2058

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 64

SUMMARY FOR JUNE.

In the month of June the passage of three very extensive areas of westerly low pressure accounted for a very heavy rainfall on the west coast of the South Island, and considerably above the normal in Taranaki and Southland; but elsewhere, chiefly owing to the absence of cyclonic disturbances from the north, the rainfall was deficient. Thus on the west coast of the South Island Hokitika had (19·14") about double its usually large normal rainfall for June, and Otira 36·03", and Okuru 24·04", while on the east of the North Island Gisborne had (0·61") only one-ninth its normal, and Napier (0·30") one-tenth of the average for records covering a long period. Canterbury generally had less than half its average rainfall for June, but Timaru had more than the usual. Oamaru in Otago, again, had more than the average, but Dunedin 1·22" less than the usual, while Balclutha, further south, had double its normal. Such irregularities as are disclosed in these monthly rainfall returns are very remarkable.

High westerly winds prevailed, especially on the West Coast, but the temperature was everywhere above the normal for the month, and the weather generally mild and favourable to organic life and for agricultural operations.

D. C. BATES,

Director.

Meteorological Office, Wellington.

Notice of Date of Examinations.

Education Department,

Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Civil Service Junior Examination will be held in November, 1909, beginning on or about the 20th day of the month; that a Junior National Scholarship and Free Place Examination will be held on or about the 1st and 2nd days of December, 1909; and that a Civil Service Senior Examination and an examination for teachers’ certificates of Class C and Class D will be held in January, 1910, beginning on or about the 5th day of the month.

With the Civil Service Junior Examination will be taken the Special Examination for senior free places in secondary schools and district high schools and the First Examination of pupil-teachers.

With the Junior National Scholarship Examination will be taken the Junior Free Place Examination (including the examination for junior free places in technical schools).

Entries for Junior National Scholarships, Junior Free Places, and the First Examination of pupil-teachers must be made through the principals or head teachers of the schools attended, and will be received by Secretaries of Education Boards not later than the 15th September, 1909.

Entries for the Civil Service Junior Examination and Special Examination for Senior Free Places will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the 15th September, 1909, or, with a late fee of £1, until the 22nd September, 1909.

Entries for the January examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the 30th September, 1909, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, until the 15th October, 1909.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained later from the office of any Education Board or of the Education Department.

Special attention is drawn to alterations in date for the receipt of applications.

GEORGE HOGBEN,

Inspector-General of Schools.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,

Napier, 2nd August, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 9th day of September, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—DANNEVIRKE COUNTY.—NORSEWOOD SURVEY DISTRICT.—RAUMATI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Undulating and hilly, varying in altitude from 930 ft. to 1,200 ft. Suitable for dairy-farming. Soil is good, on papa formation. Part of the section has been cleared and grassed; remainder is standing bush. Permanent water-supply can probably be obtained by sinking wells. Situated about 50 chains from Matamau Railway-station. Improvements included in the price of the land comprise half-value of 28 chains of fencing along southern boundary; value, £14.

T. N. BRODRICK,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Taranaki Land District withdrawn from Lease.

District Lands Office,

New Plymouth, 3rd August, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section No, 43, Village of Mangaeheu, Taranaki Land District, has been withdrawn from lease.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of "The Land Act, 1908."

District Lands Office,

Auckland, 31st May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 8th day of September, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION E. 23, Paparoa Parish : Area, 9 acres.

JOHN STRAUCHON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Disposal of Land in Otago Land District under Section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,

Dunedin, 31st May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 128 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 8th day of September, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 42, Block II, Clarendon Survey District: 3 acres 1 rood 34 perches.

E. H. WILMOT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,

Wellington, 21st June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 24th day of September, 1909.