JUNE 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2007

New Zealand Rainfall for May, 1913—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

(H.) SOUTH ASPECT—CAPE SAUNDERS TO PUYSEGUR POINT—continued.

Galloway, Alexandra South .. .. .. A. Gunn .. .. 66 11 14 on 11th
St. Bathans .. .. .. R. W. Noake .. .. 161 8 67 on 19th
Clyde .. .. .. J. S. Dickie .. .. 93 6 37 on 29th
Roxburgh .. .. .. Dr. J. R. Gilmour .. .. .. .. ..
Balclutha .. .. .. H. W. Kiernan .. .. 384 20 60 on 10th
Tapanui Nursery .. .. .. R. G. Robinson .. .. 562 25 105 on 10th
Waikawa Valley .. .. .. J. H. Buckingham .. .. 875 25 91 on 10th
Uplands, Waimahaka .. .. .. Miss E. Middleton .. .. 575 25 81 on 28th
Roslin Estate, Woodlands .. .. .. J. D. Trotter .. .. 677 26 113 on 20th
Hamilton Burn, Mossburn .. .. .. W. Menlove .. .. 308 17 72 on 22nd
Dipton .. .. .. Miss H. E. MacLachlan.. .. 391 22 55 on 10th
Bluff .. .. .. E. F. Nichol .. .. 525 29 110 on 8th
Nightcaps .. .. .. James Ritchie .. .. 665 24 89 on 10th
Rannock, Orawia .. .. .. Wm. Lambie.. .. 545 17 108 on 6th
Riverton .. .. .. J. M. Geary .. .. 676 16 78 on 19th

(I.) ISLANDS.

Centre Island .. .. .. Lightkeeper .. .. 414 23 65 on 10th and 19th
Stewart Island .. .. .. W. Traill .. .. 816 27 74 on 14th
Niue Island .. .. .. H. Cornwall .. .. .. .. ..
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands .. .. H. M. Connal .. .. 896 20 196 on 5th
Chatham Islands .. .. .. F. A. D. Cox .. .. 1049 28 110 on 12th

LATE RETURNS.

Waiuku, April, 1913 .. .. .. D. Makgill .. .. 207 7 60 on 14th
Halcombe, March, 1913 .. .. .. L. A. MacDonald .. .. 276 12 68 on 29th
Portland Island, April, 1913 .. .. Lightkeeper .. .. 243 17 76 on 14th
Niue Island, February, 1913 .. .. H. Cornwall .. .. 1805 16 625 on 5th
" March, 1913 .. .. " .. .. 1992 27 545 on 29th
" April, 1913 .. .. " .. .. 496 15 195 on 13th
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Apr 1913 .. H. M. Connal.. .. 672 23 108 on 29th
Chatham Islands, April, 1913 .. .. F. A. D. Cox .. .. 378 21 110 on 15th

Special Books in Languages and Literature for Class C Certificate, 1914 and 1915, and Public Service Senior, 1914.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1913.

IN pursuance of regulations under the Education Act, 1908, and under the Public Service Act, 1912, notice is hereby given that at the examination for the Class C Certificate and the Public Service Senior Examinations of January, 1914, and at the examination for the Class C Certificate of January, 1915, the special books of which a knowledge will be required will be as follows:—

(a.) JANUARY, 1914.
Teachers’ Class C Certificate and Public Service Senior Examinations.

ENGLISH.—Shakspere, “Henry IV” (Parts I and II), “Henry V”; Pope, “Essay on Criticism”; Swift, “Battle of the Books”; Steele and Addison, “The Spectator,” The Club Papers as follows—1, 2, 12, 34, 105, 106, 108, 110, 112, 115, 117, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130, 131, 269, 295, 329, 335, 383, 517, 530, 549, 550; “The Vision of Mirza,” 159. In addition, a knowledge of the period of literature, 1688–1744, will be required. In the study of the literature special attention must be paid to Defoe, Steele, Addison, Swift, Pope, and Thomson; but the other authors of the period are not to be neglected. The literary movements and their leaders, the current types and forms of literature and their representatives, as well as the influence of the ancient classics and of the leading continental literatures on the English literature of the period, must also be examined.

GREEK.—Thucydides, Book IV; Aristophanes, “Knights.”

LATIN.—Sallust, “Catiline”; Terence, “Phormio.”

FRENCH.—Balzac, “Ursule Mirouet”; Rostand, “Cyrano de Bergerac”; Victor Hugo, “Ruy Blas.”

GERMAN.—Goethe, “Iphigénie”; Schiller, “Maria Stuart”; Riehl, “Culturgeschichtliche Novellen” (Cambridge University Press).

ITALIAN.—Fogazzaro, “Il Santo”; Amicis, “Carrozza di Tutti.”

SPANISH.—Galdós, “Trafalgar” (Pitt Press); Calderón, “Alcalde de Zalaméa.”

(b.) JANUARY, 1915.
Teachers’ Class C Certificate.

ENGLISH.—Shakspere, “Merchant of Venice,” “Julius Caesar”; Gray, “Poems”; Goldsmith, “Deserted Village”; Johnson, “Life of Swift”; Landor, “Pericles and Aspasia.” In addition, a knowledge of the period of literature, 1744–1798, will be required. In the study of the literature special attention must be paid to Johnson, Burke, Gibbon, Goldsmith, Collins, Gray, Crabbe, Burns, and Cowper; but the other authors of the period are not to be neglected. The literary movements and their leaders, the current types and forms of literature and their representatives, as well as the influence of the ancient classics and of the leading continental literatures on the English literature of the period, must also be examined.

GREEK.—Plato, “Apology,” “Crito”; Aristophanes, “Clouds.”

LATIN.—Tacitus, “Agricola,” “Germania”; Virgil, “Georgics,” Book IV.

FRENCH.—Taine, “Voyage aux Pyrénées”; Corneille, “Cid”; Molière, “L’Avare.”

GERMAN.—Goethe, “Faust,” Part I; Lessing, “Minna v. Barnhelm”; Sudermann, “Frau Sorge.”

ITALIAN.—Manzoni, “I Promessi Sposi.”

N.B.—For the Public Service Senior Examination of January, 1915, the arrangements are not yet fixed.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Government Insurance Department Agency opened at Awanui.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 19th June, 1913.

AN Agency of the Life Branch of the above Department will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, AWANUI,

as from the 1st July, 1913.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.