2. Where the words mentioned in the first column below
   appear in the Railway Department's By-laws, the words mentioned
   in the second column below shall be read in lieu thereof :—

1st Column.
General Manager.
Railways.
Minister.

2nd Column.
Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary.
Public Works.
Minister of Public Works.

3. Paragraph (2) of clause 40 of the Railway Department's
   By-laws shall be omitted from the by-laws to be enforced
   on the Wairoa to Waikokopu Branch of the East Coast
   Main Trunk Railway.

4. The alterations and extensions hereinbefore referred to
   are those published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st
   September, 1911, the 15th February, 1912, the 5th February,
   1914, the 15th June, 1922, the 8th November, 1923, and the
   20th December, 1923.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 7th day of
March, 1924.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIII, Coromandel
Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute
a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in
Block XIII, Coromandel Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work 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 Coromandel, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work 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.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken:
1 rood 22.9 perches.
Portion of Karihitaena, situated in Block XIII, Coromandel Survey District. (S.O. 22630.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 58018, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 10th day of
March, 1924.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for
W. R. Maher, 80 Argyle Street, Hobart; and W. R. Russell, 28 Brisbane Street, Hobart.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
having reasonable ground for supposing that the
persons whose names and addresses are shown in the
Schedule hereunder are engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of either of the said persons shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to either of the said persons (either by his own or any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to either of the addresses in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

W. R. Maher, 80, Argyle Street, Hobart.
W. R. Russell, 28, Brisbane Street, Hobart.

Dated this 11th day of March, 1924.
J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary
Forces Officers' Decoration to Major F. W. Mathews, Reserve of Officers.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1924.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

Alexander Williamson,
of Dunedin, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister in Charge.

New Zealand School of Mines.—Scholarship Regulations.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 29th February, 1924.

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 South Island, and three for the North Island.

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 Regulation 9.

3. Holders of scholarships are required to attend during the University session at the University of Otago (no class fees will be charged on subjects contained in the curriculum of the Otago School of Mines), and during the long recess are also required to engage in approved practical work at one of the mines or batteries in the Dominion, or in the field with the N.Z. Geological Survey Department.

4. The scholarships will be of the annual value of £65 each
   to successful candidates who while attending classes at the University of Otago have to reside away from their homes, and of £45 to successful candidates who are able to reside at their homes while attending the University classes.

5. The scholarships will be tenable for three years, or for
   such other period more 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 sixteen 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, provided that the Minister may grant such exemption from the provisions of this regulation as he thinks reasonable in any case where it was not practicable for a student to attend 80 per cent. of the lectures in a subject in which he wishes to be examined, or where no lectures were held in that subject at the school of mines at which he was a student.

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

8. The examination will embrace six of the following subjects :

(1.) Mathematics.
(2.) Elementary Mechanics.
(3.) Theoretical Chemistry.
(4.) Practical Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis.
(5.) Electricity.
(6.) Mechanical Drawing.
(7.) General and Mining Geology.
(8.) Metallurgy of Gold and Silver.
(9.) (a) Coal-mining; or (b) Metal-mining.
(10.) Winding, Haulage, and Pumping.
(11.) Ventilation.
(12.) Land and Mine Surveying.

Subjects 1, 2, or 3 and 5 are compulsory for all candidates, and each candidate must state in his application the branch of mining he intends 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., and by a certificate from the Director of the school of mines stating the number of lectures which the student has attended in each subject, must reach the Mines Department, in Wellington, not later than the 1st November in each year.

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