawing so offered. Passing in any branch of drawing will exempt the candidate from further examination in the same branch for a teacher’s certificate. Application to be examined must be made on the form provided, must be accompanied by a bank receipt for the amount of the fee, and must reach the office of the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, not later than the 30th September. Forms may be obtained from the office of any Education Board, or from the office of the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington.

[The Civil Service Junior Examination is held during the second and third weeks of December, and the Teachers’ Certificate Examination is held early in January. More precise notification of the date will be sent to each candidate after receipt of his application to be examined.]

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th July, 1905.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Raupo Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Raupo Drainage District, County of Otamatea :
Hector Andrew Torr.
John Lewis Edson.
George Leonard Bradley.
Joseph Ovens.
John Henry Leighton.

Junior National Scholarships.—Date of Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the next examination for Junior National Scholarships and for free places in secondary and technical schools will be held on Tuesday, 12th, and Wednesday, 13th December, 1905.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st July, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th July, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the under- mentioned small grazing-run having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—ARGYLL SETTLEMENT.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th July, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of August, 1905, for the terms and at the upset annual rentals stated, under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.

Run 494 : Area, 21,300 acres ; term, 21 years ; upset annual rental, £88 15s. ; valuation for improvements, £40. Situated about one mile from the Town of Lawrence.

Run 51c : Area, 1,400 acres ; term, 14 years ; upset annual rental, £25 ; valuation for improvements, £64 12s. Situated about three miles south of Waipori Township.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.