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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

Examination for Elementary Kindergarten Certificates.

Education Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that an examination for the grant of elementary Kindergarten certificates for teachers will be held in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington partly in the month of November and December, 1914, and partly during the month of January, 1915. Candidates to be admitted to the examination—

(a.) Must have passed the Intermediate Examination or its equivalent, or have obtained an Intermediate certificate; and

(b.) Must have completed a course of two years’ service and training in a Kindergarten school or schools under the direction of one of the recognized Kindergarten associations of the Dominion, or have completed a service and training of similar extent and character to the satisfaction of the Inspector-General of Schools.

For the examination an entrance fee of £1 will be payable. Applications, on forms to be obtained from the Secretaries of the Kindergarten associations in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Wellington, or from the Education Department, Wellington, must be lodged with the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, not later than the 31st day of October next, and must be accompanied by a bank receipt for the entrance fee as paid into the Public Account at some branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

The precise dates and places of examination will be later notified to the candidates.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th October, 1914.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge receipt of £1 4s. (one pound note and 4s. worth of stamps), sent to the Collector of Customs, Wellington, by some person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Applications invited for the Position of Land Transfer Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Department, Nelson.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 5th October, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 28th October, 1914, from officers of the Lands and Survey Department (licensed surveyors only) for the position of Land Transfer Draughtsman in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Nelson.

2. Applications must be made on forms which may be obtained from the Permanent Head of the Lands and Survey Department, or from any Commissioner of Crown Lands, and must be forwarded through the head of that Department, addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington.

3. Each application must include statement of age, education, field experience, office experience, and nature of duties performed.

4. The position is graded in Class D, Professional Division; maximum, £365. Salary will be considered in connection with present salary.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 92 of 1914.

Picton Harbour.—DISCONTINUANCE OF GREEN LIGHT AT END OF OLD WHARF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd October, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that all but about 120 ft. of the old Railway Wharf at Picton has been demolished, and the fixed green light which was previously shown from the outer end of the wharf will be discontinued as from Wednesday, the 14th October, 1914, inclusive.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1509 and 2685; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vi, page 176; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1914,” pages 314 and 315, and plan facing page 314.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Customs Department, Wellington, 6th October, 1914.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Duties Act in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other kinds" as o.k.; "articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the Dominion" as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus † are revised decisions.

NOTE.—The following decisions are cancelled, viz.:—
Furnace—viz., Standard Balbach roasting-furnace, containing a number of mechanical parts, for refining bullion: As gold-saving machinery (397).
Standard rectangular copper furnace, copper-matting furnace, and jackets therefor; hot-blast stove: As gold-saving machinery (397).

W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.

Minister’s Order D 2.]