Aug. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2187

Notice to Mariners No. 64 of 1906.

LAMBTON HARBOUR, PORT NICHOLSON.—LIGHT FOR TARANAKI STREET WHARF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th August, 1906.

THE Wellington Harbour Board has notified that two green lights have been established, vertically one over the other, near the end of the Taranaki Street Wharf, the lower light being placed at a height of 29 ft. above high water, and the upper one 8 ft. higher, or at 37 ft. above high water. The lights will be visible from the east round by north to the west, and should be seen on a clear night at a distance of three miles.

Charts, &c., affected: Port Nicholson, No. 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. v, pages 172 and 173.

J. A. MILLAR.

New Zealand International Exhibition, 1906.—Minerals Court.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

A GOLD medal and fifty guineas, a silver medal and twenty-five guineas, and a bronze medal and ten guineas will be awarded by the Mines Department for essays on the present condition and future prospects of the mineral resources of New Zealand, and the best means of fostering their development.

In judging the merits of the essays preference will be given to those which are of a practical character.

The essays must be sent in to the Under-Secretary for Mines, Wellington, signed with a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the author’s name and address, on or before 1st December, 1906.

The essays will be submitted to a Board of three persons (to be hereafter appointed), on whose decision the above prizes will be awarded.

NOTE.—“Mineral” means any metal or mineral, and includes petroleum and other mineral oils.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Counties of Waitaki and Collingwood.—Notice No. 1050.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington. 9th August, 1906.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local authorities have by special order declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Authorities. Plants.
Waitaki County Council .. Ragwort.
Collingwood County Council Bathurst burr, ragwort, ox-eye daisy.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of Road through Mahoenui No. 2 Block, Totoro Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 6th February, 1904, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated 1st July, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same area is delineated upon the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 13th day of August, 1906.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of Election of Members and Chairman of the Board of Conciliation for the Nelson Industrial District.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1905,” I, Edward Tregear, Registrar of Industrial Unions under the Act, do hereby notify that

HENRY BAIGENT, Timber-merchant, and
HERBERT HENRY JOHNSTON, Builder, both of Nelson,

representing the employers’ unions;

FREDERICK ALEXANDER STEVENSON, Miner, of Puponga,
and
THOMAS HALL LUKIN, Engine-driver, of Nelson,

representing the workers’ unions, have been elected members; and that

WALTER P. HILL, Commercial Traveller, of Nelson,

has been elected Chairman, of the Board of Conciliation in and for the Nelson Industrial District.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of August, 1906.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Notice of Date of Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th June, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Civil Service Junior Examination and a Junior National Scholarship and Free Place Examination will be held in December, 1906, beginning on or about the eleventh day of the month; and that a Civil Service Senior Examination and an examination for teachers’ certificates of Class C and Class D will be held in January, 1907, beginning on or about the 6th day of the month.

The Civil Service Junior Examination is prescribed as the examination which holders of Junior National Scholarships are required to pass at the end of the second year of their scholarships (Junior Scholarship Continuation Examination). It is also a qualifying examination for senior free places in secondary schools and district high schools; further, it is the first examination for pupil-teachers.

With the Junior National Scholarship Examination will be taken the Junior Free Place Examination (including the examination for junior free places in technical schools), and candidates may qualify for junior free places in either examination.

Entries for the examinations for Junior National Scholarships, for Junior Free Places, for National Scholarship Continuation, and for Senior Free Places must be made through the principals or head teachers of the schools attended, and will be received by Secretaries of Education Boards not later than the 30th September, 1906.

Entries for other examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the 30th September, 1906, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, until the 15th October, 1906.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained from the office of any Education Board or of the Education Department.

Candidates for Senior National Scholarships are reminded that, in forwarding to the University authorities their application to be admitted to the examination for a Junior University Scholarship, they must at the same time give notice of their intention to compete for a Senior National Scholarship.

Candidates who have to pass in elementary handwork for the teachers’ certificate, or otherwise, are examined at various times and places. Those who desire to be examined in good time in this subject are recommended to apply early.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.