Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2679

ERECTION OF POLICE-STATION AT MOUNT EDEN.

Accepted.

Mackay, A. M., Auckland ... ... 1,234 17 0

Declined.

Browne, Thomson, Auckland ... ... 1,272 13 0
Wright, F. W., Auckland ... ... ... 1,277 7 7
Grayson Bros., Auckland ... ... ... 1,294 0 0
Mathieson, J. G., Auckland ... ... 1,332 0 6
Morris, E., Auckland ... ... ... 1,339 12 0

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Paparua County Council.—Notice No. 1527.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 24th August, 1911.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Paparua County Council has by special order declared broom and gorse to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the County of Paparua.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the House of Representatives elected, Christchurch North.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1911.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued on the 3rd day of August, 1911, for the election of a member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Christchurch North; and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that

LEONARD MONK ISITT

has been duly elected to serve as a member for the said district.

HUGH POLLEN,
Clerk of the Writs.

Government Insurance Department Agency opened at Pongaroa.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1911.

AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, PONGAROA,

as from the 31st August, 1911.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Government Insurance Department Agency opened at Otorohanga.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 28th August, 1911.

AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, OTOROHANGA,

as from the 8th September, 1911.

J. H. RICHARDSON;
Commissioner.

Election of a Member of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board.

Education Department,
Wellington, 29th August, 1911.

IN pursuance of regulations dated the 17th December, 1908, under the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1908, I hereby certify that for the election of a member of the Superannuation Board constituted by the said Act, to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. T. Hughes, a representative of the South Island contributors, the persons nominated and the number of votes received by each were as follows, viz. :

Name. Number of Votes.
Valentine, James Archibald ... ... 525
Just, Emile Ulysse ... ... ... 521

I hereby declare that JAMES ARCHIBALD VALENTINE has been duly elected a member of the Board.

The total number of voting-papers issued was 1,516. Seven of the voting-papers returned were informal; and five papers that bore evidence of having been posted after the day of election were not opened.

E. O. GIBBES, Secretary for Education,
Returning Officer.

Call under the Civil Service Act, 1908.

Office of the Civil Service Officers’ Guarantee Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 30th August, 1911.

IN pursuance of clause 15 of the regulations contained in an Order in Council bearing date the 4th March, 1895, I, Joseph William Poynton, the Chairman of the Board appointed under the Civil Service Act, 1908, do issue the following notice of a call under the said Act:

J. W. POYNTON,
Chairman.

Notice of Date of Examinations.

Education Department,
Wellington, 26th April, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Civil Service Junior Examination will be held in November, 1911, beginning on or about the 20th day of the month; that a Junior National Scholarship and Junior Free Place Examination will be held on or about the 30th November and 1st December, 1911; and that a Civil Service Senior Examination and an examination for teachers’ certificates of Class C and Class D will be held in January, 1912, beginning on or about the 5th day of the month.

With the Civil Service Junior Examination will be taken the Intermediate Examination, being 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, 1911.

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, 1911, or, with a late fee of £1, until the 22nd September, 1911.

Entries for the January examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the 30th September, 1911, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, until the 16th October, 1911.

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.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.