JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. Notice to Mariners No. 37 of 1908. Marine Department, Wellington, 26th May, 1908. THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Marine Board, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information. J. A. MILLAR. PARK STREET JETTY, BRIGHTON, PORT PHILLIP. REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, dated 1st August, 1907, page 92, regarding the Park Street Jetty at Brighton, it is hereby notified that the jetty has been extended 200 ft. in a north-westerly direction, and that the fixed red light is now shown from the outer end of such extension. It is also hereby notified that on or after the 1st June, 1908, such fixed red light will be altered to show white towards the shore through an arc of 180 degrees from outside the red nun buoy, moored about 2 cables in a southerly direction from the outer end of the jetty, to the shore about 3 cables north 10 degrees east from the outer end of the jetty. C. W. MACLEAN, Port Officer. Melbourne, 22nd April, 1908. Notice to Mariners No. 38 of 1908. Marine Department, Wellington, 26th May, 1908. THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information. J. A. MILLAR. VICTORIA. [No. 15.] Dredging; South Channel, Port Phillip. REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 181, dated 4th June, 1907, and other notices regarding dredging in the South Channel, it is hereby notified that the dredge “John Nimmo” and the attendant anchor punt, having nearly completed operations at the south edge, will shortly continue the operations of dredging and straightening the artificial cut of the South Channel at the north edge thereof. The conditions which have been previously observed as to marking the alignment of the work of the dredge by two red can buoys, and as to the exhibition of two balls by day and two red lights by night to indicate the side of the dredger on which vessels are to pass, also the two white masthead anchor lights, one near the stem and one near the stern of the dredge, as well as the anchor light on the anchor punt, which will be moored in the vicinity of the dredger, will be continued. C. W. MACLEAN, Port Officer. Melbourne, 24th April, 1908. New Zealand Notice No. 50 of 1907. Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900." Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, Wellington, 18th May, 1908. 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 Walker Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts, as from the 26th April, 1907. SCHEDULE. WALKER SETTLEMENT. All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 9 perches, more or less, situated in Block XI, Christchurch Survey District, and being Lots 3 to 17 inclusive, Deposit Plan 2366. Bounded on the north by Lot 2 of the aforesaid deposit plan, on the east by Mandeville Road, on the south-east by a road, and on the west by Rural Section 155; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19387, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. ROBERT McNAB, Minister of Lands. Half-yearly Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia in New Zealand. HALF-YEARLY return of the aggregate average amount of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Australasia within the Dominion of New Zealand from the 21st day of October, 1907, to the 13th day of April, 1908, inclusive. (Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.) £ s. d. Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. 17,473 0 6 Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 145,515 17 8 Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest Balances due to other banks .. Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 1,272,202 5 11 Cash deposited bearing interest .. 584,988 17 8 Total liabilities within the Dominion £2,020,180 1 9 £ s. d Coin and bullion ... 533,921 6 8 Landed property (bank premises) .. 60,054 18 5 Notes and bills of other banks .. 34,618 8 5 Balances due from other banks .. Debts due to the corporation, including notes, bills, and other securities .. 3,115,933 5 9 Total assets within the Dominion £3,744,527 19 3 A. P. WEBSTER, Inspector. R. SWANSTON, Accountant. 16th April, 1908. Sitting of the Native Land Commission at Morrinsville. Auckland, 28th May, 1908. NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Commission will be held at Morrinsville on Tuesday, the 16th day of June, 1908, at 10 a.m. ROBERT STOUT, Chairman. Notice of Date of Examination. Education Department, Wellington, 28th May, 1908. NOTICE is hereby given that a Civil Service Junior Examination and a Junior National Scholarship and Free Place Examination will be held in December, 1908, beginning on or about the 9th 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, 1909, beginning on or about the 5th day of the month. The Civil Service Junior Examination is a qualifying examination for senior free places in secondary schools and district high schools; also 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 Junior National Scholarships and for Junior and 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, 1908. Entries for other examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the 30th September, 1908, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, until the 15th October, 1908. All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained later 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 handwriting for the teachers' certificate are examined at various times and places. Those who desire to be examined in good time in this subject are recommended to apply early. GEORGE HOGBEN, Inspector-General of Schools.