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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 68

New Zealand School of Mines.—Further Amended Scholarship Regulations.

Mines Department,
Wellington, New Zealand, 1st September, 1913.

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. Holders of Scholarships are to attend at the University of Otago, and no class fees will be charged on subjects pertaining to the session of the School of Mines.

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 six of 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.) 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 60 per cent. of the marks in each of the six subjects.

10. The examination may be passed as a whole or in sections. In the latter case the first section must consist of not less than two subjects, and the whole examination must be concluded within three years from the date of the first application.

11. No payment on account of the scholarship will be made until the whole examination is passed.

12. 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.

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

14. 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.

15. Holders of Scholarships having to pay more than £5 for their return railway or steamer fare to Dunedin will be paid by the Mines Department any excess over the sum of £5, but such payment will only be paid once in each year.

16. These regulations supersede the further amended regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the 13th March, 1913.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Mines

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1913.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

MANUFACTURE OF DREDGE FOR WAIHOU RIVER IMPROVEMENT.

Accepted.

Stevenson and Cook Engineering Company, £ s. d.
Port Chalmers .. .. .. 7,677 0 0

Declined.

Andersons (Limited), Christchurch .. .. 8,232 0 0
Judd, Chas., Thames .. .. .. 8,878 3 10

ERECTION OF POST-OFFICE AT TUAKAU.

Accepted.

McPherson and Harvey, Tuakau .. .. 1,059 17 6

Declined.

Mills Bros., Morrinsville .. .. .. 1,085 0 0
Rowe, J., Onehunga .. .. .. 1,147 0 0
Frankham, John, Devonport .. .. 1,249 0 0
Massey, W. M., Auckland .. .. 1,260 0 0
Becker and Kibblewhite, Hamilton .. .. 1,274 0 0
Parsons, W. J., Hamilton .. .. 1,275 0 0
Wright, F., Ellerslie .. .. .. 1,279 0 0
Tonkin, C., and Co., Hamilton .. .. 1,290 0 0
Moody, Arthur, Hamilton .. .. 1,355 0 0

EXTENSION OF BALCLUTHA ROAD BRIDGE.

Accepted.

Watson, Rhodes, and Son, Dunedin .. 5,788 7 4

Declined.

Fraser, G. M., Huntly .. .. .. 7,199 10 0
McFarlane, D., and Son, Balclutha .. 7,459 14 8
Orr, Campbell, Dunedin .. .. .. 7,640 0 0
Baird and Urquhart, Invercargill .. 8,855 0 0

OKAHU TUNNEL CONTRACT, STRATFORD—MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Accepted.

Forrest, William, Auckland .. .. 97,000 0 0

Declined.

McMullen, Terence, Waipawa .. .. 104,881 0 0
Spencer, Blair, and Co., Wellington .. 106,176 16 8
Jennings and Rasmussen, Auckland .. 109,496 0 0
Moody, J. A., Auckland .. .. 135,681 12 0
Adams, J. H., Auckland .. .. 146,482 3 6

ERECTION OF GOWAN ROAD BRIDGE, BULLER RIVER.

Accepted.

Atkinson, S. and R., Westport .. .. 3,224 0 0

Declined.

Sykes and Shaw, Lower Hutt .. .. 3,590 0 0
Rhodes, W., and Son, Dunedin .. .. 4,381 17 0
Sigley and Maloney, Greymouth .. .. 4,544 0 0

Officiating Ministers for 1913.—Notice No. 32.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1913.

IT is hereby notified that the name of the undermentioned has been withdrawn from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, for the year 1913:—

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend NORMAN HYDE.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1913.—Notice No. 33.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 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 Act is published for general information:—

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend FRANCIS T. HARRIS.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.