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THE Business hitherto conducted in the names of MACDONELL, DODDS, and MONRO, Sheep-farmers, in the Amuri district, will for the future (Mr. Dodds having retired) be carried on in the names of "MONRO and MACDONELL," as joint partners.
By consent of the undersigned,
A. R. MACDONELL,
of Glengarry;
D. MONRO,
JAMES DODDS.
Amuri, January 11, 1860.

Resident Magistrate's Office, Nelson,
March 5, 1860.
I HEREBY certify that WILLIAM HENRY PHILIP DAKERS has this day produced before me his diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and his certificate from the Apothecaries' Hall, London, and has thereby qualified himself as a MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, in terms of the Ordinance, Session I., No. 2, of the Province of New Munster.
JOHN POYNTER,
Resident Magistrate.

Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
March 15, 1860.
HIS Honour the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Reports and Returns for general information.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Provincial Secretary.

REPORT OF THE CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION, DECEMBER, 1859.
To his Honour J. P. ROBINSON, Esq., Superintendent, Nelson.
SIR—In forwarding to you the Inspector's Returns and Reports for the two last quarters of the year 1859, the Board has requested me to furnish your Honour with such particulars of their past expenditure as may enable you to form an estimate of their requirements for the future. In order to this, I enclose their balance-sheet for the educational year 1858-9. From this you will perceive that the current expenses amounted nearly to £3,000; whilst their building expenditure was £1,600. During the present year the remaining portion of the building grant has been expended, and the current expenses will be found at its close to be increased by a sum probably not much less than £1,000; partly arising from the necessity of providing an ample supply of school-books, maps, &c., and partly from the exhaustion of the building grant and the incomplete state of the work, which rendered it necessary to devote additional sums to this special purpose from the general fund at the disposal of the Board. Looking to the gradual increase of the schools, and the necessity for providing some additional female teachers, they cannot estimate the current expenses of the schools for the next year at less than £3,500; but in addition to this some provision should be made for various incidental charges, incurred by the local committees, which form the subject of frequent applications to the Board, as well as for the maintenance and repairs of the various properties held by them, now become both numerous and valuable. Calculating the sum required for each of these objects annually, at £10 for each school, the further sum of £500 will be necessary. An additional sum of from £1,200 to £1,500 will be required before the various districts can be placed upon a footing of equality with regard to the erection of school-houses and masters' dwellings, without taking into account the probability, from the increase of scholars and the extension of the town, that another school may soon be required in Nelson itself.
To meet these requisitions, amounting to £5,500, supposing the Council Grant and the Education Rate to continue as at present, the Board has to depend upon the operation of the law setting aside a certain proportion of the Revenue arising from the sale of land; but as they are unable to form any estimate of the probable amount to be derived from this source, they confine themselves to pointing out the objects they think desirable, and refer them to your Honour's consideration.
They would only further remark, that in all future Estimates, the amount will be subject to a reduction of £1,500 on the building account, included in their present calculation.
I have &c.,
DONALD SINCLAIR,
Chairman.
Central Board of Education, Nelson,
March 8, 1860.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED DECEMBER, 1859.
To D. SINCLAIR Esq., Chairman of the Central Board of Education, Nelson.
SIR—The result of the two last Inspections has been generally satisfactory; particularly of the last, during which I found in several schools a marked improvement. I was also gratified by receiving the independent testimony to the same effect of several gentlemen, well qualified to form a correct opinion, who conducted or assisted at the public examinations, which took place about the end of the year.
The principal points in this improvement should itself were those on which I have always laid great stress; first, that the children should thoroughly understand and be