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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

The deepest water is on line of bearing of flagstaff 76°
(N. 62° E. magnetic)—viz., 18 ft. at L.W.O.S. Vessels
should enter channel on this bearing.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2525 and
1091A; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908,
Chapter vii, page 201; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,”
1913, page 393, and plan facing page 392.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 78 of 1913.

THE BUSHETT ROCKS OFF CHEVIOT COAST.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. C. Bushett, a fisherman
of Kaikoura, has reported the existence of two dangerous pinnacle rocks 148° (S. 49° E. magnetic) 2¼ miles
distant from the 4-fathoms Cheviot Shoal. These rocks are
not the same as were reported by Mr. Bushett and further
examined by Captain Bollons of the Government steamer
“Hinemoa” in January, 1911 (see Notice No. 12, January,
1911), but lie 1½ miles 137° (S. 60° E. magnetic) from this
shoal, as shown on the latest Admiralty Chart 2529 latest
corrections XII (12).

Further examination will be made of these rocks and the
ground in their vicinity at an early date. Mariners are
cautioned to give this dangerous ground a wide berth.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2529 and
and 3629; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908,
Chapter viii, page 232.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1913.—Notice No. 27.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 12th July, 1913.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year
of the reign of His late Majesty King Edward VII, and
intituled the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of
an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act
is published for general information :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

MR. FRANCIS J. USHER.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Registry Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1913.

THE Court City of Auckland, No. 3978, of the Ancient
Order of Foresters, situated at Auckland, is registered as a friendly society under the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, this 14th day of July, 1913.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Examination in Drawing only.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th June, 1913.

IT is hereby notified that candidates for teachers’ certificates, pupil-teachers, probationers, students of technical
schools, or other persons may, upon making application in
due form, be examined in drawing only either at the Intermediate Examination of November, 1913, or at the Teachers’
Certificate Examination of January, 1914, and may take at
such examination one or more of the branches of Drawing
as prescribed for general candidates in each case; that is,
at the Intermediate Examination either Drawing I or
Drawing II, or both these branches, and at the Teachers’
Certificate Examination Drawing I, or Drawing II, or Drawing III, or any group thereof:

For an entry in Drawing only at the November (Intermediate) examination a fee of 2s. 6d. for each branch taken,
or of 5s. for both branches together, is payable, except in the
case of pupil-teachers and probationers for the time being in
the service of an Education Board, or of senior free-place
candidates who require this subject only to complete a senior
free-place qualification. By such persons no entrance fee
is payable.

For the January (Teachers’ Certificate) examination the
entrance fee (pupil-teachers and probationers as before excepted) will be 5s. for one or two branches of Drawing, and
7s. 6d. for the three branches taken together.

Passing in any branch of Drawing at the certificate examination of January under the circumstances herein stated
will exempt a candidate from further examination in the
same branch under the requirements for a teacher’s certificate. A similar exemption will also be granted to successful
candidates at the November examination who pass the
examination in Drawing I or Drawing II with credit, obtaining not less than 60 per cent. of the maximum marks assignable
in each case.

Applications on the forms provided, accompanied by a
bank receipt for the necessary fee, are required to be made
to the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, not later
than the 15th September for the November examination,
and not later than the 15th October for the January examination.

Forms of application to be examined will be obtainable at
the offices of Education Boards or from the Education
Department after the 1st July.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Notice of Date of Examinations.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned examinations will be held on the dates specified in each
case :—

Intermediate Competitive (Education Board Senior
Scholarship Examination): On or about 18th November, 1913, and following days.

Intermediate Non-competitive, for Senior Free Places
in Secondary Schools and District High Schools and
for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers: On or
about 18th November, 1913, and following days.

Junior National Scholarship: On or about the 27th
and 28th November, 1913.

Junior Free Place (including the examination for Junior
Free Places in Technical Schools): On or about the
27th and 28th November, 1913.

Teachers’ Certificate Examinations, Class C and Class D:
On or about the 5th January, 1914, and following
days.

NOTE.—The Civil Service Junior (Public Service Entrance)
Examination being now confined exclusively to candidates
desirous of entering the Public Service, Scholarship candidates who are required by the various scholarship regulations
to take this examination will now enter as Intermediate
Competitive candidates.

Entries for Junior National Scholarships and Junior Free
Places and for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers
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 15th September, 1913.
Junior Scholarship and Junior Free Place entries received
after that date can be accepted only with the consent of the
Education Department, which, if satisfied in any special
case that there has been reasonable ground for the delay, may
allow not more than seven days of grace.

Late entries for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers
can be accepted only under conditions applicable to the
Intermediate Examination.

Entries for the Intermediate Competitive and Non-competitive Examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, until the 15th September, 1913, or, with a late fee of £1, until the 22nd September, 1913.

Entries for the Teachers’ C and D Certificate Examinations
will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, until the 15th October, 1913, or, with a late fee of
£1 in addition to the ordinary fee, until the 31st October, 1913.

For Scholarship and Free Place entries, and for entrance
to the First Examination of Pupil-teachers, no entrance fee
is payable.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may
be obtained after 1st July from the office of any Education
Board or of the Education Department.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.