2084

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1905.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

STRATFORD - WANGAMOMONA RAILWAY, HUIROA SECTION.
ERECTION OF TWO PLATELAYERS' COTTAGES.

Accepted.
Boon Bros., New Plymouth ... ... ... £ s. d. 522 11 7

Declined.
Boon, W., Stratford. ... ... ... 542 0 0
Burrell, A. B., Hawera ... ... ... 597 0 0
King, N. J., Stratford ... ... ... 620 0 0
Robertson and Cave, Kaponga ... ... ... 640 0 0
Blackhall, T. N., Eltham ... ... ... 653 10 0
Irvine and Henry, Stratford... ... ... 696 0 0

Petition for the Constitution of Proposed Borough of Johnsonville, County of Hutt, refused.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th August, 1905.

His Excellency the Governor having considered the
petition presented to him praying that a certain
area described therein might be constituted a borough
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900," to be called
the Borough of Johnsonville, and having also considered
the objections to and counter-petitions against the constitution of the said borough, has decided not to accede to the
prayer of the said first-mentioned petition, and accordingly
directs the publication in the Gazette of a notification of that
fact, as provided by subsection (5) of section 175 of the said
Act.

J. G. WARD.

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1905.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1905.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year
of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII., and intituled "The Marriage Act, 1904," the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act
are published for general information:

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Robert McNaughtan.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Hugh Tucker Morrison.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

No. 79

Appointment of Agent for Public Trustee at Waipawa.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1905.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
MARTIN MURRAY, Esq.,
has been appointed Agent for the Public Trustee, at Waipawa, as from 1st September, 1905, vice Samuel Johnson,
deceased.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1905.

THE Loyal Te Awamutu Lodge, No. 7888, situated at
Te Awamutu, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester
Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society,
under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 29th day of
August, 1905.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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.