Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2031

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.

Temporary Reduction in the Qualifying Minimum of Marks to be obtained by a Candidate for Appointment to Commission in the Imperial Army.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1905.

THE following despatch, from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Downing Street, 6th July, 1905.

MY LORD,—With reference to my despatch, “General,” of the 7th of September last respecting the new scheme for the grant of Commissions in the Imperial Regular Forces, I have the honour to state for the information of your Ministers that the Army Council has intimated that they have decided that, as a temporary measure only, the qualifying minimum of marks which an officer of the Colonial Local Military Forces, or a student at a chartered university in the colonies, who is nominated for appointment to a Commission in the Imperial Army, shall be required to obtain at his examination in Military Subjects, shall be reduced from ·4 in each subject and ·6 in the aggregate, to ·4 in each subject and ·5 in the aggregate.

I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedient
Humble Servant,
(Sd.) ALFRED LYTTELTON.

Governor
The Right Honourable
Lord Plunket, K.C.V.O.,
&c., &c., &c.

[D. 1905/2265.]

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.

Drawing at Junior National Scholarship Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that at the Junior National Scholarship Examination to be held on the 12th and 13th December, 1905, the exercises in freehand drawing may include drawing from actual objects, or from a representation of some natural or conventional form with simple outlines. (Public-school Syllabus, clause 44.)

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Teachers’ Certificates.—Examination in Handwork.

NOTICE is hereby given that examinations in subjects (1), (2), and (3) of handwork under clause 36 of the Regulations for the Examination and Classification of Teachers will be held at various times and places.* Candidates that enter for examination in any of these three subjects at the teachers’ examination of January, 1906, will be given the option of attending for examination in such subjects at the first opportunity that occurs after the receipt of their applications to be examined. An application to be examined in handwork only may be sent to the Inspector-General of Schools at any time, and must be accompanied with a bank receipt for the amount of the fee, which is 2s. 6d. for each branch of handwork. Candidates that wish to be examined in handwork before Christmas are recommended to apply early.

N.B.—Applications for admission to the teachers’ certificate examinations of January, 1906, must reach the office of the Inspector-General of Schools by the 30th September, or, with a bank receipt for a late-fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, by the 15th October.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

• Examinations in these subjects will be held at many places, chiefly in the North Island, before the end of the current year.

Assistant Inspector-General of Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1905.

APPLICATIONS are invited from candidates for the post of Assistant Inspector-General of Schools. Applicants should be University graduates who have had experience in primary and secondary school work and in the conduct of public examinations. Applications, accompanied by a statement of age, training, and experience, and by two or three recent testimonials, should be addressed to the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, and should reach him not later than Friday, the 8th September, 1905.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1905.

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. 783.

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