Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2287

In addition to the written examination there will be an oral examination in each of the subjects marked thus †, and a practical examination in each of the subjects marked thus ‡. For the practical examination in chemistry candidates may bring any standard books on analysis, and, for the practical examination in botany, any standard flora. All books brought must be submitted to the presiding examiner for his approval. No written notes of any kind will be allowed.

The oral examinations in modern languages being intended as colloquial tests, no marks will be given at them to candidates who are not able to converse.

Any candidate who wishes to decline the oral examination or the practical examination in any of the subjects selected by him should state this in the blank space below.

To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission,
London, W.

N.B.—Attention is drawn to the annexed form, which must be filled up by every candidate.

[Extract from clause 4 of the regulations.]

“Candidates are at liberty to name any of these branches of knowledge, with the proviso that the maximum number of marks that can be obtained from the subjects chosen is limited to 6,000. If this maximum is exceeded by a candidate’s selection he will be required to indicate one of his subjects the marks for which should in his case be reduced so as to bring his maximum marks within the prescribed limit. The marks so reduced will be subject to a correspondingly reduced deduction under clause 6.”

NOTE.

If open competitive examinations for the following services—viz., Eastern cadetships in the colonial service; clerkships (Class I.) in the Home Civil Service—should be held in 1906 concurrently with the open competitive examination for the Civil Service of India, candidates, duly eligible in respect of age, will be admitted to compete for any two or all three of these services, subject to the following conditions:—

(1.) That they fill up and return to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, an application on each of the prescribed forms within the time limited by the respective regulations.* (NOTE.—A separate form of application is required for each of the three services.)

(2.) That it is distinctly understood that every successful candidate who may have been admitted to compete for either the India or the colonial service, as well as for the Home service, will be called upon to declare, immediately after the announcement of the result of the competitions, whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of candidates for the India or colonial service or on the list of candidates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service, and that the name of any candidate who fails to declare his choice when called upon to do so will be removed from the list of candidates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service.

(3.) That it is distinctly understood that every successful candidate who may have been admitted to compete for both the India and colonial services will be called upon to declare, after the announcement of the result of the competitions, whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of candidates for the Civil Service of India or on the list of candidates for Eastern cadetships in the colonial service, and that the name of any candidate who fails to declare his choice when called upon to do so will be removed from the list of candidates for Eastern cadetships.

(4.) That all declarations of choice are irrevocable.

Candidates admitted to compete for all three or any two of these classes of appointments will be required to pay a consolidated fee of £6.

Civil Service Commission, 1st July, 1905.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE AT BULL’S.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Russell and Bignell, Wanganui .. .. 2,224 0 0

Declined.
Christie, A. H., Wanganui .. .. 2,379 7 10
Wakelin, R. A., Wellington .. .. 2,409 15 0

• Candidates who may desire to enter the competitions for the Home and colonial services should apply, about the middle of January next, to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Burlington Gardens, London, W., for the prescribed forms of application.

Notice to Mariners No. 72 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th September, 1905.

REFERRING to Notices to Mariners No. 11 of 24th February, 1905, the following notice, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Picnic Point Jetty Light.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, dated 25th January, 1905, regarding the discontinuance of the fixed red and green jetty light at Picnic Point, it is hereby notified that such light will be again exhibited on or after Monday, the 14th instant.

C. W. McLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 12th August, 1905.

Notice to Mariners No. 73 of 1905.

ALTERATION OF BUOYS, WAIROA RIVER, KAIPARA HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the western end of the cross channel north of what is locally known as the Egg Bank and above what is locally known as Beacon Reach having silted up to 7 ft., L.W.S., the buoys which marked that channel have been removed, and the channel south of Egg Bank from No. 6 iron black buoy to the point below Sail Point (locally known as Dog Point) is now marked by cask buoys, red on starboard and black on port side of channel.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2614. “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. vii., page 242.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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. 27.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
The Reverend Frederick Rands.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.