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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department

Director: Mr. G. van Asch.

For Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The best age for entrance is between six and seven.

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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.

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CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS .. .. .. 897, 906
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES .. .. 926
CROWN LANDS NOTICES .. .. 916-22

LAND—
Native, proposed to be taken for a Road .. 896
Notice of Intention to take, for a Road .. 910
Roads closed .. .. 889, 894
Setting apart, for Leasing as Small Grazing-runs 890-91
Taken for Drill-shed .. .. 890
Taken for Native School .. .. 897
Taken for Railway Purposes .. .. 891, 892
Taken for Rifle Ranges .. .. 890, 891
Taken for Road .. .. 889

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES .. 927
MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS .. .. 899
MINING NOTICES .. .. 926

MISCELLANEOUS—
Appointing Days for Closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894” .. 896
Christchurch Tramways District: Incorporating Portion of the Heathcote Road District .. 894
Conferring Criminal Jurisdiction on District Court 892
Division of Gratuities for the Conveyance of Mails 894
Export of Bacon, Hams, &c., to Queensland and New South Wales .. .. 908
Government Life Insurance Agency opened .. 910
Hawaii: Importations of Soils, Plants, &c., into 908
Immigration and Emigration Return for January 911
Life-saving Appliances for Ships: Varying Rules 895
Meteorological Return for February .. .. 915
Notice to Imprestees under Public Revenues Act 910
Notice under “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894” .. .. 911
Notice under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894” 910
Notices to Mariners .. .. 903
Officiating Ministers .. .. 910
Palmerston North District High School disestablished and High School established .. 903
Palmerston North High School: Scheme of Control 903
Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds .. .. 908
Post-offices opened, &c. .. .. 907
Powers delegated under “The Public Domains Act, 1881” .. .. 893
Proposed Loan .. .. 902
Public Vaccinator resigned .. .. 899
Retention of Unclaimed Letters .. .. 895
Revoking Delegation of Powers under “The Public Domains Act, 1881” .. .. 894
Ruatoki Block .. .. 911
Slaughterhouse exempted from Section of Act .. 910
Special Orders .. .. 901-2
Tenders .. .. 903
Vital Statistics for February .. .. 912

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES .. 923
PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. 928

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.