Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 667

(21.) Maori.—Candidates will be expected to show such a knowledge of the language and of its vocabulary and grammar as may be gained (1) by easy conversation in Maori about the facts of every-day life, (2) by the study of the story of Ta-whaki in Sir George Grey’s Mythology and Traditions of the New-Zealanders; but candidates will not be expected to have read that particular story, nor will the passages for translation necessarily be taken from it. Great importance will be attached to translation from Maori, and to the writing of easy passages and sentences in Maori.

(22.) English History.—The requirements will be based on the programme of work prescribed in clause 49 of the Regulations for the Inspection and Examination of Schools, but will be more advanced in character. Especially, a somewhat fuller knowledge of the history of the nineteenth century will be required.

(23.) Shorthand.—Writing eighty words a minute, and transcribing accurately into longhand.

(24.) Book-keeping and Commercial Correspondence.—The requirements will include commercial arithmetic and tots and easy précis-writing.

Book-keeping:—The object and value of book-keeping. Double entry: its meaning and advantages. The form, nature, and classification of accounts. The balancing and closing of accounts. The explanation of simple commercial terms such as debit, credit, balance, profit (gross and net), interest, discount, commission, insurance, assets, liabilities, capital, bankruptcy, composition, bad debts, folio, trial balance, company (limited and unlimited), invoice, receipt, voucher, cheque, bill of exchange. A knowledge of the transactions involved and the special terms used in connection with cheques, promissory notes, and bills of exchange. The forms and uses of the cash-book, the purchases-book or invoice-book, the sales-book or day-book, the journal, and the ledger, and methods of keeping them. Journalising an easy set of transactions, posting the journal, taking out trial balance, preparing profit-and-loss account, and balance-sheet. The prevention, detection, and rectification of errors.

(25.) Drawing.—Any one, two, three, or four of the following branches:—

(a.) Drawing on the blackboard: A candidate shall be required to make a sketch on a large scale from an object or group of objects; to make an enlargement of a diagram of a simple ornament; to draw from memory some common object or some natural or conventional ornamental form.

(b.) Freehand drawing in outline: The candidate shall be required to make a drawing from a cast or from a photograph of a cast of an ornament, or from a diagram of a simple ornament or natural form. The drawing must not be of the same size as the example provided. No ruling, measuring, tracing, or use of instruments will be allowed.

(c.) Model-drawing: The candidate shall be required to draw the group of objects placed before him, including the board on which it stands. The group may consist of three or more geometrical models and vases (as described in the Directory of the Board of Education, South Kensington, London), or of some simple common objects. No ruling, measuring, or use of instruments will be allowed; but the pencil may be held between the eye and the objects for the purpose of estimating apparent relative size.

(d.) Geometrical drawing:—Plane geometry: Simple problems relating to straight lines and angles, and to the construction of triangles and quadrilaterals. To divide a given line proportionally to a given divided line; to find the mean or the third proportional to two given lines; to find the fourth proportional to three given lines. Scale drawing and the method of making an enlargement or a reduction of a given diagram. Simple problems relating to circles and straight lines. Construction of a regular polygon of n sides, one of the sides or the circumscribing circle being given. Construction of similar figures. Construction of three-sided and four-sided rectilinear figures of given area. Given two similar figures, to construct a third figure similar to them, and having an area equal to the sum or to the difference of the areas of the given figures. The reduction of any given rectilinear figure to a triangle of the same area.

Solid geometry: Plans and elevations of straight lines and plane figures variously placed with regard to the horizontal plane, and of simple geometrical solids having one face or one edge in the horizontal plane. Sections of such solids by vertical and by horizontal planes; the method of finding the true form of a section.

(e.) Perspective:—(i.) The representation in perspective of lines or surfaces on or parallel or perpendicular to the ground plane, and either parallel or perpendicular or obliquely inclined to the picture plane, or obliquely inclined to the ground plane and parallel or perpendicular to the picture plane, but not obliquely inclined to both planes. (ii.) The representation in perspective, from plans and elevations or from specifications, of simple geometrical solids or common objects of plane or cylindrical or conical surfaces, the leading constructive lines of which are in one or the other of the positions indicated in (i). (iii.) To find and describe from given perspective views the actual dimensions and position of an object placed in accordance with the conditions indicated in (ii).

(f.) Brush drawing:—Brush impressions and brush strokes. The application of these elements to the ornamentation of given geometric spaces and to the production of simple borders and patterns. The drawing of simple leaf, flower, and plant forms, and the adaptation of these forms to decorative purposes.

14. The form of medical certificate shall be as follows:—

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATE FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.

To (Medical Officer approved by the Minister).

You are requested, after the examination of the candidate, to be so good as to fill in the certificate below, making such alterations or remarks as you may deem fit; then to forward the certificate yourself by the next post to the Under-Secretary, Colonial Secretary’s Department, Wellington.

The fee (half a guinea) is payable by the candidate.

, Under-Secretary.

I, , of , a legally qualified medical practitioner, hereby certify that I have this day physically examined , aged years, a candidate for appointment to the Civil Service.

I find—

(1.) That his height is feet inches; weight, stone pounds; and chest-measurement on full inspiration, inches:

(2.) That the condition of his heart and lungs is healthy:

(3.) That his eyesight is good [or has no defect except such as can be easily remedied by the aid of suitable glasses].

(4.) That his hearing is good:

(5.) That his speech is without impediment:

(6.) That he is free from any physical defect incompatible with efficiency in the public service:

and I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, his constitution is sound, and he is physically fit for the public service.

Remarks

Signature: .
Address: .
Date: , 190 .

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing the Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to use and occupy Parts of the Foreshore of Hokianga Harbour, and fixing Dues for the Kokukohu Wharf.

PLUNKET. Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of February, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the licenses hereinafter mentioned, under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Kauri Timber Company (Limited), (being a duly registered company under the provisions of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and hereinafter called “the company”), in the years one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, one thousand nine hundred and three, and one thousand nine hundred and four respectively, applied to the Governor for licenses under the said Act to occupy the several parts of the foreshore and land below low-water mark in Hokianga Harbour shown on the plans hereinafter mentioned for the purpose of reclamation, and in order to erect and maintain thereon sawmills, wharves, and other erections; and, in accordance with the