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AGRIGULTURE.

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SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR
CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the Control and Supervision of the Education
Department.

Director : MR. J. E. STEVENS.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are
taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The
full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less
is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this
amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

By the Education Act, the education of deaf children
between the ages of 7 and 16 is made compulsory. A child
is, as a rule, best fitted to begin the school course at about
the age of six, but advice should be obtained as soon as any
sign of deafness is observed.

The following classes of deaf children are admitted :—

1. Children born deaf, or who have lost their hearing
   before learning to speak.

2. Children who can hear a little, but are too deaf to
   be taught in an ordinary school.

3. Children who have lost their hearing after having
   learned to speak.

Parents and other persons acquainted with such cases
above the age of 4 are invited to communicate with the
Director, or with

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.

PATENT OFFICE SUPPLEMENT.

A SPECIAL Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette
is now published fortnightly, containing all notices
concerning patents and trade-marks required by law to
be gazetted; also, particulars of lapsed applications for
patents, expired letters patent, and other information useful
to inventors, manufacturers, and others. The Supplement
will be issued free to subscribers to the Gazette, and
to others on payment of a subscription of eleven shillings
per annum, including postage, payable in advance to the
Government Printer.

SPECIAL REPORTS ON EDUCATIONAL SUB-
JECTS.—CATALOGUE OF THE PLANTS OF
NEW ZEALAND : Indigenous and Naturalized Species
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Orders should be addressed—

“GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON.”

THE PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS
ACT, 1911.

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the 1st July next, are now procurable from the-
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Wellington.

CONTENTS.

ADVERTISEMENTS (PRIVATE)

APPOINTMENTS

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

LAND—
Appeal, Consenting to Chief Judge of the Native
Land Court granting Leave to
Boundaries of Borough altered..
Counties, New, divided into Ridings, &c.
Exchange of Crown Land for other Land proposed
Municipal Buildings. Taken for
Municipal Market-place, Taken for a
Native Land, Consenting to a Mortgage of
Native School, Intention to take Land for
Post-office. Taken for a
Pound, Taken for a
Public Trustee, Notice by the
Railway, Defining Middle-line of Portion of
Railway Purposes, Taken for
Recreation Reserve brought under Part II of the
Public Reserves and Domains Act
Roads, Intention to take Land for
Roads proclaimed
Roads proclaimed and closed
Roads, Taking and Laying-off of
Roads, Vesting Control of, and apportioning Cost
of Maintenance
Sale or Selection
Scenic Purposes, Taken for
Streets, &c., Authorizing the Laying-off of
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

MISCELLANEOUS—
Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, Appointment
of Member of
Bonus on Mineral Oil
Bridge, Vesting control of, and apportioning Cost
of Maintenance
Closing-hours of Shops
Domain Board appointed
Elections. Arrangements for First, &c.
Government Railways Superannuation Fund
Board, Election of Member of
Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, Appointing
Representative to
Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act : Can-
cellations of Registry
Meteorological Returns for February
Officiating Ministers for 1912
Poll for Proposed Loan
Postal Correspondence, &c., Forbidding the Regis-
tering, Forwarding. or Delivery of
Regulations for Research Scholarships
Regulations relating to Express Delivery and
Special-messenger Service, Amended
Resignation of Trustee
Resolutions under the Local Bodies' Loans Act
Special Order
Surveyor's License suspended
Tenders
NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES
SHIPPING—
Notices to Mariners