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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 8

stations on Southbridge Branch, up to and including South-
bridge, the distance will be deemed to be 15 miles.

As witness my hand this twenty-eighth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Amuri County Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1885.

N OTICE has been received from the Returning Officer
for the County of Amuri that the following persons
have been elected members of the Amuri County Council for
the Tekoa Riding:—

ANDREW WILLIAM RUTHERFORD,
DUNCAN RUTHERFORD,
JAMES MACFARLANE,
RICHARD CORBETT,
THOMAS CHAPMAN,
EDGAR JONES, and
JOHN COAKLEY.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Public Notice under "The Property Assessment Act, 1879,"
Section 76.

Property-Tax Department,
Wellington, 27th November, 1884.

N OTICE is hereby given that property-tax under "The
Property Tax Act, 1884," for the year commencing on
the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-four, will be payable as follows:—
(1.) In respect of the duty of three-eighths of a penny,
where the amount of such duty shall be under two
hundred and fifty pounds, the same shall be paid on
the twenty-second day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four:

And where such duty amounts to two hundred and
fifty pounds, or exceeds that sum, the same shall be
paid in two equal instalments, the first of such instal-
ments being payable on the said twenty-second day of
December, and the second of such instalments on the
second day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-five.

(2.) In respect of the duty on fire, marine, or guarantee
policies issued by any insurance company, the same
shall be paid on the tenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five.

And notice is hereby further given that the places in each
district where the said tax shall be paid shall be any post
office within such district which is also a money-order office,
except in the district of Wellington, in which district the
tax shall be paid at any such post office as aforesaid, and at
the office of the Property-Tax Commissioner, at the Govern-
ment Buildings, Wellington.

J. SPERREY,
Property-Tax Commissioner.

Examination for the Civil Service of India.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1884.

O N the 2nd June, 1885, and following days, an Examina-
tion, open to all qualified persons, will be held in
London. Persons desirous to be admitted as candidates
must apply on forms, which may be obtained from the
Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London, S.W., or from
the undersigned. The forms must be returned so as to be
received at the office of the Civil Service Commissioners, in
London, on or before the 31st March, 1885.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.

Report of Commissioner appointed under "The Westland
Education District Subdivision Act, 1884."

To His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois,
G.C.M.G., &c., Governor of New Zealand.

M AY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,—In pursuance of
your Excellency's Commission, dated the 22nd day
of November, 1884, directing and authorizing me to exercise
and fulfil the powers and duties set forth in subsections 1, 2,
3, 4, and 5 of section 7 of "The Westland Education District
Subdivision Act, 1884," I have now the honour to report,—

1. That I have ascertained and determined what personal
   property belonged to the Education Board of the District of
   Westland, as the same was constituted prior to the 31st day
   of December, 1883, and that, as to the portion of such pro-
   perty as is now in existence, I do hereby apportion and divide
   the same between the Education Board of the District of
   Westland and the Education Commissioners of the District
   of Grey in the manner set forth in the First Schedule hereto.

2. That I have made full inquiry concerning the contracts
   entered into by the original Education Board of the District
   of Westland, and in force at the commencement of "The
   Westland Education District Subdivision Act, 1884," and
   have ascertained what debts, liabilities, and engagements of
   the said original Board were capable of being recovered or
   enforced on the 31st day of December, 1883, or at any period
   subsequent thereto up to the commencement of the said Act,
   and that I do hereby award and determine: (1) That the
   liabilities set forth in the Second Schedule hereto were in-
   curred by the said original Board in respect of school build-
   ings situated within the Education District of Westland as
   now constituted, and that the same shall be borne by and
   charged against the Education Board of the said District of
   Westland; (2) That the liabilities set forth in the Third
   Schedule hereto were incurred by the said original Board in
   respect of school buildings situated within the Education Dis-
   trict of Grey as now constituted, and that the same shall be
   borne by and charged against the Education Commissioners of
   the said District of Grey; (3) That the liabilities set forth in
   the Fourth Schedule hereto were incurred by the said original
   Board for school purposes within the Education District of
   Westland as now constituted, and that the same shall be
   borne by and charged against the Education Board of the
   said District of Westland; (4) That the liabilities set forth
   in the Fifth Schedule hereto were incurred by the said
   original Board for school purposes within the Education
   District of Grey as now constituted, and shall be borne by
   and charged against the Education Commissioners of the
   said District of Grey; (5) That the liabilities set forth in the
   Sixth Schedule hereto were incurred by the said original
   Board for general education purposes, and cannot be divided
   in detail between the Education Board of the District of
   Westland and the Education Commissioners of the District
   of Grey, and that the total amount of the said liabilities
   shall be divided between the said Education Board and the
   said Education Commissioners in the proportion of four to
   three, that is to say, the sum of six hundred and eighty-six
   pounds eight shillings and twopence (£686 8s. 2d.) shall be
   borne by and charged against the Education Board of the
   District of Westland, and the sum of five hundred and four-
   teen pounds sixteen shillings and one penny (£514 16s. 1d.)
   shall be borne by and charged against the Education Com-
   missioners of the District of Grey; (6) That the liabilities
   set forth in the Seventh Schedule hereto are the balances
   of the salaries and bonuses due for the year 1883 by
   the said original Board to teachers of public schools within
   the Education District of Westland as now constituted, after
   the deduction from the said salaries and bonuses of the
   moneys received by the said teachers from the sale of school
   books and appliances intrusted to them for sale, and shall
   be borne by and charged against the Education Board of the
   District of Westland; (7) That the liabilities set forth in the
   Eighth Schedule hereto are the balances of the salaries
   and bonuses due for the year 1883 by the said original Board
   to teachers of the public schools within the Education Dis-
   trict of Grey as now constituted, after deduction from the
   said salaries and bonuses of the moneys received by the said
   teachers from the sale of school books and appliances
   intrusted to them for sale, and shall be borne by and
   charged against the Education Commissioners of the Dis-
   trict of Grey.

3. That a summary of the liabilities of the Education
   Board of the District of Westland and the Education Com-
   missioners of the District of Grey, as hereinbefore deter-
   mined, is contained in the Ninth Schedule hereto.

4. That I have ascertained the amount of moneys expended
   and liabilities incurred by the Minister of Education, the
   officers of his department, and other persons by his authority
   in carrying on public education in the original Education
   District of Westland subsequent to the 31st day of Decem-
   ber, 1883, and up to the date when the Education Board and
   the Education Commissioners respectively appointed by
   "The Westland Education District Subdivision Act, 1884,"
   took office; that the amount so ascertained is set forth in the
   Tenth Schedule hereto; and that, as the amount of moneys
   so expended and liabilities so incurred have already been
   met by the amount that would have been payable by the
   Crown to the original Education Board of the District of
   Westland (if it had remained in office) out of moneys voted
   by the General Assembly for the purposes of education within
   the said district for the period herein specified, and by the
   amount that would have been received by the Board from
   other sources of revenue, it will not be necessary for the
   Colonial Treasurer to make any deduction in respect of such
   expenditure and liabilities from any subsidy or moneys here-
   after payable by the Crown to the Education Board of the