Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4225.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land required to be taken: --

A. R. P. 4 0 0 Tutaekuri 1c XV Taramarama P.W.D. Red. No. 15 Block 27957

In the Hawke's Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,

Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIII, Galatea Survey District, for Native School, and Road-access thereto.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute certain public works, to wit, the construction of a Native school and road-access thereto, in Block XIII, Galatea Survey District, and for the purposes of such public works the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Muripara, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public works or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public works or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land required to be taken: --

FOR NATIVE SCHOOL.

A. R. P. 5 0 0 Whirinaki No. 1 XIII Galatea Edged pink. Block, Section 2 (15554, blue)

FOR ROAD.

1 3 4·5 Whirinaki No. 1 XIII Galatea Red. Block, Section 2 (15883, blue)

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 27098, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,

Minister of Public Works

New Zealand Schools of Mines.--Further amended Scholarship Regulations.

Mines Department,

Wellington, New Zealand, 7th December, 1910.

1. Six Scholarships are offered annually for competition by Students attending Schools of Mines within the Dominion--one for Otago, two for the West Coast of the Middle Island, and three for the North Island. Of these, four will be for Students in gold-mining subjects, and two for coal-mining subjects.

2. The Scholarships will be granted to those candidates who comply with the conditions and obtain the highest percentage of marks, which must not be less than specified in Reg. 9.

3. Should the holder of a Scholarship attend the University of Otago no class fees will be charged, but should he elect to attend any other institution which is affiliated to the University of New Zealand he must pay his own class fees.

4. The Scholarships will be of the annual value of £50 each to successful candidates who may reside three miles or more beyond the boundaries of the Borough of Dunedin or of the borough in which the affiliated institution is situated, and of £30 to successful candidates who reside within the boundaries of any such borough, or within three miles thereof.

5. The Scholarships will be tenable for three years, or for such other period less than three years as may at the discretion of the Minister appear to be necessary.

6. The Scholarships will be open to all Students as aforesaid who are not less than eighteen years of age on the day appointed for receiving applications, and who shall have attended regularly at any School of Mines within the Dominion for not less than two years at least 80 per cent. of the lectures in each subject of the examination course.

7. The examinations will be held in the month of December in each year, on days which will be duly announced.

8. The examinations will be conducted in writing, and embrace the following subjects: --

(a.) Theoretical Chemistry.
(b.) Practical Chemistry.
(c.) Metallurgy of Gold and Silver; or Drainage, Haulage, and Winding.
(d.) Mining "Coal" or "Metal."
(e.) Ventilation.
(f.) General and Mining Geology.
(g.) Land and Mine Surveying.
(h.) Drawing.
(i.) Mathematics.

The branches of subjects (c) and (d) shall be at the option of the candidates, who must state in their applications the branch of each subject they intend to take up.

9. No Scholarship shall be awarded to any candidate who does not obtain 75 per cent. of the marks in subjects (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), and 65 per cent. in subjects (a), (g), (h), and (i).

10. Applications from candidates, accompanied by a fee of 10s., must reach the Mines Department at Wellington not later than the 1st November in each year, accompanied by the certificate of the Director that the Student has attended the necessary number of lectures in each subject at the school for two years.

11. Candidates must present themselves for examination on the day fixed, as provided in Regulation No. 7.

12. The Minister of Mines retains to himself the right of cancelling any Scholarship should the holder attend irregularly or be reported for idleness or bad conduct.

13. These Regulations supersede the Further Amended Regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 63, of the 6th July, 1905.

R. McKENZIE,

Minister of Mines.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Murchison County Council.--Notice No. 1458.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, Wellington, 14th December, 1910.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Murchison County Council has by special order declared foxglove and ox-eye daisy to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the Murchison County.

THOS. MACKENZIE,

Minister of Agriculture.

Government Printing and Stationery Offices to be closed from 26th December, 1910, to 7th January, 1911.

Printing and Stationery Department, Wellington, 9th December, 1910.

THE Government Printing and Stationery Offices, Wellington, will be closed from Monday, the 26th December, 1910, until Saturday, the 7th January, 1911, both days inclusive.

JOHN MACKAY,

Government Printer.