thence towards the east, north, and west by Waimana
No. 1E Block, 8545-2, 7849, and 7639-2 links; again towards
the north by Section 269, Parish of Waiotahi, 1082 links;
towards the north-east by Tahora No. 2AE No. 3 Block,
6019-5 links; towards the south-east by the aforesaid
Tahora No. 2AE No. 3 Block, 6019-5 links; towards the
south-east by the aforesaid Tahora No. 2AE No. 3 Block and
by Tahora No. 2AE No. 3 Section 1 Block, 7907-5 links;
thence by Tahora No. 2AE No. 2 Block, 2060-6 links; towards
the south by Waimana No. 1c Block, 14848-6 links; towards
the west by Waimana No. 1B Block, 200, 550, 1120, 2230,
480, 570, and 1498 links; again towards the south and east by
the aforesaid Waimana No. 1B Block, 8039-7 and 5954-6 links;
again towards the south by the aforesaid Waimana No. 1c
Block, 17615 links; towards the west by the Ruatoki Block,
5937-2, 9116-3, 886, and 410-9 links: be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less : but excluding from the aforesaid area
and description Sections 17 and 18 of the Waimana Estate,
containing together 118 acres 3 roods 32 perches: as the
same is delineated on Plan No. 19333, deposited in the Head
Office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington,
and thereon edged with red.

The Minister's classification of the land : Second class.
The land intended to be taken is the whole of the owner's
interest in the property known as Waimana Estate.
The registered owner is the Assets Realisation Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of April, 1906.

R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in the Wellington Land District subject to
"The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900."

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 18th April, 1906.

PURSUANT to the provisions of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," and its amendments,
I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being
the land known as the Hall-Jones Settlement, which has
been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said
Act.

SCHEDULE.

HALL-JONES SETTLEMENT.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington,
containing by admeasurement 24 acres 1 rood 22 perches,
more or less, being part of Section 27, Hutt District, in
Block XIV, Belmont Survey District. Bounded toward
the north-east by other part of Section 27, 2566 links; toward the south-east by the middle of the Waiwetu River;
toward the south-west by other part of Section 27, 2862
links; and toward the north-west by the Back Waiwetu
Road, 1108 links: be the aforesaid linkages more or less : as
the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked
S.G. 19336, deposited in the Head Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District, and thereon edged with red.

R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Lands.

Examinations of Masters and Mates. -- Notice to Candidates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th April, 1906.

HOME-TRADE MASTERS' AND MATES' EXAMINATIONS.

ON and after the 1st September, 1906, the following alterations will be made in the examination for home-trade masters and mates:—

Second mates and mates will be required to find the distance from a point or light by the methods shown in the "New Zealand Nautical Almanacs" of 1904 or 1905, on pages 119 and 120, or on pages 79 and 80 of the A, B, and C Azimuth Tables published by the Marine Department.

A mate will be required to know the general tide, bar, harbour, and storm signals to be used at all New Zealand ports, as given in the "New Zealand Nautical Almanac."

Master.--(a.) To find by means of Table F on page 121 of the "New Zealand Nautical Almanac" of 1904 or 1905, or by Table H on page 81 of the A, B, and C Azimuth Tables, the distance from an object when abeam by the distance run between the beam-bearing and any other bearing before or abaft the beam.

(b.) To set the course when at a known distance from an object to pass any required distance from it by aid of the

traverse table. (See example on page 121 of the "New Zealand Nautical Almanac," or on page 81 of the A, B, and C Azimuth Tables.)

(c.) To find the true bearing of the sun and deviation of the compass by time azimuth tables.

(d.) In working the problem marked (b) and (f) in the new regulations (correction to apply to soundings, and to find latitude by meridian altitude of the sun) the "New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables" will be used, all the examples of soundings being set in future for places on the New Zealand coast.

(e.) The problem for finding the deviation of the compass from the observation of the sun when on the meridian will in future be discontinued, as it is impracticable in these latitudes.

The candidate will be allowed to use any tables that will solve the problem within half a degree.

EXTRA MASTERS' CERTIFICATES.

On and after the 1st January, 1907, the following alteration will be made in the examination for extra masters' certificates:—

The lunar problem referred to in paragraph 64, (a), of the Regulations relating to the Examination of Masters and Mates will no longer be set in this examination. In its place, a paper on naval architecture will be given, the candidate being required to give written answers to six or ten questions on this subject, and also to satisfy the Examiner in the supplementary viva voce test. For the purpose of this examination the Marine Department has adopted "The Modern Practice of Shipbuilding in Iron and Steel"* as a text-book, from which the questions will be set, and they advise intending candidates to take this or other books on the subject to sea with them so that they can study at their leisure.

WM. HALL-JONES.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 26th March, 1906.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. £802,249 15 0
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 47,507 18 9
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. 17,243 5 0
Government deposits .. .. .. .. 2,257,396 10 0
Other deposits—

Not bearing interest .. .. .. 4,544,601 7 11
Bearing interest .. .. .. 4,402,033 12 1

Total average liabilities ..£12,071,032 8 9

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. .. .. 1,687,756 9 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 108,836 1 11
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 98,725 3 6
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 2,160 2 10
Landed property .. .. .. .. 102,190 8 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 1,003,660 6 2

2. Colonial Government securities .. 892,071 5 0

3. Other funded securities .. .. ..

4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 4,826,956 12 3

5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. .. 285,467 17 10

Total average assets .. .. £9,007,824 6 10

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £1,000,000. (Interest, £20,000 for six months, paid 1st November, 1905.)
Preference shares fully paid up issued to the Crown under "Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903," £500,000.
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to shareholders, 5 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared on preference shares, £25,000.
Amount of the last dividend declared on ordinary shares, £22,618 10s.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £43,897 7s.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of April, 1906.

ALEX. MICHIE, General Manager,
HENRY R. LAWRY, Acting Accountant.

• "The Modern Practice of Shipbuilding in Iron and Steel," by Samuel J. P. Thearle. Published by William Collins, Sons, and Co. Price 11s. 3d. net.