Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3057

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

FREDERICK ALEXANDER HARRISON, Dannevirke Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 30th May, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officers resigned.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the undermentioned officers:—

Port Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Frank Archdall Raymond. Date of resignation, 29th September, 1908.

No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Joseph Nathan. Date of resignation, 17th October, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 104, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1908,” the services of the

Stratford Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Stratford (Wellington Military District). Date of acceptance, 21st November, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Despatch.—Nobel Bequest.

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Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th November, 1908.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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(Dominions.—Circular.)

Downing Street, 28th September, 1908.

Sir,—With reference to my predecessor’s circular despatch of the 20th September, 1907, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a notice issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament with regard to the nomination of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize of 1909.

2. I have to request that your Ministers will be so good as to cause the conditions of the prize to be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.

3. It will be observed that the names of candidates should be received by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament before the 1st of February, 1909.

I have, &c.,
CREWE.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

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DET NORSKE STORTINGS NOBELKOMITÉ (NOBEL COMMITTEE OF THE NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT).

Nobel Peace Prize.

ALL proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed December 10th, 1909, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the 1st of February of the same year.

Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified: (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; (b) members of Parliament and members of Government of the different States, as well as members of the Interparliamentary Union; (c) members of the International Arbitration Court at the Hague; (d) members of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau; (e) members and associates of the Institute of International Law; (f) university professors of political science and of law, of history, and of philosophy; and (g) persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

According to the Code of Statutes, § 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated, and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to.

According to § 3, every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print.

For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Kristiania.

NOTE.—See page 1278 of New Zealand Gazette No. 57 of 1901 for first notice respecting this bequest.

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Regulations made under “The Pharmacy Act, 1898.”

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Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th November, 1908.

THE following regulations, made by the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand, having been approved by His Excellency the Governor in Council, are published in accordance with “The Pharmacy Act, 1898.”

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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REGULATIONS.

On and after the 1st day of June, 1911, Regulations Nos. 27 and 28, made under “The Pharmacy Act, 1898,” and approved on the 8th day of December, 1900, shall be rescinded, and the following regulations shall be substituted in lieu thereof, to come into force and be in force on and after the said date:—

27. (1.) On and after the 1st day of June, 1911, the standard examination of the Board shall consist of two sections—viz., A and B. Candidates applying for the Board’s certificate of competency must pass an examination in the following subjects:—

Section A.—Latin, English, arithmetic, elementary science.

Section B.—Materia Medica, botany, chemistry, practical chemistry, pharmacy, practical pharmacy.

A. (1.) Latin.—Translation from Cæsar’s Commentaries, Book I; the elements of Latin grammar; translation of very easy sentences from English into Latin, with a knowledge of pages 93–124 of Ince’s Latin Grammar of Pharmacy (1897 edition).

(2.) English.—Composition, paraphrasing, correction of errors, punctuation, analysis, and generally such a knowledge of grammar as should be possessed by senior pupils of the public schools.

(3.) Arithmetic.—Fundamental rules, vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion and its applications, square root, British and metric weights and measures.

(4.) Elementary Science.—The non-metallic elements and chemical theory as treated in Jago’s Inorganic Chemistry (Longman’s Elementary Science Manuals) or in Newth’s Elementary Practical Chemistry (Longman’s Practical Elementary Science Series), with such a knowledge of botany as is contained in Joseph W. Oliver’s Elementary Botany, Parts I, II, III, IV.

N.B.—Candidates should take note that marks will be deducted in all cases where the examination-work is slovenly set out.

B. (1.) Materia Medica.—Recognition of specimens of B.P. and other important organic drugs; description of their characters and active principles; knowledge of the sources from which they are obtained, their natural orders, and the official preparations into which they enter; and judge the quality and freedom from adulteration or otherwise of the specimens submitted.

(2.) Botany.—A knowledge of the general structure and life-history of the following plants: Hæmatococcus, spirogyra, yeast, bacteria, marchantia or any liverwort, any moss, pteris or any fern, selaginella or any club-moss, pinus or any gymnosperm, two typical angiosperms, one of them being a monocotyledon such as lily or narcissus, the other a dicotyledon such as wall-flower or the bean plant; general morphology, anatomy, and physiology, including re-