JUNE 27] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 901

Notice under the National Savings Act, 1940, Section 4

Wellington, 17th June, 1946.

IN terms of section 4 of the National Savings Act, 1940, I, Daniel Giles Sullivan, acting for the Minister of Finance, hereby prescribe that the seventh investment period shall run from the 30th June, 1946, to the 30th June, 1947.

The rate of interest to be paid on investments made during such investment period shall be 3 per cent.

Moneys invested during such investment period by deposit in an investment account shall be repayable on the 30th day of June, 1949.

Provided that where interest is not withdrawn in terms of section 8 (2) of the said Act and is added to the principal moneys of the investor, such amount of interest, together with interest thereon, shall be repayable on the 30th day of June, 1947.

National savings bonds issued during such investment period shall be repayable five years after the date of issue thereof.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of Finance.

Notice under the National Savings Act, 1940, Section 5

Wellington, 17th June, 1946.

IN terms of section 5 of the National Savings Act, 1940, I, Daniel Giles Sullivan, acting for the Minister of Finance, hereby authorize the trustees of the undermentioned savings-banks (being savings-banks constituted under the Savings-bank Act, 1908) to receive investments by way of deposits in investment accounts under the National Savings Act, 1940, during the investment period expiring on the 30th June, 1947 :-

Auckland Savings-bank.
New Plymouth Savings-bank.
Dunedin Savings-bank.
Invercargill Savings-bank.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of Finance.

New Zealand Schools of Mines.—Rules Governing Scholarship Examinations

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th June, 1946.

SIX scholarships will be offered annually for competition by students attending Schools of Mines within the Dominion—three for the South Island and three for the North Island.

2. The scholarships will be tenable for four years at the University of Otago and will be of an annual value of £85 each to successful candidates who, while attending the classes at the University of Otago, have to reside away from their homes, and of £45 each to successful candidates who are able to reside at their homes while attending the University classes.

3. Holders of scholarships will be 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 will also be required to engage in approved practical work at one of the mines or batteries in the Dominion, or in the field with the New Zealand Geological Survey Department.

4. Qualifying examinations for scholarship candidates will be held in or about the month of November in each year on such days and at such centres as the Under-Secretary of the Mines Department may appoint.

5. The examination will embrace six of the following subjects, the scope and standard of which are prescribed in the syllabus of the New Zealand Schools of Mines :-

(1) Mathematics.
(2) Elementary Mechanics.
(3) Theoretical Chemistry.
(4) Practical Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis.
(5) Electricity.
(6) Geometrical and 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.

Three subjects—namely, Mathematics, Electricity, and either Elementary Mechanics or Theoretical Chemistry—will be compulsory for all candidates.

6. The scholarships will be awarded to those candidates who, having complied with the prescribed conditions, obtain the highest total marks in three compulsory subjects and three optional subjects, but no scholarship shall be awarded to any candidate unless he has obtained not less than 60 per cent. of the marks in each of these six subjects.

7. The examination may be passed as a whole or in sections, and shall be open to all students attending Schools of Mines who are not less than sixteen years of age on the 1st day of November of the year in which the examination is held: Provided that no student, unless granted exemption under the next succeeding clause, shall be eligible for examination in any subject unless he has attended regularly at a School of Mines within the Dominion for not less than one year at least 80 per cent. of the lectures in that subject.

8. The Minister of Mines may grant such exemption from the requirements of the last preceding clause 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 desires to be examined, or where no lectures were held in any such subject at the School of Mines at which he was a student, or where the Minister is satisfied on the certificate of a Director of a School of Mines that a student has, either prior to or during his attendance at a School of Mines, completed a satisfactory course of study in any such subject at some other institution.

9. The power of waiver exercisable under the last preceding clause shall be so exercised that no student shall be eligible to sit the examination unless he has attended the lectures prescribed by clause 7 in at least four subjects.

10. In order to qualify for a partial pass in the examination a candidate must obtain not less than 60 per cent. of the marks in each of four subjects. The remaining two subjects may be passed separately provided the whole examination is concluded not later than the second examination succeeding the examination at which the candidate passed the first section.

11. No payment on account of any scholarship will be made until the whole examination is passed and the candidate commences his studies at the University of Otago.

12. Every candidate must make application to sit the examination to the Under-Secretary of the Mines Department at Wellington not later than the 1st day of November preceding the examination. Such application must state the branch of mining the candidate intends to take up and the subjects in which he desires to be examined, and must be accompanied by a fee of £1 and a certificate from the Director of a School of Mines stating the number of lectures which the candidate has attended in each subject.

Candidates who elect to pass the examination in sections as provided by clause 7 must make separate applications for examination in respect of each section, and each application must be accompanied by a fee of £1 and a certificate of attendance from the Director of a School of Mines.

13. Candidates must present themselves for examination on the days fixed, as provided in clause 4 hereof.

14. The Minister of Mines retains to himself the right to cancel any scholarship should the holder attend irregularly or be reported for idleness or bad conduct, and may, if he considers it reasonable or necessary, hold any scholarship over for such period as he thinks fit.

15. There will be refunded by the Mines Department to holders of scholarships having to pay more than £5 for the return railway (second-class), steamer, or motor-service fares to Dunedin any excess over the sum of £5, but such refund will only be made once in each year. Refunds of motor-service fares will be made only in cases where neither steamer nor railway transport is available or where the cheapest form of transport is by motor-service. Receipts for each fare paid in excess of 5s. (other than railway fares) must accompany each application for a refund.

16. These rules supersede the regulations of 17th June, 1941, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 26th June, 1941, at page 2032.

JAS. O’BRIEN,
For the Minister of Mines.

(Mines, N. 17/20.)

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve of the person named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being a Testing Officer under the said regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Column 1. Column 2.
Pahiatua Borough Council . . . . Alfred Hamilton.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of June, 1946.

JAS O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

Excluding Streets from Limitation as to Speed imposed by the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, Section 3

IN terms of section 3 of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, the Minister of Transport doth hereby exclude the streets described in the Schedule hereto from the limitation as to speed imposed by the said section.

SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Onerahi Town District—

Whangarei–Taumaterau Main Highway No. 301 (all that portion within the Onerahi Town District as now constituted, a distance of approximately 1 mile 58 chains.

Church Street (all that portion commencing at its junction with the Whangarei–Taumaterau Main Highway and terminating at a point 3 chains measured along the said street in a northerly direction from its junction with Handforth Street, a distance of approximately 41 chains).

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of June, 1946.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/15/210/1.)