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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86
RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of September, 1909.
| Boroughs. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1909. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | Males. | Females. | Total Deaths | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1909. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1909.
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Tuamotu | .. | 3,750 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12.27
| New Plymouth | .. | 5,352 | 23 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 1.31 | 10.94
| Napier | .. | 10,459 | 22 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 8 | 0.76 | 11.08
| Wanganui | .. | 8,511 | 21 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 0.46 | 8.34
| Palmerston North | .. | 11,650 | 33 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 | 0.60 | 9.06
| Masterton | .. | 5,500 | 20 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0.37 | 12.65
| Petone | .. | 7,200 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | ..
| Blenheim | .. | 3,500 | 17 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 1.72 | 11.14
| Nelson | .. | 8,650 | 25 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 0.81 | 15.10
| Greymouth | .. | 5,079 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 0.98 | 12.91
| Hokitika | .. | 2,410 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.24 | 15.77
| Lyttelton | .. | 4,000 | 14 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 1.75 | 9.82
| Timaru | .. | 8,100 | 24 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 1.11 | 11.35
| Oamaru | .. | 5,257 | 8 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1.14 | 10.54
| Invercargill (Greater)* | .. | 13,700 | 50 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | 9 | 0.66 | 10.40

• Includes suburban boroughs- Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.
  Registrar-General's Office,
  Wellington, 8th October, 1909.
  F. W. MANSFIELD,
  Registrar-General.
  Tenders for Inland Mail-services for 1910, 1911, and 1912.
  General Post Office,
  Wellington, 8th October, 1909.
  SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post- offices at Wanganui and Wellington until Monday, the 18th October, 1909, for the conveyance of mails between the undermentioned places, for a period of THREE years, from the 1st January, 1910, to the 31st December, 1912.
  POSTAL DISTRICT OF WANGANUI.

32. Marton, Onepuhi Bridge, Gower's Gate (Leedstown), and Cliff Road (rural delivery), thrice weekly. (Alternative to No. 33.)
33. Marton, Onepuhi Bridge, Gower's Gate (Leedstown), and Cliff Road (rural delivery), daily. Alternative to No. 32.)
34. Marton, Newman's Gate, Jenkin's Corner, Tutaenui, Fern Flat, and Bonny Glen, daily.
    These services take the place of those bearing the same numbers advertised in the New Zealand Gazette Supplement, No. 68, of the 13th August, 1909.
    POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.
    10A. Apiti, Kaheke, Umutoi, and Utuwai, thrice weekly. (Alternative to Nos. 10 and 11 as advertised in New Zealand Gazette Supplement, No. 68, of the 13th August, 1909, and No. 11A.)
    11A. Apiti, Kaheke, and Umutoi, thrice weekly. (Alternative to Nos. 10 and 11 as advertised in New Zealand Gazette Supplement, No. 68, of the 13th August, 1909, and No. 10A.)
    19A. Carterton, Gladstone, Te Wharau, Kaiwhata, and Kummerstein (part rural delivery), twice weekly. (Alternative to Nos. 19B and 19C.)
    19B. Carterton, Gladstone, and Te Wharau, twice weekly. (Alternative to No. 19A.)
    19C. Te Wharau, Kaiwhata, and Kummerstein (rural delivery), twice weekly. (Alternative to No. 19A.)
    72A. Masterton, Te Wharau, Land's End, and Flat Point (part rural delivery), twice weekly. (Alternative to Nos. 72B and 72C.)
    72B. Masterton and Te Wharau, twice weekly. (Alternative to 72A.)
    72C. Te Wharau, Land's End, and Flat Point (rural delivery), twice weekly. (Alternative to No. 72A.)
    Services Nos. 19A, 19B, 19C, 72A, 72B, and 72C take the place of Nos. 19 and 72 as advertised in the New Zealand Gazette Supplement, No. 68, of the 13th August, 1909.
    D. ROBERTSON,
    Secretary.
    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.
    Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay.
    TWO scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys not over sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other, to be called the junior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools under the control