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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

Notice to Mariners No. 84 of 1908.

WEATHER-FORECAST SIGNALS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 3rd November, 1908.

ADVERTING to Notice to Mariners No. 57 of 1908, regarding weather-forecast signals, issued by this Department on the 3rd August last, notice is hereby given that storm-warning signals as described in that notice will be exhibited at Stephens Island and Centre Island Lighthouses on and after the 1st December, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 85 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th November, 1908.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, and the President of the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

EAST COAST, AUSTRALIA.—ENTRANCE TO BRISBANE RIVER, MORETON BAY.

Notice is hereby given that the western side of the dredged channel across the bar of the Brisbane River has been marked by six red triangular beacons, distant 100 ft. from the edge of the Cutting. The outermost beacon is opposite the pile light, and the innermost is about half a mile from the west beacon.

Charts affected: Nos. 1670B and 1674; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 17th October, 1908.

GULF ST. VINCENT.—PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.—LUFF POINT.

Masters of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed that a beacon has been erected to mark the northern end of the recent widening and deepening of the channel at Luff Point. The beacon is painted black, and surmounted by a square head, and is placed in 4 ft. of water on the eastern edge of and about 20 ft. back from the channel, which has been widened, and deepened to 23 ft. O.L.W.S., and about 140 ft. into the river from high-water mark.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 1750, 1752, and 2389B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 14th October, 1908.

Revocation of Appointment of Examination-shed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Customs, do by this order revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned building as a warehouse where goods may be deposited for examination on the landing thereof, namely:—

Port of Greymouth.

A wooden building covered with corrugated iron, situate in Boundary Street, where the same abuts on Mawhera Quay, as appointed in Minister’s Order No. 91, of the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 890.]

Examination-shed appointed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Law Act, 1908,” I, the Minister of Customs, do hereby appoint that the undermentioned building shall be a place where goods may be deposited for examination on the landing thereof, namely,–

RAILWAY-SHED, GREYMOUTH,
built of iron, and situated in Gresson Street.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 891.]

Authorising the Laying-off of Leyland Street, in the Township of Te Awanga, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 29th October, 1908.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Leyland Street, in the Township of Te Awanga, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

The Civil Service of India; Clerkships (Class I) in the Home Civil Service; and Eastern Cadetships.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th November, 1908.

THE following regulations, received from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, respecting examinations for the Civil Service, for clerkships (Class I) in the Home Civil Service, and for Eastern cadetships, are published for general information.

E. O. GIBBES,
Secretary for Education.

SYLLABUS OF ANY OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA, CLERKSHIPS (CLASS I) IN THE HOME CIVIL SERVICE, AND EASTERN CADETSHIPS IN THE COLONIAL SERVICE THAT MAY BE HELD IN THE YEAR 1909, AND OF ANY OTHER COMPETITION THAT MAY BE HELD IN COMBINATION THEREWITH.

In view of the importance of legible handwriting in the public service, candidates are warned that the provision as to deductions for bad handwriting in these competitions will be strictly enforced.

Candidates are warned that full marks cannot be obtained on any paper unless the whole of it is answered, or, in cases where the number of questions to be answered is specified, unless the full number specified is answered.

1. English Composition.—An essay to be written on one of several specified subjects.

2. Sanskrit Language and Literature.—Translation from Sanskrit into English, and from English into Sanskrit. History of Sanskrit literature (including knowledge of such Indian history as bears upon the subject); Sanskrit grammar; Vedic philology.

3. Arabic Language and Literature.—Translation as in Sanskrit; history of Arabic literature (including knowledge of such Arabic history as bears upon the subject); Arabic grammar; Arabic prosody.

4. Greek Translation.—Translation from Greek into English.

5. Greek Composition.—Composition in prose and verse, or (as an alternative for verse composition) an original prose composition in Greek.

6. Greek Literature.—Critical questions on the Greek language (including questions on philology) and literature.

7. Latin Translation.—Translation from Latin into English.

8. Latin Composition.—Composition in prose and verse, or (as an alternative for verse composition) an original prose composition in Latin.

9. Latin Literature.—Critical questions on the Latin language (including questions on philology) and literature.

10. English Language and Literature.—The examination will be in two parts. In the one the candidates will be expected to show a general acquaintance with the course of English literature, as represented (mainly) by the following writers in verse and prose, between the reign of Edward III and the accession of Queen Victoria:—Verse: Chaucer, Langland, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Gray, Collins, Johnson, Goldsmith, Crabbe, Cowper, Campbell, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats. Prose: Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne, Milton, Cowley, Bunyan, Dryden, Swift, Defoe, Addison, Johnson, Burke, Scott, Macaulay (essays and biographies).

A minute knowledge of the works of these authors will not be looked for in this part of the examination, which will, however, test how far the candidates have studied the chief productions of the greatest English writers in themselves, and are acquainted with the leading characteristics of their thought and style, and with the place which each of them occupies in the history of English literature. Candidates will also be expected to show that they have studied in these authors the history of the English language in respect of its vocabulary, syntax, and prosody.

The other part of the examination will relate to one of the periods named below, which will follow each other year by year in the order indicated:—